John Denver (album)

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John Denver
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 1979
Recorded1978
Genre Folk
Length37:47
Label RCA Victor
Producer Milton Okun
Assistant Producer: Kris O'Connor
John Denver chronology
I Want to Live
(1977)
John Denver
(1979)
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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John Denver is the thirteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter John Denver released in January 1979. It contains a live version of "Berkeley Woman" which was found in its original studio version on Farewell Andromeda .

Contents

This album was re-released in 1998 with bonus tracks.

Track listing

All songs by John Denver unless otherwise noted.

Side one

  1. "Downhill Stuff" – 3:32
  2. "Sweet Melinda" (Steve Gillette, Dave Mackechnie) – 2:27
  3. "What’s on Your Mind" – 4:26
  4. "Joseph and Joe" – 3:37
  5. "Life Is So Good" – 1:56
  6. "Berkeley Woman" (Bryan Bowers) – recorded live during John Denver's spring tour of 1978; the only live track on the album – 4:10

Side two

  1. "Johnny B. Goode" (Chuck Berry) – 3:02
  2. "You’re So Beautiful" – 3:09
  3. "Southwind" (Herb Pedersen) – 3:27
  4. "Garden Song" (David Mallett) – 2:38
  5. "Songs of…" – 5:23

Personnel and album dedication

Original album artwork gave the following album dedication:
"I would like to dedicate this album to the musicians and the singers.
Hal Blaine – James Burton – Emory Gordy, Jr. – Glen D. Hardin – Jim Horn – Herb Pedersen – Renee Armand-Horn – Denny Brooks – Danny Wheetman"

Re-release in 1998 with bonus tracks

The John Denver album was re-released in 1998 with five bonus tracks. These tracks were originally released in 1970 as Side 1 of the “Whose Garden Was This” album.
All songs by John Denver unless otherwise noted.

Bonus tracks

  1. "Tremble If You Must" (Paul Potash)
  2. "Sail Away Home"
  3. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" (Robbie Robertson)
  4. "Mr. Bojangles" (Jerry Jeff Walker)
  5. "I Wish I Could Have Been There (Woodstock)"

Charts

Chart (1979)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [2] 94

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References

  1. John Denver at AllMusic
  2. 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.