Complete List Of Rosanne Cash Albums And Discography

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Rosanne Cash was born on May 24, 1955, in Memphis, Tennessee. She is the eldest daughter of country music legend Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian Liberto. Rosanne began her music career in the late 1970s and quickly established herself as a successful artist in her own right.

Rosanne Cash has released fourteen studio albums: Rosanne Cash (1978), Right or Wrong (1979), Seven Year Ache (1981), Somewhere in the Stars (1982), Rhythm & Romance (1985), King’s Record Shop (1987), Interiors (1990), The Wheel (1993), 10 Song Demo (1996), Rules of Travel (2003), Black Cadillac (2006), The List (2009), The River & the Thread (2014), and She Remembers Everything (2018). Her most recent album release is the career-spanning compilation The Essential Collection (2024). In 2026, Cash joined Matt Berninger for a recording of “Who Loves the Sun.”

Rosanne Cash has received numerous accolades throughout her career, including four Grammy Awards and multiple additional nominations. She is known for her introspective songwriting, blending country, folk, rock, and Americana influences. Her work often reflects personal experiences, social issues, and deep emotional themes. Rosanne Cash continues to be an influential and respected figure in the music industry.

ROSANNE CASH STUDIO ALBUMS

Rosanne Cash (1978)

Released: December 15, 1978

Rosanne Cash is the debut studio album by Rosanne Cash. The album was released by Ariola in Germany and was not originally issued in the United States. It features a blend of country and pop and marked the beginning of Cash’s recording career.

The album features Rosanne Cash on vocals and acoustic guitar with a large group of session musicians. It was produced by Rodney Crowell and Bernd Vonficht and recorded in Munich, Germany, with additional recording in Nashville, Tennessee.

Original LP Track Listings:

1. “Baby, Better Start Turnin’ ‘Em Down” – 4:06
2. “Take Me, Take Me” – 3:40
3. “So Fine” – 3:20
4. “Thoughts from the Train” – 3:45
5. “Understand Your Man” – 3:23
6. “I’m Ragged but I’m Right” – 2:45
7. “Anybody’s Darlin’ (Anything but Mine)” – 5:10
8. “Feelin’ Blue” – 3:59
9. “We Can Do What We Like” – 3:43
10. “Baby, We Can Be Friends” – 2:32
11. “Can I Still Believe in You” – 5:35

Right or Wrong (1979)

Released: September 1979

Right or Wrong is Rosanne Cash’s second studio album and her first album released in the United States. The album produced three Top 25 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and marked Rosanne’s breakthrough in the country music scene.

The album features Rosanne Cash on vocals, Rodney Crowell on guitar and backing vocals, and various session musicians. It was produced by Rodney Crowell.

Original LP Track Listings:

1. “Right or Wrong” – 3:22
2. “Take Me, Take Me” – 3:37
3. “Man Smart (Woman Smarter)” – 2:55
4. “This Has Happened Before” – 3:55
5. “Baby, Better Start Turnin’ ‘Em Down” – 4:08
6. “No Memories Hangin’ Round” (with Bobby Bare) – 3:24
7. “Couldn’t Do Nothin’ Right” – 4:48
8. “Seein’s Believing” – 3:28
9. “Big River” – 2:47
10. “Anybody’s Darlin’ (Anything but Mine)” – 5:01

Seven Year Ache (1981)

Released: February 1981

Seven Year Ache is Rosanne Cash’s third studio album. The album produced three number-one hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, including the title track “Seven Year Ache,” which also crossed over to the pop charts.

The album features Rosanne Cash on vocals, Rodney Crowell and a large group of session musicians. It was produced by Rodney Crowell and recorded in California in 1980.

Original LP Track Listings:

1. “Rainin'” – 2:54
2. “Seven Year Ache” – 3:15
3. “Blue Moon with Heartache” – 4:28
4. “What Kinda Girl?” – 2:47
5. “You Don’t Have Very Far to Go” – 2:35
6. “My Baby Thinks He’s a Train” – 3:13
7. “Only Human” – 4:00
8. “Where Will the Words Come From?” – 2:45
9. “Hometown Blues” – 2:58
10. “I Can’t Resist” – 3:25

Somewhere in the Stars (1982)

Released: June 16, 1982

Somewhere in the Stars is Rosanne Cash’s fourth studio album. The album features a mix of country and pop influences and produced three Top 20 Billboard country singles, including “Ain’t No Money,” “I Wonder,” and “It Hasn’t Happened Yet.”

