John Denver discography

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John Denver discography
Releases
↙Studio albums 30
↙Live albums 8
↙Compilation albums 17
↙Singles 44
↙No.1 Single 12

Here is the comprehensive discography of folk musician John Denver.

Contents

[edit] Studio albums

[edit] With The Mitchell Trio

Title Album details
That's the Way It's Gonna Be
(John Denver, Mike Kobluk, Joe Frazier)
Violets of Dawn
(John Denver, Mike Kobluk, Joe Frazier)
  • Release date: December 1965
  • Label: Mercury Records
Alive
(John Denver, Mike Kobluk, David Boise)
Beginnings: John Denver with the Michell Trio
(John Denver, Mike Kobluk, Joe Frazier)
  • Release date: 1974
  • Label: Mercury Records

[edit] 1960s albums

Title Album details Peak chart
positions		 Certifications
(sales threshold)
US
[1]		 UK
[2]
John Denver Sings
  • Release date: 1966
  • Label: self-released
 — —
Rhymes & Reasons 148 21
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

[edit] 1970s albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[1]		 US
[1]		 CAN
[4]		 NZ
[5]		 UK
[2]
Take Me to Tomorrow
  • Release date: May 1970
  • Label: RCA Records
 — 197 — — —
Whose Garden Was This
  • Release date: October 1970
  • Label: RCA Records
 — — — — —
Poems, Prayers & Promises
  • Release date: May 1971
  • Label: RCA Records
 6 15 9 — 19
Aerie
  • Release date: December 1971[7]
  • Label: RCA Records
 37 75 33 — —
Rocky Mountain High
  • Release date: September 15, 1972
  • Label: RCA Records
 40 4 1 — 11
  • US: 2× Platinum[6]
  • UK: Gold[3]
Farewell Andromeda
  • Release date: June 1973
  • Label: RCA Records
 — 16 23 — —
Back Home Again
  • Release date: June 1974
  • Label: RCA Records
 1 1 1 14 3
Windsong
  • Release date: September 1975
  • Label: RCA Records
 1 1 1 5 14
  • US: 2× Platinum[6]
  • CAN: Platinum[8]
Spirit
  • Release date: 1976
  • Label: RCA Records
 3 7 22 7 9
  • US: Platinum[6]
I Want to Live
  • Release date: November 1977
  • Label: RCA Records
 10 45 38 — 25
  • US: Platinum[6]
John Denver[A]
  • Release date: January 1979
  • Label: RCA Records
 10 25 25 — 68
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

[edit] 1980s albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[1]		 US
[1]		 CAN
[4]		 AUS
[9]		 UK
[2]
Autograph
  • Release date: February 1980
  • Label: RCA Records
 28 39 72 — —
Some Days Are Diamonds
  • Release date: June 1981
  • Label: RCA Records
 7 32 — — —
Seasons of the Heart
  • Release date: February 1982
  • Label: RCA Records
 18 39 — — —
It's About Time
  • Release date: November 15, 1983
  • Label: RCA Records
 55 61 92 — 90
Dreamland Express
  • Release date: June 1985
  • Label: RCA Records
 64 90 — — —
One World
  • Release date: June 1986
  • Label: RCA Records
 — — — — 91
Higher Ground 49 — — 5 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

[edit] 1990s albums

Title Album details Peak positions
US
[1]
Earth Songs
  • Release date: 1990
  • Label: Windstar Records
 —
The Flower That Shattered the Stone
  • Release date: September 1990
  • Label: Windstar Records
 185
Different Directions
  • Release date: September 24, 1991
  • Label: Windstar Records
 —
All Aboard! 165
Forever, John
  • Release date: September 29, 1998
  • Label: RCA Records
 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

