The List (album)
The List is the thirteenth studio album by Rosanne Cash, released in 2009. When she was 18 years old, Johnny Cash gave his daughter Rosanne a list of 100 essential country songs in an effort to expand her knowledge of country music. On the album, Rosanne re-interprets 12 of the songs from the list through her own perspective on country music, her father, and her life in New York City instead of Nashville. It also includes guest performances by Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Jeff Tweedy and Rufus Wainwright.
The album contains country songs made famous by Jimmie Rodgers, The Carter Family, Don Gibson, Ray Price, Lefty Frizzell, Patsy Cline, and other country stars, as well the traditional folk song "Motherless Children" and 1960s folk numbers by Bob Dylan and Peter, Paul, and Mary. Three songs had previously been recorded by her father: "Sea of Heartbreak", "The Long Black Veil," which he had recorded and performed numerous times and "Girl from the North Country", a 1963 Bob Dylan song that was re-recorded as a duet between Dylan and Cash in 1969 for Dylan's Nashville Skyline album.
The List peaked at #5 on Billboard's country album chart — Cash's first top ten album on the chart in 22 years — and hit #22 on the general Billboard Hot 200, topping her previously most successful album on that chart, 1981's Seven Year Ache which peaked at #26. It was also her first entry on the Billboard Top Rock Albums chart, where it debuted and peaked at #8. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Americana Album and won the prestigious Album of the Year award at the 2010 Americana Music Honors & Awards.Track listing
Personnel
- Rosanne Cash – vocals
- Bruce Springsteen – vocals
- Jeff Tweedy – vocals
- Rufus Wainwright – vocals
- Elvis Costello – vocals
- Joe Bonadio – drums
- Zev Katz – bass
- John Leventhal – organ, bass, dobro, guitar, harmonica, mandolin, percussion, drums, harmonium, Wurlitzer
- Tim Luntzel – bass
- Shawn Pelton – drums
- Curtis King – background vocals
- Rick DePofi – piano, bass clarinet, horn
Production notes:
- John Leventhal – producer, engineer, mixing
- Rick DePofi – co-producer, engineer, mixing
- Ted Jensen – mastering
- Deborah Feingold – photography
- Perry Greenfield – product manager
- Jill Dell'Abate – production coordination
Chart performance
End of year charts
