I Walk the Line is a soundtrack album

Soundtrack album

A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television program. In some cases, not all the tracks from the movie are included in the album; however there are rare cases of songs in the trailers that do not appear in...

 to a 1970 film of the same name

I Walk the Line (film)

I Walk the Line is a 1970 film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Gregory Peck and Tuesday Weld. The film is the story of Sheriff Henry Tawes who develops a relationship with town girl Alma McCain ....

 starring Gregory Peck

Gregory Peck

Eldred Gregory Peck was an American actor.One of 20th Century Fox's most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1960s, Peck continued to play important roles well into the 1980s. His notable performances include that of Atticus Finch in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird, for which he won an...

. Released that same year on Columbia Records

Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

, it is, in essence, a country

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 album by Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash

John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...

, as the entire soundtrack is composed solely of Cash songs, including the famous title song

I Walk the Line

"I Walk the Line" is a song written by Johnny Cash and recorded in 1956. It was performed with the help of Marshall Grant and Luther Perkins, two mechanics that his brother introduced him to following his discharge from the Air Force. Cash and his wife, Vivian, were living in Memphis, Tennessee,...

. Also included is "Flesh and Blood

Flesh and Blood (Johnny Cash song)

"Flesh and Blood" is a 1970 single written and recorded by Johnny Cash and was featured in the film, I Walk the Line starring Gregory Peck . "Flesh and Blood" went to number one on the U.S. country singles chart for one week, spending a total of thirteen weeks on the chart.-Chart performance:...

", a ballad written by Cash which reached the top of the Country charts.

Track listing

1. "Flesh and Blood
   Flesh and Blood (Johnny Cash song)
   "Flesh and Blood" is a 1970 single written and recorded by Johnny Cash and was featured in the film, I Walk the Line starring Gregory Peck . "Flesh and Blood" went to number one on the U.S. country singles chart for one week, spending a total of thirteen weeks on the chart.-Chart performance:...
   
   " (Cash) – 2:39
2. "I Walk the Line
   I Walk the Line
   "I Walk the Line" is a song written by Johnny Cash and recorded in 1956. It was performed with the help of Marshall Grant and Luther Perkins, two mechanics that his brother introduced him to following his discharge from the Air Force. Cash and his wife, Vivian, were living in Memphis, Tennessee,...
   
   " (Cash) – 3:29
3. "Hungry" (Cash) – 1:40
4. "This Town" (Cash) – 2:30
5. "This Side of the Law" (Cash) – 2:54
6. "Flesh and Blood
   Flesh and Blood (Johnny Cash song)
   "Flesh and Blood" is a 1970 single written and recorded by Johnny Cash and was featured in the film, I Walk the Line starring Gregory Peck . "Flesh and Blood" went to number one on the U.S. country singles chart for one week, spending a total of thirteen weeks on the chart.-Chart performance:...
   
   " [Instrumental Version] (Cash) – 2:10
7. "'Cause I Love You" (Cash) – 1:48
8. "'Cause I Love You" [Instrumental Version] (Cash) – 1:46
9. "The World's Gonna Fall on You" (Cash) – 2:06
10. "Face of Despair" (Cash) – 3:36
11. "Standing on the Promises" / "Amazing Grace
    Amazing Grace
    "Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn with words written by the English poet and clergyman John Newton , published in 1779. With a message that forgiveness and redemption are possible regardless of the sins people commit and that the soul can be delivered from despair through the mercy of God,...
    
    " (Celso Carter / John Newton
    John Newton
    John Henry Newton was a British sailor and Anglican clergyman. Starting his career on the sea at a young age, he became involved with the slave trade for a few years. After experiencing a religious conversion, he became a minister, hymn-writer, and later a prominent supporter of the abolition of...
    
    , Bill Walker) – 3:04

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1970	Country Albums	9
1970	Pop Albums	176

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1970	"Flesh and Blood"	Country Singles	1
1970	"Flesh and Blood"	Pop Singles	54

External links

• Luma Electronic entry on I Walk the Line