[edit] Live albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[1]		 US
[1]		 CAN
[4]		 AUS
[9]		 NZ
[5]		 UK
[2]
An Evening With John Denver
  • Release date: February 1975
  • Label: RCA Records
 1 2 1 35 1 31
  • US: 3× Platinum[6]
  • CAN: Gold[8]
Live in London
  • Release date: 1976
  • Label: RCA Records
 — — — — — 2
The Wildlife Concert — 104 — 45 — —
The Best of John Denver Live
  • Release date: 1997
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
 8 52 — — — —
Live at the Sydney Opera House
  • Release date: 1999
  • Label: RCA Records
 — — — — — —
Christmas in Concert
  • Release date: September 2001
  • Label: RCA Records
 60 — — — — —
The Harbor Lights Concert
  • Release date: April 2002
  • Label: RCA Records
 — — — — — —
Live in the U.S.S.R.
  • Release date: 2007
  • Label: AAO Music
 — — — — — —
Live at Cedar Rapids
  • Release date: 2010
  • Label: Collectors' Choice Music
 — — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

[edit] Holiday albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[1]		 US
[1]		 CAN
[4]
Rocky Mountain Christmas
  • Release date: 1975
  • Label: RCA Records
 — 14 40
  • US: 2× Platinum[6]
  • CAN: Gold[8]
A Christmas Together
  • Release date: October 1979
  • Label: RCA Records
 13 26 45
  • US: Platinum[6]
  • CAN: Gold[8]
Rocky Mountain Holiday
  • Release date: November 1982
  • Label: RCA Records
 — 202 —
Christmas, Like a Lullaby
  • Release date: December 1990
  • Label: Windstar Records
 — — —
Christmas
  • Release date: 1999
  • Label: RCA Records
 53 — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

[edit] Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[1]		 US
[1]		 CAN Country
[10]		 CAN
[4]		 AUS
[9]		 NZ
[5]		 UK
[2]
John Denver's Greatest Hits
  • Release date: November 1973
  • Label: RCA Records
 — 1 — 1 — 17 7
  • US: 9× Platinum[6]
  • CAN: 5× Platinum[8]
John Denver's Greatest Hits, Volume 2
  • Release date: March 1977
  • Label: RCA Records
 7 6 — 24 — 17 9
  • US: 2× Platinum[6]
  • CAN: Gold[8]
John Denver's Greatest Hits, Volume 3
  • Release date: November 1984
  • Label: RCA Records
 — 203 — — — — —
Take Me Home, Country Roads and Other Hits — — 40 — — — —
The Very Best of John Denver
  • Release date: 1994
  • Label: Sony BMG
 — — — — — — —
  • US: Platinum[6]
The Rocky Mountain Collection
  • Release date: 1996
  • Label: RCA Records
 50 — — — 49 19 19
Reflections: Songs of Love & Life
  • Release date: 1996
  • Label: RCA Records
 36 — 13 — — — —
Celebration of Life 16 130 — — — — —
Country Roads Collection
  • Release date: 1997
  • Label: RCA Records
 33 — — — — — —
The Best of John Denver
  • Release date: 1998
  • Label: Madacy Records
 38 — — — — 10 —
Greatest Country Hits
  • Release date: 1998
  • Label: RCA Records
 36 — — — — — —
Songs for America
  • Release date: September 2002
  • Label: Sony BMG
 75 — — — — — —
The Essential John Denver
  • Release date: 2004
  • Label: Sony BMG
 66 — — — — — —
Definitive All-Time Greatest Hits
  • Release date: 2004
  • Label: RCA Records
 9 52 9 60 — — —
A Song's Best Friend
  • Release date: 2004
  • Label: RCA Records
 — — — — 19 — 18
16 Biggest Hits
  • Release date: 2006
  • Label: RCA Records
 61 — — — — — —
The Essential John Denver
  • Release date: 2007
  • Label: RCA Records
 55 — — — — — —
Playlist: The Very Best of John Denver
  • Release date: 2008
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
 39 — — — — — —
The Ultimate Collection
  • Release date: 2011
  • Label: Sony BMG
 — — — — — — 7
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

[edit] Collaboration albums

Title Album details Peak positions
CAN
[4]
Perhaps Love
(with Plácido Domingo)		 19

