The The Essential

by John Denver

Overview

There is no shortage of excellent John Denver compilations, and RCA Legacy's two-disc Essential John Denver collection doesn't disappoint. All of the hits are here ("Rocky Mountain High," "Calypso," "Back Home Again," "Annie's Song," "Perhaps Love," etc.), and the sequencing is linear and concise. Fans looking for a more diminutive yet equally satisfying overview should check out 2005's Definitive All-Time Greatest Hits, but for the discerning listener looking to capture the full scope of the late country-pop great, this rich slab of history will more than suffice. ~ James Christopher Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	02/27/2007
Label:	Rca/Legacy
UPC:	0886970315326
Rank:	26184

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Leaving, on a Jet Plane
2. Rhymes & Reasons
3. Take Me Home, Country Roads
4. Poems, Prayers and Promises
5. I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado
6. Friends with You
7. Rocky Mountain High
8. Goodbye Again
9. I'd Rather Be a Cowboy (Lady's Chains)
10. Farewell Andromeda (Welcome to My Morning)
11. Sunshine on My Shoulders
12. Back Home Again
13. Matthew
14. Thank God I'm a Country Boy
15. Annie's Song
16. Sweet Surrender
17. Looking for Space
18. I'm Sorry

Disc 2

19. Calypso
20. Fly Away
21. Baby, You Look Good to Me Tonight
22. Like a Sad Song
23. How Can I Leave You Again
24. It Amazes Me
25. I Want to Live
26. My Sweet Lady
27. Autograph
28. Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)
29. The Cowboy and the Lady
30. Seasons of the Heart
31. Shanghai Breezes
32. Perhaps Love
33. Wild Montana Skies
34. Love Again
35. Dreamland Express
36. Is It Love?

Album Credits

Performance Credits

John Denver   Primary Artist
Emmylou Harris   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Placido Domingo   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Placido Domingo   Audio Production
Barney Wyckoff   Audio Production,Producer
Milton Okun   Audio Production,Producer,Executive Producer
Bob Irwin   Audio Production,Mastering,Producer
Larry Butler   Audio Production,Producer
John Denver   Audio Production,Composer,Producer
Nathan Sedlander   Compilation Producer,Project Director
Roger Nichols   Audio Production,Producer
M. Taylor   Composer
John Martin Sommers   Composer
Rob Santos   A&R
Buddy Holly   Composer
Bill Danoff   Composer
Gary Pacheco   Executive Producer
Vic Anesini   Mastering
Dick Feller   Composer
Dick Kniss   Composer
Tom Paxton   Composer
D. Feller   Composer
Howard Fritzson   Art Direction
Maxim Langstaff   Executive Producer
Harold Thau   Executive Producer
Michael Taylor   Composer
Lowell Norman   Photography
Bob Jones   Design
Sherry Ryan Barnett   Photography
Zak Profera   A&R
Andy Kadison   Executive Producer
Jean Kaplow   Production Assistant
David Gahr   Photography
Jeanne Ferro   Photography
Barry Alfonso   Liner Notes
J. Connor   Composer
Kris O'Connor   Assistant Producer,Producer
Bobby Goldsboro   Composer
Stephen Herman   Executive Producer
Mary Danoff   Composer
Taffy Danoff   Composer
Taffy Nivert   Composer