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{{Infobox album
| name       = The Holy Land
| type       = Album
| artist     = [[wikipedia:Johnny Cash|Johnny Cash]]
| cover      = JohnnyCashTheHolyLand.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = January 6, 1969
| recorded   = July 19- September 9, 1968
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = {{flatlist|
*[[wikipedia:Gospel music|Gospel]]
*[[wikipedia:country gospel|country gospel]]}}
| length     = 43:43
| label      = [[wikipedia:Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| producer   = [[wikipedia:Bob Johnston|Bob Johnston]]
| prev_title = [[wikipedia:Heart of Cash|Heart of Cash]]
| prev_year  = 1968
| next_title = [[wikipedia:At San Quentin|At San Quentin]]
| next_year  = 1969
| misc = {{Singles
| name = The Holy Land
| type = studio
| single1 = Daddy Sang Bass
| single1date = November 6, 1968
}}
}}

'''''The Holy Land''''' is a [[wikipedia:concept album|concept album]], the third gospel album and 30th overall album by [[wikipedia:country music|country]] singer [[wikipedia:Johnny Cash|Johnny Cash]], released on [[wikipedia:Columbia Records|Columbia Records]] in 1969. He recorded the album inspired by a visit to [[wikipedia:Israel|Israel]] (the [[wikipedia:Holy Land|Holy Land]] of the title) with his wife, [[wikipedia:June Carter Cash|June Carter Cash]] and in fact most of the album consists of on-site recordings made by Cash using a portable tape recorder during a visit describing what he sees as he visits holy sites in and around [[wikipedia:Jerusalem|Jerusalem]]. The remainder of the album consists of [[wikipedia:gospel music|gospel]] songs. All but three of the songs were written by Cash, though the sole single, "[[wikipedia:Daddy Sang Bass|Daddy Sang Bass]]", which reached No. 1 on the Country charts and remained that spot for six weeks, was penned by [[wikipedia:Carl Perkins|Carl Perkins]].

The cover has a picture of Cash standing in front of the chapel on top of the [[wikipedia:Mount of Beatitudes|Mount of Beatitudes]], immediately north of the [[wikipedia:Sea of Galilee|Sea of Galilee]]. Some versions of the album had a [[wikipedia:Stereoscopy|3-D]] picture on the cover.

This album features the final Cash recordings made with original Tennessee Two lead guitarist [[wikipedia:Luther Perkins|Luther Perkins]] before Perkins' death.

The album has been released on CD through Harmony Records in 1999 and later by Columbia as part of the ''[[wikipedia:Johnny Cash: The Complete Columbia Album Collection|Johnny Cash: The Complete Columbia Album Collection]]'' box set in 2012.

The concept of Cash visiting Biblical locations and combining storytelling with music would be revisited twice more in his career for the 1973 soundtrack album ''[[wikipedia:The Gospel Road|The Gospel Road]]'' and the 2000 release ''[[wikipedia:Return to the Promised Land|Return to the Promised Land]]''.

{{Album reviews
|rev1 = [[wikipedia:Allmusic|Allmusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r91940|pure_url=yes}} link]
}}

==Track listing==
All tracks composed by Johnny Cash, except where indicated.
{{track listing
|title1=Prologue
|note1=narrative
|length1=0:54
|title2=Land of Israel
|length2=2:50
|title3=Mother's Love
|note3=narrative
|length3=1:32
|title4=This Is [[wikipedia:Nazareth|Nazareth]]
|note4=narrative
|length4=0:43
|title5=Nazarene
|length5=2:03
|title6=Town of [[wikipedia:Cana|Cana]]
|note6=narrative
|length6=1:36
|title7=He Turned the Water into Wine
|length7=2:47
|title8=My Wife June at the [[wikipedia:Sea of Galilee|Sea of Galilee]]
|note8=narrative by [[wikipedia:June Carter Cash|June Carter Cash]]
|length8=1:32
|title9=Beautiful Words
|note9=narrative with sung interjection by Cash
|length9=1:52
|title10=Our Guide Jacob at [[wikipedia:Mount Tabor|Mount Tabor]]
|note10=narrative interview
|length10=1:54
|title11=The Ten Commandments
|writer11= [[wikipedia:Lew DeWitt|Lew DeWitt]] 
|length11=3:59
|title12=[[wikipedia:Daddy Sang Bass|Daddy Sang Bass]]
|writer12= [[wikipedia:Carl Perkins|Carl Perkins]]
|length12=2:19
|title13=At the [[wikipedia:Wailing Wall|Wailing Wall]]
|note13=narrative
|length13=0:46
|title14=Come to the Wailing Wall
|length14=2:49
|title15=In [[wikipedia:Bethlehem|Bethlehem]]
|note15=narrative
|length15=1:46
|title16=In Garden of [[wikipedia:Gethsemane|Gethsemane]]
|note16=narrative
|length16=1:57
|title17=The Fourth Man
|writer17=[[wikipedia:Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith|Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith]]
|length17=2:08
|title18=On the Via Delorosa
|note18=narrative
|length18=3:54
|title19=Church of the Holy Sepulchre
|note19=narrative
|length19=1:06
|title20=At Calvary
|note20=narrative
|length20=3:33
|title21=God is Not Dead
|length21=2:45
}}

==Personnel==
*[[wikipedia:Johnny Cash|Johnny Cash]] - [[wikipedia:vocals|vocals]], [[wikipedia:guitar|guitar]]
*[[wikipedia:The Carter Family|The Carter Family]], [[wikipedia:Jan Howard|Jan Howard]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Papadatos |first1=Markos |title=Interview with Jan Howard: Classiest Lady in Country Music |url=http://www.digitaljournal.com/a-and-e/music/interview-with-jan-howard-classiest-lady-in-country-music/article/377906 |website=Digital Journal |access-date=19 January 2020}}</ref> [[wikipedia:Statler Brothers|The Statler Brothers]] - [[wikipedia:backing vocals|backing vocals]]
*[[wikipedia:Marshall Grant|Marshall Grant]] - [[wikipedia:bass guitar|bass guitar]]
*[[wikipedia:W.S. Holland|W.S. Holland]] - [[wikipedia:drum kit|drums]]
*[[wikipedia:Carl Perkins|Carl Perkins]], [[wikipedia:Luther Perkins|Luther Perkins]] - [[wikipedia:electric guitar|electric guitar]]

===Additional personnel===
*Charlie Bragg - [[wikipedia:audio engineer|engineer]]
*[[wikipedia:Bob Johnston|Bob Johnston]] - [[wikipedia:record producer|producer]]

==Charts==
'''Album''' – [[wikipedia:Billboard magazine|''Billboard'']] (United States)
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|align="left"|1969
|align="left"|Country Albums
|align="left"|6
|-
|align="left"|1969
|align="left"|Pop Albums
|align="left"|54
|-
|}

'''Singles''' – ''Billboard'' (United States)
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Single
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|align="left"|1968
|align="left"|"Daddy Sang Bass"
|align="left"|Country Singles
|align="left"|1
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.luma-electronic.cz/lp/c/Cash/cash_holyland.htm Luma Electronic entry on ''The Holy Land'']

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