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Product Details
Poems, Prayers and Promises (CD)Album Notes
| Miscellaneous |
| Personnel: John Denver (vocals, guitar). |
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| Recording information: 1971. |
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| John Denver's breakthrough album, 1971's POEMS, PRAYERS AND PROMISES, is also one of his best. In addition to containing two of Denver's strongest and best-known compositions, "Take Me Home, Country Roads" and "Sunshine on My Shoulders," POEMS, PRAYERS AND PROMISES epitomizes the straightforward folk of the artist's early recordings, without the country and pop influences that would find their way into his later '70s work. The disc has a close, intimate feel, with Denver's softly finger-picked guitar and clear, plaintive tenor front and center throughout. |
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| The reflective lyrics and pensive mood of the title track sets the tone for the rest of the record. Though Denver includes a few covers, the Beatles' "Let It Be" and James Taylor's "Fire and Rain" among them, he is at his best with own tunes, like the wistful "I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado," or the unabashedly romantic and tender "My Sweet Lady." Denver's ability to express simple, sincere sentiments is in top form on this recording, making it one of his most directly affecting efforts. |
Album Details
| Album Title | Poems, Prayers and Promises |
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| Number of Discs | 1 |
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| Mono/Stereo | Stereo |
| Studio/Live | Studio |
| Label | RCA Records (USA) |
| Catalog Number | 5189 |
| Release Date | 10/25/1990 |
| Import | No |
| UPC | 078635518924 |
Artist/Group
| Overview |
| 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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Also See
| Performers |
| Croce, Jim; Domingo, Placido; Eagles (Rock) (The); Farina, Mimi & Richard; Mamas & The Papas (The); Mitchell, Chad; Poco; Various Artists |
| Albums |
| Country Mountain Tributes; Minneapolis Does Denver; Pianostrings Tribute to John Denver; Reunion Video; Rocky Mountain High-a Tribute to John Denver; Take Me Home: A Tribute to John Denver |
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