The Very Best of John Denver

Tracklist

• 1
  Annie’s Song
  3:01
  3.6 ★
• 2
  Rocky Mountain High
  4:45
  3.8 ★
• 3
  Back Home Again
  4:46
  3.0 ★
• 4
  Grandma’s Feather Bed
  2:17
• 5
  Polka Dots and Moonbeams
  3:10
• 6
  Take Me Home, Country Roads
  3:10
  4.3 ★
• 7
  I’m Sorry
  3:31
  3.0 ★
• 8
  Late Night Radio
  2:44
• 9
  Don’t Close Your Eyes, Tonight
  4:17
• 10
  The Music Is You
  1:28
• 11
  It’s Up to You
  2:29
• 12
  For Baby (For Bobbie)
  2:57
  3.0 ★
• 13
  Gimme Your Love
  3:44
• 14
  Got My Heart Set on You
  3:52
  5.0 ★
• 15
  Love Is Everywhere
  3:32
• 16
  Cool An’ Green An’ Shady
  3:08
• 17
  Matthew
  3:45
• 18
  I’m in the Mood to Be Desired
  3:25
• 19
  City of New Orleans
  3:18
  3.5 ★
• 20
  I’d Rather Be a Cowboy (Lady’s Chains)
  4:24
  3.5 ★
• 21
  Please, Daddy
  2:56
  2.0 ★
• 22
  Friends With You
  3:23
  4.0 ★

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The Wildlife Concert

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Earth Songs

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The Flower That Shattered the Stone

The Flower That Shattered the Stone 1990

Release credits

• Alec Whyte
  choir vocals [22]
• Annie Denver
  choir vocals [22]
• Artie Torgersen
  assistant [1]
• Barbara Carlson
  choir vocals [22]
• Bill Danoff
  background vocals [6, 12], choir vocals [22], guitar [6]
• Candy Ledbetter
  choir vocals [22]
• Diane Kniss
  choir vocals [22]
• Dick Kniss
  arranger [2], bass [1, 19, 22], choir vocals [22], double bass [2, 6, 12]
• Elizabeth Lindsay
  choir vocals [22]
• Eric Weissberg
  banjo [6], guitar [19], pedal steel guitar [6, 19, 22], steel guitar [2]
• Frank Owens
  piano [6]
• Gary Chester
  membranophone [6], percussion [2, 19]
• George Marge
  woodwind [22]
• Jean Kaplow
  assistant [6]
• Jim Gordon
  percussion [1]
• John Denver
  12 string guitar [12, 22], acoustic guitar [2, 6], arranger [2, 20], choir vocals [22], guitar [1], lead vocals [1-4, 6-7, 20, 22], vocal [6, 12]
• John Sommers
  mandolin [1]
• Keith Lane
  choir vocals [22]
• Kenneth Boaz
  choir vocals [22]
• Kris O'Connor
  additional [1, 3-4, 7], assistant [1, 3, 7]
• Lee Holdridge
  arranger [1, 3, 7], conductor [1, 3, 7], strings [20]
• Mary Angela Whyte
  choir vocals [22]
• Michael Taylor
  arranger [2], choir vocals [22], guitar [2, 6, 12, 19, 22], resonator guitar [19]
• Mickey Crofford
  engineer [1, 3]
• Milt Okun
  arranger [20], producer [1-4, 6-7, 12, 20, 22]
• Paul Griffin
  piano [22]
• Paula Ballan
  choir vocals [22]
• Ray Hall
  engineer [20], recording [2, 6, 12]
• Ron Ledbetter
  choir vocals [22]
• Starland Vocal Band
  background vocals [6]
• Steve Weisberg
  guitar [1]
• Taffy Nivert
  background vocals [6, 12], choir vocals [22]
• Toots Thielemans
  harmonica [19, 22]
• Turnpike Tom
  choir vocals [22]
• [unknown]
  choir vocals [22]
• Show all credits (35)

Issues

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  T
  The Very Best of John Denver

  CD
  1999