The album features Rosanne Cash on vocals and guitar with Rodney Crowell and various session musicians. It was produced by Rodney Crowell and recorded at studios including Woodland Sound in Nashville and Magnolia Sound in California.

Original LP Track Listings:

1. “Ain’t No Money” – 3:26
2. “Down on Love” – 3:27
3. “I Wonder” – 3:02
4. “Oh Yes I Can” – 3:09
5. “Looking for a Corner” – 4:50
6. “It Hasn’t Happened Yet” – 3:18
7. “That’s How I Got to Memphis” – 2:21
8. “Third Rate Romance” – 3:35
9. “I Look for Love” – 3:28
10. “Somewhere in the Stars” – 3:32

Rhythm & Romance (1985)

Released: May 6, 1985

Rhythm & Romance is Rosanne Cash’s fifth studio album. The album produced the number-one country singles “I Don’t Know Why You Don’t Want Me” and “Never Be You” and blended country with pop and rock influences.

The album features Rosanne Cash on vocals with musicians including Vince Gill, Waddy Wachtel, Benmont Tench, and others. The album was produced by David Malloy, Rodney Crowell, and David Thoener and recorded at studios in Nashville, Los Angeles, and New York.

CD Track Listings:

1. “Hold On” – 3:36
2. “I Don’t Know Why You Don’t Want Me” – 3:17
3. “Never Be You” – 3:28
4. “Second to No One” – 3:46
5. “Halfway House” – 4:24
6. “Pink Bedroom” – 3:09
7. “Never Alone” – 3:38
8. “My Old Man” – 2:52
9. “Never Gonna Hurt” – 3:05
10. “Closing Time” – 2:49

King’s Record Shop (1987)

Released: August 11, 1987

King’s Record Shop is Rosanne Cash’s sixth studio album. The album produced four consecutive number-one hits on the Billboard country chart: “The Way We Make a Broken Heart,” “Tennessee Flat Top Box,” “If You Change Your Mind,” and “Runaway Train.”

The album features Rosanne Cash on vocals with Rodney Crowell and an extensive group of guest musicians and session players. It was produced by Rodney Crowell and recorded at Sixteenth Avenue Sound in Nashville, Tennessee.

Original LP Track Listings:

1. “Rosie Strike Back” – 3:31
2. “The Way We Make a Broken Heart” – 3:54
3. “If You Change Your Mind” – 3:21
4. “The Real Me” – 4:25
5. “Somewhere Sometime” – 4:04
6. “Runaway Train” – 4:02
7. “Tennessee Flat Top Box” – 3:10
8. “I Don’t Have to Crawl” – 4:35
9. “Green, Yellow and Red” – 3:41
10. “Why Don’t You Quit Leaving Me Alone” – 3:58

Interiors (1990)

Released: October 5, 1990

Interiors is Rosanne Cash’s seventh studio album. The album features introspective and personal songs, showcasing a more stripped-down and acoustic sound. It received critical acclaim and is considered one of her best works.

The album features Rosanne Cash on vocals and guitar with musicians including Steuart Smith, Eddie Bayers, Michael Rhodes, and Mark O’Connor. Cash produced the album herself, with Rodney Crowell co-producing “Real Woman.”

CD Track Listings:

1. “On the Inside” – 3:19
2. “Dance with the Tiger” – 3:48
3. “On the Surface” – 2:56
4. “Real Woman” – 4:00
5. “This World” – 3:29
6. “What We Really Want” – 3:29
7. “Mirror Image” – 3:17
8. “Land of Nightmares” – 2:28
9. “I Want a Cure” – 4:19
10. “Paralyzed” – 3:03

The Wheel (1993)

Released: January 19, 1993

The Wheel is Rosanne Cash’s eighth studio album. The album features a mix of country, rock, folk, and singer-songwriter influences with deeply personal lyrics reflecting major changes in Cash’s life.

The album features Rosanne Cash on vocals and guitar, John Leventhal on guitar and other instruments, and various session musicians. It was produced by Rosanne Cash and John Leventhal and recorded primarily in New York.

