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<< Previous   of   Next >> (click to enlarge) "Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison: Legacy Edition" (click to enlarge)   ADVERTISEMENT   CONTACT THE HERALD Melanie Munk, Features Editor munk@heraldnet.com   Published: Monday, October 13, 2008 Liner notes / Nothing's left out of Johnny Cash album "Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison: Legacy Edition" Johnny Cash WHY CARE?: Johnny Cash's famed concert gets its most complete release yet, with 31 newly issued tracks from the two shows he played on Jan. 13, 1968. TRIVIA: The original album was added to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry in 2003, alongside Carole King's "Tapestry" and a broadcast of a 1941 World Series Game between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers. HIGH POINT: "I Got Stripes," one of the newly issued tracks, is a zippy song about a man in prison garb being dragged down by the chains around his feet. FANS ALSO LIKE: Outlaws, the color black ANDY SAYS: Everything from the Folsom Prison shows is included here -- the missteps, the expletives, even the announcer telling convicts when to cheer. As a historical document, it can't be topped. Of course, as a result, the album also includes three versions of "Greystone Chapel," a bit much. If there's anything wrong here, it's excess. GRADE: B-plus "Perfect Symmetry" Keane WHY CARE?: The British trio, who had a hit in 2006 with "Is It Any Wonder?," return with a third studio album, guided in part by piano pop guru Jon Brion. TRIVIA: The group doesn't use a full-time guitarist, so every song instead is built around drums, piano and vocals. HIGH POINTS: Keane sounds a bit like the Killers on the melodic "The Lovers Are Losing." FANS ALSO LIKE: Adult contemporary music via England ANDY SAYS: Keane embraces a less anthemic, more dance-friendly pop sound this time out. The guys end up sounding like England's own version of Maroon 5. It's all palatable. It's also all unextraordinary. GRADE: C-minus Andy Rathbun arathbun@heraldnet.com 425-339-3455 READER COMMENTS Be the first to comment. You must be a registered user and verify your e-mail address to post comments to blogs or articles on HeraldNet. To register, click here. To read other terms and conditions, click here. Log out

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