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Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Leaving on a Jet Plane
2. Take Me Home, Country Roads
3. Sunshine on My Shoulders
4. Poems, Prayers and Promises
5. Eagle and the Hawk, The
6. Rocky Mountain High
7. Farewell Andromeda (Welcome to My Morning)
8. Annie's Song
9. Back Home Again
10. Sweet Surrender
11. Thank God I'm a Country Boy
12. I'm Sorry
13. Calypso
14. Fly Away
15. Looking For Space
16. Like a Sad Song
17. My Sweet Lady
18. Perhaps Love - (with Plácido Domingo)
19. Shanghai Breezes
20. Wild Montana Skies - (with Emmylou Harris)
DISC 2: BONUS DISC:
1. Leaving on a Jet Plane (Babe I Hate to Go) - (previously unreleased, original version)
2. Weight, The - (previously unreleased)
3. Annie's Song - (previously unreleased, acoustic version)
4. Calypso - (previously unreleased, acoustic version)
Album Notes
Initials pressings include bonus disc.
Personnel include: John Denver (vocals, guitar); Emmylou Harris, Plácido Domingo (vocals).
Liner Note Authors: Milt Okun; David Wild; Milton Okun.
Recording information: 1969 - 1983.
Arranger: Lee Holdridge.
The title of this collection by the Jesus of 1970s soft pop makes no bones about its intentions. Fortunately, it delivers what it promises in spades. DEFINITIVE ALL-TIME GREATEST HITS chronicles the hit-packed career of John Denver without missing a trick. From his earliest, most folk-oriented material ("Leaving on a Jet Plane," a hit for Peter, Paul & Mary) to his more country-flavored compositions ("Take Me Home, Country Roads," the stomp-along "Thank God I'm a Country Boy"), we're given a full picture of Denver's abilities. Early-'80s duets with Placido Domingo ("Perhaps Love") and Emmylou Harris ("Wild Montana Skies") underscore both the far-reaching ripples Denver made in the music world and the full range of his own gifts. Such gentle, melodic ballads as "Annie's Song" and "Sunshine on My Shoulders" are the distilled essence of what made '70s AM radio tick, and will elicit instant nostalgia for the era when Denver's brand of quiet, graceful songcraft reigned supreme. For the hardcore fan, a bonus disc includes previously unreleased versions of some of Denver's classic tunes.
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