Five Feet High and Rising

Five Feet High and Rising is a compilation album of songs performed by country singer Johnny Cash released in 1974 by Columbia Records. It is also the name of a short film by Peter Sollett and Eva Vives that was later made into a feature length film entitled Raising Victor Vargas.

The album is made of songs from the 1960s up to the album Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me. Five Feet High and Rising rose to the #33rd spot on the Billboard Album chart.

The song of the same name was referenced by De La Soul with the title "Three Feet High and Rising" for their 1989 debut album

Track listing

1. "In Them Old Cottonfields Back Home (Leadbelly)
2. "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" (Hank Williams)
3. "Frankie's Man Johnny" (Cash)
4. "In the Jailhouse Now" (Rodgers)
5. "My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You" (Ross, Wills)
6. "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" (Cash)
7. "Great Speckled Bird" (Carter, Smith)
8. "Five Feet High and Rising" (Cash)
9. "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know" (Null)

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)