Autograph (album)

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Autograph
John Denver Autograph album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1980
RecordedJune 11–12, 1979
Studio Wally Heider (Hollywood, California)
Genre Country, bluegrass, contemporary folk music
Label RCA Victor
Producer Milton Okun
John Denver chronology
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together
(1979)
Autograph
(1980)
Some Days Are Diamonds
(1981)
Singles from Autograph
  1. "Autograph"
    Released: February 1980 [1]
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Autograph is the fourteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter John Denver, released in February 1980.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written and composed by John Denver, except where noted. 2001 CD bonus tracks were recorded at the same sessions in 1979. [3]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Dancing with the Mountains" 3:55
2."The Mountain Song"Tracey Wickland4:38
3."How Mountain Girls Can Love"Ruby Rakes2:13
4."Song for the Life" Rodney Crowell 3:44
5."The Ballad of St. Anne's Reel"David Mallet3:22
6."In My Heart" 3:42
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Wrangell Mountain Song" 2:43
8."Whalebones and Crosses"Joe Henry, Lee Holdridge 4:37
9."American Child"Denver, Henry3:17
10."You Say That the Battle Is Over"Mallet2:39
11."Autograph" 3:36
2001 CD bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Dance Little Jean"Jimmy Ibbotson3:07
13."On the Wings of an Eagle" 5:34

Personnel

Production

Chart performance

Chart (1980)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [4] 56
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums28
U.S. Billboard 20039
Canadian RPM Top Albums72

References

  1. Autograph / Mountain Song by John Denver - RYM/Sonemic , retrieved April 26, 2022
  2. Autograph at AllMusic
  3. John Denver (2001). Autograph (booklet). BMG.
  4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 87. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.