A Thing Called Love

A Thing Called Love
Studio album by Johnny Cash
Released	April 1972
Recorded	1972
Genre	Country
Length	28:37
Label	Columbia
Producer	Larry Butler
Johnny Cash chronology
Sunday Morning Coming Down (1972) A Thing Called Love (1972) America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song (1972)

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A Thing Called Love is the 38th overal album by country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1972 (see 1972 in music). The title song, written by Jerry Reed, was released successfully as a single (with "Daddy" as the B-side, as yet unavailable on CD), reaching No. 2 on the country charts; two more singles charted as well, while the album itself also reached No. 2 on the country album charts. "A Thing Called Love" was re-recorded by Cash for Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series (1988), while "Tear Stained Letter" was reprised on American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002). A note about the song "Kate": the Canadian pressing of the album contains a completely different version of this song. Even the lyrics are different.

Track listing

1. "Kate" (Marty Robbins) – 2:22
2. "Melva's Wine" (Vincent Matthews) – 2:55
3. "A Thing Called Love" (Jerry Reed Hubbard) – 2:36
4. "I Promise You" (Cash) – 2:58
5. "Papa Was a Good Man" (Hal Bynum) – 2:38
6. "Tear Stained Letter" (Cash) – 2:45
7. "Mississippi Sand" (June Carter Cash) – 3:08
8. "Daddy" (Don Reid, Harold Reid) – 2:54
9. "Arkansas Lovin' Man" (Red Lane) – 2:51
10. "The Miracle Man" (Cash, Larry Lee) – 3:30

Personnel

• Johnny Cash – Vocals, Guitar
• The Evangel Temple Choir – Background Vocals
• The Carter Family – Background vocals
• Marshall Grant – bass
• W.S. Holland- drums
• Bob Wootton, Carl Perkins, Ray Edenton, Jerry Reed – guitar
• Tommy Allsup – acoustic guitar
• Charlie McCoy – harmonica
• Bill Pursell – piano
• Larry Butler – producer, piano, arranged "A Thing Called Love" and "Papa Was A Good Man"
• Don Tweedy – arranged "Tear Stained Letter"
• Charlie Bragg & Lou Bradley – engineers

Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

Singles – Billboard (North America)

Covers

The title song was covered by Elvis Presley on his 1972 album He Touched Me.

External links

• Luma Electronic entry on A Thing Called Love

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