Poems, Prayers & Promises

Poems, Prayers & Promises
Studio album by John Denver
Released April 6, 1971
Recorded 1970-1971
Studio RCA Studios A and B, New York City
Genre Folk
Length 37:57
Label RCA Records
Producer Milton Okun, Susan Ruskin
John Denver chronology
Whose Garden Was This
(1970)Whose Garden Was This1970		 Poems, Prayers & Promises
(1971)		 Aerie
(1971)Aerie1971
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Christgau's Record GuideC[2]

Poems, Prayers & Promises is the fourth album by American singer-songwriter John Denver. It was released in April 1971. This album was Denver's commercial breakthrough, and contained several of his most popular songs, such as "Poems, Prayers, and Promises", "I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado", "Sunshine on My Shoulders", and "Take Me Home, Country Roads", which would become one of Denver's signature songs.

Track listing

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Poems, Prayers and Promises"Denver4:04
2."Let It Be"John Lennon, Paul McCartney3:38
3."My Sweet Lady"Denver4:23
4."Wooden Indian"Denver1:38
5."Junk"Paul McCartney1:40
6."Gospel Changes"Jack Williams3:24
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Take Me Home, Country Roads"Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert, Denver3:08
8."I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado"Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert2:07
9."Sunshine on My Shoulders"Denver, Richard Kniss, Mike Taylor5:10
10."Around and Around"Denver2:16
11."Fire and Rain"James Taylor3:44
12."The Box"Kendrew Lascelles2:44

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r5445
  2. ↑ Christgau review


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