CD Track Listings:

1. “The Wheel” – 4:20
2. “Seventh Avenue” – 5:14
3. “Change Partners” – 3:41
4. “Sleeping in Paris” – 4:06
5. “You Won’t Let Me In” – 4:32
6. “From the Ashes” – 3:56
7. “The Truth About You” – 2:27
8. “Tears Falling Down” – 3:26
9. “Roses in the Fire” – 3:25
10. “Fire of the Newly Alive” – 4:27
11. “If There’s a God on My Side” – 4:51

10 Song Demo (1996)

Released: April 2, 1996

10 Song Demo is Rosanne Cash’s ninth studio album. Despite its title, the album contains eleven tracks and is an intentionally stripped-down collection built around Cash’s songwriting and spare arrangements.

The album features Rosanne Cash on vocals, acoustic guitar, and piano, with John Leventhal, Larry Campbell, and Lincoln Schleifer. It was produced by Rosanne Cash and John Leventhal.

CD Track Listings:

1. “Price of Temptation” – 2:12
2. “If I Were a Man” – 3:20
3. “The Summer I Read Collette” – 3:38
4. “Western Wall” – 3:00
5. “Bells & Roses” – 3:04
6. “List of Burdens” – 3:04
7. “Child of Steel” – 3:36
8. “Just Don’t Talk About It” – 3:48
9. “I Want to Know” – 3:17
10. “Take My Body” – 3:52
11. “Mid-Air” – 2:37

Rules of Travel (2003)

Released: March 25, 2003

Rules of Travel is Rosanne Cash’s tenth studio album. The album features a blend of country, folk, and rock influences and marked her return with a full studio album after seven years. Guests include Sheryl Crow, Steve Earle, Johnny Cash, and Teddy Thompson.

The album features Rosanne Cash on vocals and guitar, John Leventhal on guitar and various instruments, and additional session musicians. It was produced by John Leventhal.

CD Track Listings:

1. “Beautiful Pain” (with Sheryl Crow) – 2:50
2. “44 Stories” – 3:19
3. “I’ll Change for You” (with Steve Earle) – 3:50
4. “Rules of Travel” – 3:54
5. “September When It Comes” (with Johnny Cash) – 3:40
6. “Hope Against Hope” – 3:56
7. “Will You Remember Me” – 2:41
8. “Three Steps Down” (with Teddy Thompson) – 3:45
9. “Closer Than I Appear” – 3:38
10. “Western Wall” – 2:57
11. “Last Stop Before Home” – 4:31

Black Cadillac (2006)

Released: January 24, 2006

Black Cadillac is Rosanne Cash’s eleventh studio album. The album is deeply personal, reflecting on the deaths of her stepmother, June Carter Cash, her father, Johnny Cash, and her mother, Vivian Liberto Cash Distin. It received widespread critical acclaim.

The album features Rosanne Cash on vocals with musicians including John Leventhal, Benmont Tench, Michael Rhodes, Shawn Pelton, and others. Production was handled by Bill Bottrell and John Leventhal.

CD Track Listings:

1. “Black Cadillac” – 3:45
2. “Radio Operator” – 3:22
3. “I Was Watching You” – 4:01
4. “Burn Down This Town” – 3:10
5. “God Is in the Roses” – 4:07
6. “House on the Lake” – 3:31
7. “The World Unseen” – 5:13
8. “Like Fugitives” – 3:40
9. “Dreams Are Not My Home” – 3:40
10. “Like a Wave” – 3:25
11. “World Without Sound” – 3:42
12. “The Good Intent” – 3:44
13. “0:71” – 1:11

The List (2009)

Released: October 6, 2009

The List is Rosanne Cash’s twelfth studio album. The album features twelve songs selected from a much larger list of essential country and American songs that her father, Johnny Cash, gave her when she was eighteen. The album received critical acclaim and was nominated for a Grammy Award.

The album features Rosanne Cash on vocals and John Leventhal on guitar and other instruments. Guest vocalists include Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Jeff Tweedy, and Rufus Wainwright. It was produced by John Leventhal.

