| 16 Biggest Hits | 
 enlarge | Artist: Johnny Cash
Label: Sony
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  42 reviews
Sales Rank: 878
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 4.9 x 0.5
MPN: 69739
UPC: 074646973929
EAN: 0074646973929
ASIN: B00000HZE7
Release Date: February 2, 1999
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| Tracks:
| • | I Walk the Line | | • | I Still Miss Someone | | • | The Legend of John Henry's Hammer | | • | Don't Take Your Guns to Town | | • | In the Jailhouse Now - Johnny Cash, Rodgers, Jimmie [1] | | • | Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash, Kilgore, Merle | | • | Understand Your Man | | • | The Ballad of Ira Hayes - Johnny Cash, LaFarge, Peter | | • | Folsom Prison Blues | | • | Daddy Sang Bass - Johnny Cash, Perkins, Carl [Rock | | • | A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash, Silverstein, Shel | | • | Sunday Morning Coming Down - Johnny Cash, Kristofferson, Kris | | • | Flesh and Blood | | • | Man in Black | | • | One Piece at a Time - Johnny Cash, Kemp, Wayne | | • | (Ghost) Riders in the Sky - Johnny Cash, Jones, Stan |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Too much of Cash's best work is left out to make this collection anything more than a cursory introduction to country's Man in Black. The double-CD compilation, fittingly dubbed The Man in Black, at least allows for some deeper exploration (although it lacks any liner notes whatsoever), while the outstanding three-disc Essential box truly allows you to sink your teeth into this legendary figure. Still, the songs that comprise 16 Biggest Hits do provide a telling snapshot of Cash's substance and style--honest, straightforward, direct music devoid of ulterior motives and delivered with conviction. --Marc Greilsamer
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| Customer Reviews: Read 37 more reviews...
 The Best Johnny October 4, 2001
41 out of 44 found this review helpful
This is as good as any single disc out there for people wanting only one Johnny Cash hits collection. ( Sorry, you can't put almost fifty years of recordings on one album or box set. ) This cd covers his early period, the live prison songs and the rest of the best. Much has been said about "The Man In Black", for me my favorite part of his music is how well he does train songs, which are found on "Get Rhythm/Story Of Trains And Rivers". He's also one of the best concert performers I've ever seen. Every fan of music needs one Cash album. So, start here and follow up after hearing the various tracks.
 These are the Greatest Hits???? March 5, 2005
29 out of 44 found this review helpful
I'm a big Johnny Cash fan, not to mention a fan of country music generally. I'm giving this CD three stars not because it's not good to listen to, but because it's false advertising. This CD has a couple of the classic Cash songs (Don't Take Your Guns to Town, Boy Named Sue, Ring of Fire) but it is nowhere near being a complete list of his 16 greatest hits. There's no The One on the Right is On the Left, there's no It Ain't Me, Babe, there's no Ballad of a Teenage Queen, there's no The Night Hank Williams Came to Town. How Riders in the Sky and John Henry got onto this CD defies all logic and imagination.
There are much better compilations of Cash's work out there, including the 2-CD Essential Johnny Cash that came out right before his death, that are far more appropriate for either the hard-core or the novice Cash fan. That said, even a mediocre collection of Cash's best works is better than 90% of the country out there. But that still isn't an excuse for how incomplete this album is.
 Not what I expected this to be June 2, 2000
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
Dont' get me wrong. I respect and admire Johnny Cash and his music, but this collection was disappointing. I guess the Folsom Prison effort spoiled me too much which features Cash at his rawest and best. Some of these songs are good, but most of it left me hanging dry. Besides, you can't just nail down a legend with just 16 songs.
A Good Collection of Cash September 17, 2003
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
If you're either not familiar with Johnny Cash or are "going back to the basics", this is a good to start out with, especially if you do not have any Johnny Cash in your music collection. This album spotlights his most known songs from his earlier years, including classics such as "I Walk The Line", "Daddy Sang Bass", "Boy Named Sue", and "Ring of Fire". This is a good collection and I find myself putting this in the CD player when I want to hear good, classic Cash. 40 years later, the classics still sound as good as yesterday and hearing this CD reminds me why I've always loved his music. The legend will not be forgotten.
 16 tunes you need to have June 1, 2000
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
While the Amazon review was correct in asserting that 16 songs hardly does justice to the legacy of Johnny Cash, this is still a fine starting point showcasing the lyrical pinache that has made Cash endure for decades. Everybody knows "Ring of Fire" and "A Boy Named Sue," but don't forget "The Legend of John Henry's Hammer," "Daddy Sang Bass," "One Piece at a Time," "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" and the other 10 songs here. Every song is a story detailing the lives of the neighbors you never had in Nebraska. Everyone will like Johnny Cash at some point in their lives so do yourself a favor: buy this and begin the journey down the road with the Man in Black.
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