Believe in Him

Believe in Him
Studio album by Johnny Cash
Released	1986
Recorded	May – December 1982
Genre	Country gospel, Southern gospel
Length	27:53
Label	Word
Producer	Marty Stuart
Johnny Cash chronology
Rainbow (1985)Rainbow1985 Believe in Him (1986) Class of '55 (1986)Class of '551986

Believe in Him is a gospel album and 71st overall album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released on Word Records in 1986. It features acoustic arrangements of classic gospel songs.

The tracks were originally recorded in 1982 for a planned album release on the Columbia Records subsidiary label, Priority Records, under the title Johnny Cash - Gospel Singer. This album was cancelled when parent CBS Records shut down Priority, and the tracks remained unreleased until issued as Believe in Him by Word records.

It is notable as the first album of original material to be released by Cash after leaving Columbia Records though, as noted, he originally recorded the tracks for the company. He subsequently signed with Mercury Records.

In 2012, it was released entirely on CD for the first time as part of Bootleg Vol 4: The Soul of Truth, with a different running order which reflected the originally planned running order for the cancelled Johnny Cash - Gospel Singer, and with the addition of four previously unissued outtakes from the recording sessions.

"Belshazzar" had previously been recorded by Cash for Sun Records. The album featured the Cathedral Quartet on background vocals.

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Track listing

1. "Believe in Him" – 3:25
2. "Another Wide River to Cross" – 2:25
3. "God Ain't No Stained Glass Window" – 3:07
4. "Over There" – 3:12
5. "The Old Rugged Cross" (with Jessi Colter) – 2:25
6. "My Children Walk in Truth" – 2:39
7. "You're Driftin' Away" – 1:35
8. "Belshazzar" – 2:51
9. "Half a Mile a Day" – 3:21
10. "One of These Days I'm Gonna Sit Down and Talk to Paul" – 3:04

Personnel

• Johnny Cash – Vocals, Guitar
• Marty Stuart – Producer, Guitar, Mandolin
• Earl "Poole" Ball – Piano
• Hargus "Pig" Robbins – Piano
• Bob Whitlock – Synthesizer, Organ
• David Briggs – Synthesizer, Organ
• Jack Grochmal – Pump Organ
• W. S. Holland – Drums
• Kenny Malone – Drums
• Jimmy Tittle – Bass
• Bob Wray – Bass
• Roy Huskey – Bass
• T. Michael Coleman – Bass
• Joe Allen – Bass
• Peter Drake – Steel Guitar
• The Cathedral Quartet – Guest Vocalist
• Jessie Colter – Guest Vocals on "Rugged Old Cross"
• Mike Leach – String Arrangement

External links

• Luma Electronic's Johnny Cash discography listing