CD Track Listings:

1. “Miss the Mississippi and You” – 3:12
2. “Motherless Children” – 3:06
3. “Sea of Heartbreak” (with Bruce Springsteen) – 3:06
4. “Take These Chains from My Heart” – 3:31
5. “I’m Movin’ On” – 3:44
6. “Heartaches by the Number” (with Elvis Costello) – 3:19
7. “500 Miles” – 3:04
8. “Long Black Veil” (with Jeff Tweedy) – 3:10
9. “She’s Got You” – 3:06
10. “Girl from the North Country” – 3:32
11. “Silver Wings” (with Rufus Wainwright) – 3:42
12. “Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow” – 3:33

The River & the Thread (2014)

Released: January 14, 2014

The River & the Thread is Rosanne Cash’s thirteenth studio album. The album features songs inspired by the American South and received widespread critical acclaim. It won three Grammy Awards: Best Americana Album, Best American Roots Song, and Best American Roots Performance.

The album features Rosanne Cash on vocals and John Leventhal on guitar and numerous other instruments, with contributions from a large group of guest musicians. It was produced by John Leventhal.

CD Track Listings:

1. “A Feather’s Not a Bird” – 3:18
2. “The Sunken Lands” – 2:56
3. “Etta’s Tune” – 3:44
4. “Modern Blue” – 3:02
5. “Tell Heaven” – 2:40
6. “The Long Way Home” – 3:17
7. “World of Strange Design” – 3:25
8. “Night School” – 3:48
9. “50,000 Watts” – 2:58
10. “When the Master Calls the Roll” – 5:06
11. “Money Road” – 4:01

She Remembers Everything (2018)

Released: November 2, 2018

She Remembers Everything is Rosanne Cash’s fourteenth studio album and remains her most recent studio album. The album blends country, folk, and rock influences with introspective, reflective lyrics.

Rosanne Cash sings and plays guitar, with numerous guest musicians. John Leventhal produced five songs, and Tucker Martine produced five.

CD Track Listings:

1. “The Only Thing Worth Fighting For” – 4:20
2. “The Undiscovered Country” – 5:20
3. “8 Gods of Harlem” (with Elvis Costello and Kris Kristofferson) – 3:54
4. “Rabbit Hole” – 4:07
5. “Crossing to Jerusalem” – 3:32
6. “Not Many Miles to Go” – 4:03
7. “Everyone but Me” – 3:37
8. “She Remembers Everything” – 3:37
9. “Particle and Wave” – 2:12
10. “My Least Favorite Life” – 4:03

ROSANNE CASH COMPILATION ALBUMS

The Essential Collection (2024)

Released: December 6, 2024 digitally; January 10, 2025 at retail

The Essential Collection is Rosanne Cash’s definitive career-spanning compilation, released by RumbleStrip Records in conjunction with the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum exhibition Rosanne Cash: Time Is a Mirror. The forty-song set was curated under Cash’s supervision and includes all ten of her solo number-one country hits along with later career highlights and the first album appearance of her 2021 song “The Killing Fields.”

Disc One:

1. “Seven Year Ache”
2. “Tennessee Flat Top Box”
3. “Blue Moon with Heartache”
4. “The Wheel”
5. “The Way We Make a Broken Heart”
6. “What We Really Want”
7. “Sleeping in Paris”
8. “Never Be You”
9. “Runaway Train”
10. “I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party”
11. “I Don’t Know Why You Don’t Want Me”
12. “On the Surface”
13. “Seventh Avenue”
14. “On the Inside”
15. “You Won’t Let Me In”
16. “Hold On”
17. “No Memories Hangin’ Round” (with Bobby Bare)
18. “If You Change Your Mind”
19. “It Hasn’t Happened Yet”
20. “My Baby Thinks He’s a Train”

Disc Two:

1. “A Feather’s Not a Bird”
2. “Black Cadillac”
3. “Sea of Heartbreak” (with Bruce Springsteen)
4. “September When It Comes” (with Johnny Cash)
5. “When the Master Calls the Roll”
6. “The Only Thing Worth Fighting For”
7. “The Killing Fields”
8. “Western Wall”
9. “Heartaches by the Number” (with Elvis Costello)
10. “The World Unseen”
11. “The Long Way Home”
12. “She Remembers Everything”
13. “House on the Lake”
14. “List of Burdens”
15. “Long Black Veil” (with Jeff Tweedy)
16. “Modern Blue”
17. “God Is in the Roses”
18. “Girl from the North Country”
19. “Rules of Travel”
20. “The Sunken Lands”

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Updated August 23, 2026.

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