Greatest Hits [Bonus Tracks] [Remaster]

Performer: John Denver
Engineer: Ray Hall; Jim Crotty; John Woram; Ray Hall
Producer: Milton Okun; Milton Okun; Bob Irwin (Reissue)
Distributor: BMG (distributor)

Notes: Personnel: John Denver (vocals, guitar); Bill Danoff (vocals, guitar); Paul Prestopino (guitar, harmonica); Steve Weisberg, Mike Taylor (guitar); Eric Weissberg (banjo, steel guitar); Frank Owens (piano); Dick Kniss (bass); Gary Chester (drums, percussion); Herb Lovelle (drums); Martine Habib, Taffy Danoff, Pupils of the Whitby School (background vocals). Includes 3 bonus tracks. Personnel: John Denver (vocals, guitar, 12-string guitar); John Denver; Mike Taylor , Steve Weisberg, Mike Taylor (guitar); Eric Weissberg (steel guitar, pedal steel guitar, banjo); Toots Thielemans (harmonica); George Marge (woodwinds); Paul Griffin (piano); Dick Kniss (bass guitar); Paul Prestopino (guitar, harmonica); Bill Danoff (guitar, background vocals); Frank Owens (piano); Gary Chester (drums, percussion); Herb Lovelle (drums); Taffy Danoff (background vocals). Released in 1973, Greatest Hits only sums up a handful of years of hitmaking for John Denver, but what years those were. Between 1971 and 1973, Denver actually didn't have that many hits, but they were songs that defined him -- "Take Me Home, Country Roads," "Rocky Mountain High," and "Sunshine on My Shoulders." Those three songs, along with "Leaving on a Jet Plane" -- which he wrote but Peter, Paul & Mary made into a standard -- are all here, along with seven other early songs recorded between 1969 and 1973 that may not be familiar to the average casual fan, but all capture Denver's warm folk-pop at its best. There may be more hits on Greatest Hits, Vol. 2, but this collection is every bit as engaging as that record. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine Released in 1973, Greatest Hits only sums up a handful of years of hitmaking for John Denver, but what years those were. Between 1971 and 1973, Denver actually didn't have that many hits, but they were songs that defined him -- "Take Me Home, Country Roads," "Rocky Mountain High," and "Sunshine on My Shoulders." Those three songs, along with "Leaving on a Jet Plane" -- which he wrote but Peter, Paul & Mary made into a standard -- are all here, along with seven other early songs recorded between 1969 and 1973 that may not be familiar to the average casual fan, but all capture Denver's warm folk-pop at its best. There may be more hits on Greatest Hits, Vol. 2, but this collection is every bit as engaging as that record. [Greatest Hits was reissued in 2005 with remastered sound, extensive liner notes, new photos, and the bonus tracks "Daydream," "I Guess I'd Rather Be in Colorado," and "Sail Away Home."] ~ 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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