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Love, God, Murder is a Johnny Cash compilation box set (and 84th overall release) released in 2000. It features three themed CDs of songs Cash chose from his catalog. Love features relationship songs, mostly written for June Carter Cash. God is a collection of Gospel and spiritual songs. Murder features another recurring topic of Cash's career, and perhaps his favorite subject, but one that he encouraged people "not to go out and do". Each album was also released separately on the same day. In 2004 Life, a fourth compilation was released.

Love, God, Murder
Box set by Johnny Cash
Released	May 23, 2000
Recorded	July 30, 1955 – June 1998
Genre	Country, rock and roll, gospel
Length	130:32
Label	Legacy/Columbia, American
Johnny Cash chronology
16 Biggest Hits (1999) Love, God, Murder (2000) American III: Solitary Man (2000)

Box set

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Rolling Stone	link

Although the albums within the box set are compilations, they demonstrate Cash's lifelong affection for releasing concept albums. Examples of previous Cash theme albums include Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian (1964), Sings the Ballads of the True West (1965), America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song (1972) and The Rambler (1977).

Each of the three discs contains liner notes by a celebrity. Love has liner notes by Cash's wife, June Carter Cash, U2's frontman Bono contributes liner notes for God, and Murder's liner notes are by film director Quentin Tarantino.

Love

Love
Compilation album by Johnny Cash
Released	May 23, 2000
Recorded	April 2, 1956 – August 1996
Genre	Country, rock and roll
Length	39:42
Label	Legacy/Columbia

Love

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Source	Rating
Allmusic	link

Love credits

• Johnny Cash – Arranger, Liner Notes, Adaptation, Compilation Producer
• June Carter Cash – Liner Notes
• John Jackson – Project Director
• Steven Berkowitz – Producer
• Chris Athens – Engineer
• Mark Wilder – Engineer
• Darcy Proper – Mastering
• Howard Fritzson – Art Direction
• Don Hunstein – Photography

God

God
Compilation album by Johnny Cash
Released	May 23, 2000
Recorded	April 5, 1957 – Mar 24, 1994
Genre	Country, gospel
Length	46:39
Label	Legacy/Columbia

God

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Source	Rating
Allmusic	link

Another feature of Cash's career is his affinity for another theme: gospel. God pulls from a vast catalog of spiritual songs that includes the albums Hymns by Johnny Cash (1959), Songs of Our Soil (1959), Hymns from the Heart (1962), Sings Precious Memories (1975), Believe in Him (1986) and My Mother's Hymn Book (2004).

God credits

• Johnny Cash – Arranger, Liner Notes, Adaptation, Compilation Producer
• Bono – Liner Notes
• John Jackson – Project Director
• Steven Berkowitz – Producer
• Chris Athens – Engineer
• Mark Wilder – Engineer
• Darcy Proper – Mastering
• Howard Fritzson – Art Direction
• Don Hunstein – Photography

Murder

Murder
Compilation album by Johnny Cash
Released	May 23, 2000
Recorded	Jul 30, 1955 – December 1993
Genre	Country, rock and roll
Length	51:11
Label	Legacy/Columbia

Murder

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Source	Rating
Allmusic	link

Murder credits

• Johnny Cash – Producer, Liner Notes, Compilation Producer
• Quentin Tarantino – Liner Notes
• John Jackson – Project Director
• Steven Berkowitz – Producer
• Chris Athens – Engineer
• Mark Wilder – Engineer
• Darcy Proper – Mastering
• Mike Cimicata – Packaging Manager
• Howard Fritzson – Art Direction
• Don Hunstein – Photography
• Patti Matheny – A&R
• Tim Smith – A&R

Life

Life
Compilation album by Johnny Cash
Released	March 23, 2004
Recorded	1958 – June 30, 1988
Genre	Country, folk
Label	Legacy/Columbia
Johnny Cash chronology
Unearthed (2003) Life (2004) My Mother's Hymn Book (2004)

Life

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Source	Rating
Allmusic	link

As a result of the success of the first three collections, in 2004, a fourth volume, Life, was released (his 90th overall release). It mostly features songs about social and economic struggle.

Life credits

• Johnny Cash – Producer, Compilation Producer, Selection
• John Carter Cash – Executive Producer
• Lou Robin – Executive Producer
• Steven Berkowitz – Producer
• Andy Manganello – Mixing
• Joseph M. Palmaccio – Mastering
• Geoffrey Rice – Mixing Assistant
• Triana DOrazio – Packaging Manager
• Howard Fritzson – Art Direction
• David Gahr – Photography
• Don Hunstein – Cover Photo

Charts

Album – Billboard (United States)

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Top Country Albums	67

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Love, God and Murder es una caja de discos recopilatorios del cantante country Johnny Cash lanzado en el año 2000. Esta caja incluye 3 discos temáticos con canciones relacionadas con el tema. El primer disco se llama Love y trata de las canciones afectivas, especialmente relacionadas con su esposa June Carter Cash. El segundo disco se llama God y trata sobre la parte espiritual del cantante, o sea todas las canciones de este disco son de estilo gospel. El tercer disco se llamó Murder y trata del tema más recurrente en la carrera de Cash, puede que sea el favorito de el pero que recomienda que no salgan y lo hagan. Cada álbum fue lanzado por separado pero el mismo día. En el 2004 se creó un cuarto disco titulado Life. Pese a que los 3 álbumes eran recopilaciones de canciones de Cash, estos demuestran las intenciones de Cash de seguir haciendo álbumes conceptuales como Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian de 1964, Sings the Ballads of the True West de 1965, America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song de 1972 y The Rambler de 1977. Cada disco contiene las notas de algún famoso en Love están las de su esposa June Carter Cash, en el disco God están las del vocalista del grupo U2, Bono y en el disco Murder están las del director Quentin Tarantino.

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