| Year Rank |
Decade Rank | All Time Rank | Buy at Amazon | Sample | ||
| Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar! | 1957 | 28 | 157 | 2692 | |
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| At Folsom Prison | 1968 | 7 | 39 | 169 | |
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| At San Quentin | 1969 | 32 | 114 | 682 | |
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| American Recordings | 1994 | 11 | 55 | 304 | |
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| Unchained | 1996 | 54 | 529 | 2758 | |
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| American III: Solitary Man | 2000 | 15 | 95 | 688 | |
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| American IV: The Man Comes Around | 2002 | 15 | 129 | 863 | |
Listen |
| American V: A Hundred Highways | 2006 | 46 | 433 | 2601 | |
Listen |
| Year Rank |
Decade Rank | All Time Rank | Sample | |||
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Folsom Prison Blues |
1955 | 4 | 18 | 131 | Listen | |
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I Walk the Line |
1956 | 3 | 12 | 81 | Listen | |
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I Still Miss Someone |
1958 | 28 | 142 | 1699 | | |
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Ring of Fire |
1963 | 6 | 88 | 249 | | |
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Cocaine Blues |
1968 | 68 | 585 | 2866 | | |
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A Boy Named Sue |
1969 | 60 | 465 | 2143 | | |
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Hurt |
2002 | 3 | 21 | 232 | Listen | |
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Jackson | 1967 |
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Wanted Man |
1969 | Listen | ||||
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I See a Darkness |
2000 | Listen | ||||
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