The Best of John Denver [Madacy]John Denver
Release Date: 12/02/1998
Original Release:
1998
# of Discs:
1
J&R Item # 352043_CD
UPC # 056775475024
Label: Madacy Distribution
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Performer: John Denver
Engineer: Roger Nichols Producer: John Denver Distributor: Madacy Distribution Notes: Madacy's The Best of John Denver is an imperfect collection, but it does contain 14 of his very best songs -- including "Rocky Mountain High," "Annie's Song," "Take Me Home, Country Roads," "Leaving on a Jet Plane," "Sunshine on My Shoulders," "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" -- which makes it worth its bargain price. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
As John Denver, the former John Henry Deutschendorf was a ubiquitous icon of the 1970s. Although he had been a musician and songwriter in the 1960s, penning "Leaving on a Jet Plane" for Peter, Paul & Mary, Denver hit his stride in the '70s with earnest folk songs celebrating the glories of the natural world and life's simple pleasures. Although he was sometimes savaged by critics for his overarching earnestness, his songs speak for themselves, and his records still sell in large numbers. In the wake of his premature death in a 1997 plane crash, a number of contemporary artists have recorded Denver's songs, without any hint of irony.
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