The Rambler (album)

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The Rambler
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 27, 1977
StudioSound Spectrum Recording
Genre Country
Length37:28
Label Columbia
Producer
  • Charlie Bragg
  • Jack Routh
  • Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash chronology
The Last Gunfighter Ballad
(1977)
The Rambler
(1977)
I Would Like to See You Again
(1978)
Singles from The Rambler
  1. "Lady"
    Released: 1977
  2. "After the Ball"
    Released: 1977
Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Rambler is an album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released in 1977 on Columbia Records. A concept album about travelling, its songs, in between, include dialogue between Cash and hitchhikers picked up or other people he meets during the album's cross-country trip. It is the last, and one of the few Johnny Cash albums to only feature songs written by Cash himself. It is also his last non-religious concept album, and was included on the Bear Family box set Come Along and Ride This Train . The Rambler reached No. 31 on the country album charts; the two singles, "Lady" and "After the Ball", had minor chart success.

Contents

Track listing

All songs by Johnny Cash

No.TitleLength
1."Hit the Road and Go"2:35
2."Dialogue #1"2:33
3."If It Wasn't for the Wabash River"2:09
4."Dialogue #2"2:22
5."Lady"2:48
6."Dialogue #3 (Background: It's All Over)"2:27
7."After the Ball"2:48
8."Dialogue #4"2:02
9."No Earthly Good"2:45
10."Dialogue #5"1:51
11."A Wednesday Car"2:12
12."Dialogue #6"0:55
13."My Cowboy's Last Ride"2:29
14."Dialogue #7"2:48
15."Calilou"3:20
16."Dialogue #8"1:24

Personnel

Technical

Actors

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

YearChartPosition
1977Country Albums [4] 31

Singles - Billboard (United States)

YearSingleChartPosition
1977"Lady"Country Singles46
1977"After the Ball"Country Singles32

References

  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Johnny Cash — The Rambler review". AllMusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved May 28, 2021.
  2. "Review: Johnny Cash — The Rambler" (PDF). Music Week . September 3, 1977. p. 24. ISSN   0265-1548 . Retrieved May 28, 2021 via American Radio History.
  3. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 116, 118.
  4. "Johnny Cash". Billboard. Retrieved April 10, 2024.