| One Piece at a Time | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Johnny Cash |
| Cover: | JohnnyCashOnePieceataTime.jpg |
| Released: | May 17, 1976 |
| Recorded: | 1975–1976 |
| Length: | 29:36 |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Chronology: | Johnny Cash |
| Prev Title: | Strawberry Cake |
| Prev Year: | 1976 |
| Next Title: | The Last Gunfighter Ballad |
| Next Year: | 1977 |
One Piece at a Time is the 54th album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released in 1976 on Columbia Records. "One Piece at a Time," which was a #1 hit, is a humorous tale of an auto worker on the Detroit assembly line who puts together a car out of parts he swipes from the plant. "Sold Out of Flag Poles" also charted as a single, reaching #29 on the country singles charts. "Committed to Parkview", a Cash original, would be re-recorded in 1985 by Cash, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson, collectively known as The Highwaymen, on their first album, Highwayman; it is one of the few country songs sung from the perspective of a patient at a mental hospital.
The album is notable for being credited to "Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Three", a credit that hadn't been used on Cash releases since the 1960s, and for featuring Cash's recording of "Love Has Lost Again," written by his daughter, Rosanne Cash prior to the launch of her own solo career. On "Let There Be Country", the album's opening track, Cash shares songwriting credit with Shel Silverstein, who had written Cash's biggest hit up to this time, "A Boy Named Sue".
"Go On Blues" was later re-recorded during the American Recordings session with Rick Rubin. It was not on the album but part of the promo single for "Delia's Gone".
All tracks composed by Johnny Cash, except where indicated.
Additional personnel
Charlie Bragg, Roger Tucker, Danny Jones, Chuck Bragg
Johnny Cash
Album – Billboard (United States)
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Country Albums | 2 |
| 1976 | Pop Albums | 185 |
Singles - Billboard (United States)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | "One Piece at a Time" | Country Singles | 1 |
| 1976 | "One Piece at a Time" | Pop Singles | 29 |
| 1976 | "Sold Out of Flagpoles" | Country Singles | 29 |