Spirit (John Denver album)

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Spirit
John Denver Spirit album cover.jpg
Studio album by
John Denver
ReleasedAugust 9, 1976
Genre Country, folk
Length40:45
Label RCA
Producer Milton Okun
John Denver chronology
Rocky Mountain Christmas
(1975)		Spirit
(1976)		 John Denver's Greatest Hits, Volume 2
(1977)
Singles from Spirit
  1. "Like A Sad Song"
    Released: August 1976
  2. "Baby, You Look Good to Me Tonight"
    Released: December 1976 [1]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]

Spirit is the eleventh studio album by John Denver. It was released in August, 1976. After the full-blown success of Windsong and its accompanying hit singles, this album began a downward chart trend for the singer, although he continued to have hits on the adult contemporary charts. "Baby, You Look Good to Me Tonight" reached #65 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, as well as reaching the Top 40 on the U.S. and Canadian Country and AC charts.

Contents

This album was re-released with bonus tracks.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Come and Let Me Look in Your Eyes" (John Denver, Joe Henry) - 3:47
  2. "Eli's Song" (Jack Williams) - 3:58
  3. "Wrangle Mountain Song" (Denver) - 3:10
  4. "Hitchhiker" (Denver, Steve Weisberg) - 3:10
  5. "In the Grand Way" (John Sommers) - 3:39
  6. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 3:08

Side two

  1. "It Makes Me Giggle" (Denver) - 3:16
  2. "Baby, You Look Good to Me Tonight" (Bill Danoff) - 2:45
  3. "Like a Sad Song" (Denver) - 3:41
  4. "San Antonio Rose" (Bob Wills) - 2:40
  5. "Pegasus" (Denver, Henry) - 3:20
  6. "The Wings That Fly Us Home" (Denver, Henry) - 4:11

CD bonus tracks

These tracks were originally released in 1970 as Side 2 of the Whose Garden Was This album.

  1. "Whose Garden Was This" (Tom Paxton)
  2. "The Game Is Over" (Denver, Jean-Pierre Bourtayre, Jean Bouchéty)
  3. "Eleanor Rigby" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
  4. "Old Folks" (Jacques Brel, Gerard Jouannest, Jean Corti, Eric Blau, Mort Shuman)
  5. Medley: "Golden Slumbers" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney), "Sweet Sweet Life" (Denver),
    "Tremble If You Must" (Paul Potash)

Personnel

(All songs arranged by John Denver, Dick Kniss, Steve Weisberg, John Sommers and Hal Blaine. Source: Notes on original "Spirit" Album Sleeve 1976 RCA Records, NY)

Charts

Chart (1976)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [3] 13

References

  1. ↑ Baby, You Look Good to Me Tonight / Wrangle Mountain Song by John Denver - RYM/Sonemic , retrieved April 26, 2022
  2. ↑ Spirit at AllMusic
  3. ↑ 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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