| Year Rank |
Decade Rank | All Time Rank | Buy at Amazon | Sample | ||
| At Folsom Prison | 1968 | 11 | 48 | 195 | |
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| At San Quentin | 1969 | 32 | 117 | 715 | |
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| American Recordings | 1994 | 12 | 65 | 351 | |
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| Unchained | 1996 | 46 | 465 | 2431 | |
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| American III: Solitary Man | 2000 | 19 | 108 | 981 | |
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| American IV: The Man Comes Around | 2002 | 19 | 114 | 1013 | |
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| American V: A Hundred Highways | 2006 | 18 | 207 | 1642 | |
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| Some albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000: | ||||||
| Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar | 1957 | |
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| Year Rank |
Decade Rank | All Time Rank | Sample | |||
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Folsom Prison Blues | 1956 | 8 | 23 | 148 |
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I Walk the Line | 1956 | 4 | 14 | 89 |
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I Still Miss Someone |
1959 | 27 | 181 | 2044 | | |
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Ring of Fire |
1963 | 7 | 91 | 240 | | |
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Hurt | 2002 | 5 | 22 | 338 |
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| Some songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000: | ||||||
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Jackson | 1967 |
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Wanted Man | 1969 |
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I See a Darkness | 2000 |
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| Traditional Country |