Seasons of the Heart (album)

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Seasons of the Heart
John Denver Seasons of the Heart album cover.jpg
Studio album by
John Denver
ReleasedMay 4, 1982
Genre Folk-pop
Label RCA
Producer John Denver, Barney Wyckoff
John Denver chronology
Some Days Are Diamonds
(1981)		Seasons of the Heart
(1982)		 Rocky Mountain Holiday
(1983)
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Seasons of the Heart is the sixteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter John Denver, released in 1982. [2] The singles were "Shanghai Breezes" / "What One Man Can Do" and "Seasons of the Heart."

Contents

The album cover is a self-portrait of Denver entering the Purple Cloud Cave in Hangzhou, China. [3]

The singer-songwriter dedicated the album to his estranged wife, Annie, and the album was created as a love poem to her. They divorced the following year [4]

Track listing

All tracks composed by John Denver; except where indicated

Side one

  1. "Seasons of the Heart" – 3:48
  2. "Opposite Tables" – 3:56
  3. "Relatively Speaking" (Denver, lyrics: Arthur Hancock) – 3:33
  4. "Dreams" (Stephen Geyer) – 3:02
  5. "Nothing But a Breeze" (Jesse Winchester) – 4:45
  6. "What One Man Can Do" – 3:04

Side two

  1. "Shanghai Breezes" – 3:12
  2. "Islands" – 3:49
  3. "Heart to Heart" – 3:55
  4. "Perhaps Love" – 1:53
  5. "Children of the Universe" (Denver, Joe Henry) – 4:05

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (1982)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [5] 65
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums18
U.S. Billboard 20039

References

  1. ↑ William Ruhlmann. "Seasons of the Heart – John Denver | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic . Retrieved April 25, 2015.
  2. ↑ Holden, Stephen (June 6, 1982). "Folk-Pop: John Denver". The New York Times. p. A61.
  3. ↑ Seasons of the Heart (CD liner notes). John Denver. RCA Records. 1982.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) Credited as "Self-portrait II/Purple Dragon [ sic ] Cave, Huan Chou. Summer 1981."
  4. ↑ "Obituary: John Denver". Independent.co.uk . October 23, 2011.
  5. ↑ 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.


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