I Would Like to See You Again explained

I Would Like to See You Again
Type:Studio album
Artist:Johnny Cash
Cover:JohnnyCashIWouldLiketoSeeYouAgain.jpg
Released:April 10, 1978
Recorded:July 6, 1976–October 4, 1977
Studio:Sound Spectrum Recording
Length:32:44
Label:Columbia
Producer:Larry Butler
Chronology:Johnny Cash
Prev Title:The Rambler
Prev Year:1977
Next Title:Greatest Hits, Vol. 3
Next Year:1978

I Would Like to See You Again is an album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1978. The title track peaked at #12 on the singles chart, while "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" reached #2; the album itself peaked at #23. The album features a pair of duets with Waylon Jennings, one of which was the "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" single; it was one of Cash's first collaborations with Jennings, and the two recorded songs together throughout the 1980s, including a separate album entitled Heroes. Cash and Jennings would also work together as The Highwaymen with Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson.

Critical reception

Rolling Stone noted that, "in current country terminology, this outsider has become an Outlaw, and Cash, in keeping with the new secular faith, strips his sound to a lean roar, writes a few hard-boiled stories ripe with romantic agonies and enjoins Waylon Jennings, country music's Incredible Hulk, to glower along on a couple of songs."[1]

Personnel

Additional personnel

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

Singles - Billboard (United States)

YearSingleChartPosition
1978"I Would Like to See You Again"Country Singles12
1978"There Ain't No Good Chain Gang"Country Singles2
1978"I Wish I Was Crazy Again"Country Singles22

Notes and References

  1. Tucker . Ken . Johnny Cash I Would Like to See You Again . Rolling Stone . Jul 27, 1978 . 270 .
  2. Web site: Johnny Cash . Billboard . 18 February 2024.