The Flower That Shattered the Stone

The Flower That Shattered the Stone
Studio album by John Denver
Released	September 1990
Length	50:19
Label	Windstar
Producer	John Denver, Roger Nichols
John Denver chronology
Earth Songs (1990) The Flower That Shattered the Stone (1990) Christmas, Like a Lullaby (1990)

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Allmusic	[1]

The Flower That Shattered the Stone is the twenty-second studio album by American singer-songwriter John Denver. It was released in September 1990.

This release consists of nine tracks taken from Denver's 21st studio album, Stonehaven Sunrise (an Australian only release in 1989); two tracks taken from his 22nd studio album, Earth Songs; and a song from a Japan-only single, "The Flower That Shattered The Stone (reprise)". Some tracks were slightly remixed for this album.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Flower That Shattered the Stone"	John Jarvis Joe Henry	2:54
2.	"Thanks to You"	John Denver Johnny Christopher Sam Hogin Conrad Reeder	3:59
3.	"Postcard from Paris"	Denver Jimmy Webb	3:29
4.	"High, Wide and Handsome"	Chuck Pyle	3:22
5.	"Eagles and Horses"	Denver Henry	4:46
6.	"A Little Further North"	Denver Graeme Connors	6:08

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Raven's Child"	Denver Henry	4:14
8.	"Ancient Rhymes"	Denver Bob Samples	3:06
9.	"The Gift You Are"	Denver	4:46
10.	"I Watch You Sleeping"	Mike Batt	4:57
11.	"Stonehaven Sunset"	Denver	5:54
12.	"The Flower That Shattered the Stone (Reprise)" (feat. Kosetsu Minami)	Jarvis Henry	2:53

Track listing for Stonehaven Sunrise (1989)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"High, Wide and Handsome"	Chuck Pyle	3:22
2.	"Thanks to You"	John Denver Johnny Christopher Sam Hogin Conrad Reeder	4:07
3.	"You're Still the One for Me" (sung by Cassandra Delaney-Denver)	Richard Riesser Robert Alsterberg	3:15
4.	"And So It Goes [a] " (feat. the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)	Don Schlitz Paul Overstreet	3:33
5.	"Wish You Were Here (Postcard Du Paris)"	Denver Jimmy Webb	3:29
6.	"A Little Further North Each Year"	Denver Graeme Connors	6:04
7.	"Ancient Rhymes"	Denver Bob Samples	3:04
8.	"The Gift You Are"	Denver	4:42
9.	"I Watch You Sleeping"	Mike Batt	4:57
10.	"Eagles and Horses (I'm Flying Again)"	Denver Joe Henry	4:45
11.	"Stonehaven Sunset"	Denver	5:48

1. This song was released in the U.S. on the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's 1989 album Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two .

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Stonehaven Sunrise

Chart (1989)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [2]	113

References

1. The Flower That Shattered the Stone at AllMusic
2. "John Denver ARIA chart history, received in December 2024". ARIA. Retrieved December 13, 2024– via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.