Jump to content

Gone Girl (album)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gone Girl
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 13, 1978
Studio
Genre
Length32:07
LanguageEnglish
LabelColumbia
ProducerLarry Butler
Johnny Cash chronology
Greatest Hits, Vol. 3
(1978)
Gone Girl
(1978)
The Unissued Johnny Cash
(1978)

Gone Girl is an album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1978. It features the Rolling Stones' Beggars Banquet song "No Expectations", the original "It Comes and Goes" and Rodney Crowell's "A Song for the Life", as well as a version of Kenny Rogers' famous single "The Gambler", released just a month before Gone Girl. Three singles from the album, "Gone Girl", "I Will Rock and Roll with You" and "It'll Be Her", were released, but did not reach the country chart's top 20.[1]

Critical reception

[edit]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

In 1981, The Boston Globe wrote that the album "promised much (a rockabilly recollection of the Sun days, a cover of the Stones' 'No Expectations') but Cash seemed uncomfortable with the material and the goods weren't delivered."[3]

Track listing

[edit]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Gone Girl"Jack Clement3:12
2."I Will Rock and Roll with You"Cash2:54
3."The Diplomat"Roger Bowling4:03
4."No Expectations"Mick Jagger, Keith Richards3:14
5."It Comes and Goes"Cash2:34
6."It'll Be Her"Billy Ray Reynolds3:09
7."The Gambler"Don Schlitz3:43
8."Cajun Born"Kermit Goell, Jo-El Sonnier3:21
9."You and Me" (with June Carter Cash)Roger Bowling, Larry Butler2:45
10."Song for the Life"Rodney Crowell3:12

Personnel

[edit]
Technical
  • Produced by Larry Butler
  • Billy Sherrill, Charlie Bradley, Charlie Bragg, Jerry Watson – engineer
  • Virginia Team – art direction
  • Norman Seeff – photography

Charts

[edit]

Singles - Billboard (United States)

Year Single Chart Position
1978 "Gone Girl" Country Singles 44
1978 "It'll Be Her" Country Singles 89
1978 "I Will Rock and Roll with You" Country Singles 21

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Hilburn, Robert (2013-10-31). Johnny Cash: The Life. Orion. ISBN 978-0-297-86658-9.
  2. ^ "Gone Girl Review by Jim Worbois". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  3. ^ Flanagan, Bill (21 Jan 1981). "Rockabilly Blues". Calendar. The Boston Globe. p. 1.
[edit]