[edit] Singles

[edit] 1960s singles

Year Single Album
1969 "Daydream" Rhymes & Reasons

[edit] 1970s singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)		 Album
US Country
[11]		 US
[11]		 US AC
[11]		 CAN Country
[12]		 CAN
[13]		 CAN AC
[14]
1970 "Anthem-Revelation" — — — — — — Take Me to Tomorrow
"Follow Me" — — — — — —
"Sail Away Home" — — — — — — Whose Garden Was This
"Mr. Bojangles" — — — — — —
1971 "Take Me Home, Country Roads" 50 2 3 17 3 5 Poems, Prayers, and Promises
"Friends with You" — 47 4 — 34 5 Aerie
1972 "Everyday" — 81 21 — 77 16
"Goodbye Again" — 88 23 — — 12 Rocky Mountain High
"Hard Life, Hard Times (Prisoners)" — 103 — — — —
"Rocky Mountain High" — 9 3 — 8 2
1973 "I'd Rather Be a Cowboy" — 62 25 67 75 58 Farewell Andromeda
"Farewell Andromeda (Welcome to My Morning)" — 89 20 — — 26
"Please, Daddy" 69 69 — 68 82 —
"Sunshine on My Shoulders" 42 1 1 — 1 2 Greatest Hits
1974 "Annie's Song" 9 1 1 3 1 1 Back Home Again
"Back Home Again" 1 5 1 1 10 1
"Sweet Surrender" 7 13 1 16 38 1 An Evening with John Denver
1975 "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" 1 1 5 1 1 1
"I'm Sorry" 1 1 1 4 1 1 Windsong
"Fly Away" (with Olivia Newton-John) 12 13 1 28 13 2
1976 "Looking for Space" 30 29 1 23 63 4
"It Makes Me Giggle" 70 60 9 39 83 22 Spirit
"Like a Sad Song" 34 36 1 8 63 4
"Baby, You Look Good to Me Tonight" 22 65 13 20 89 —
1977 "My Sweet Lady" 62 32 13 — 52 15 Greatest Hits 2
"How Can I Leave You Again" 22 44 2 6 40 10 I Want to Live
1978 "It Amazes Me" 72 59 9 — 72 15
"I Want to Live" — 55 10 — 81 9
1979 "Downhill Stuff" 64 106 — — — — John Denver
"What's On Your Mind" 47 107 10 25 — 29
"Garden Song" — — 31 — — 7
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

[edit] 1980s singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US Country
[11]		 US
[11]		 US AC
[11]		 CAN Country
[12]		 CAN AC
[14]
1980 "Autograph" 84 52 20 — 2 Autograph
"Dancing with the Mountains" — 97 43 — —
1981 "Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)" 10 36 12 1 1 Some Days Are Diamonds
"The Cowboy and the Lady" 50 66 — — —
1982 "Shanghai Breezes" — 31 1 — 1 Seasons of the Heart
"Seasons of the Heart" — 78 23 — 16
"Opposite Tables" — — — — —
1983 "Wild Montana Skies" (with Emmylou Harris) 14 — 26 15 14 It's About Time
"Hold On Tightly" — — — — —
1984 "It's About Time" — — — — —
"The Gold and Beyond" — — — — — Greatest Hits 3
"Love Again" (with Sylvie Vartan) — 85 30 — 21
1985 "Don't Close Your Eyes, Tonight" — — 37 — — Dreamland Express
"Dreamland Express" 9 — 34 17 23
1986 "Along for the Ride ('56 T-Bird)" 57 — — — — One World
1987 "Let Us Begin (What Are We Making Weapons For?)" — — — — —
1988 "For You" — — — — — Higher Ground
"Country Girl in Paris" 96 — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

[edit] 1990s singles

Year Single Album
1995 "For You" (live) The Wildlife Concert

[edit] Other singles

[edit] B-sides

Year B-side Peak chart positions Original A-side
US Country
[11]		 US
[11]		 CAN
[13]
1975 "Calypso" — flip 29 "I'm Sorry"
1979 "Sweet Melinda" flip — — "What's On Your Mind"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

[edit] Holiday singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US
[11]		 CAN
[13]		 CAN AC
[14]
1975 "Christmas for Cowboys" 58 77 26 Rocky Mountain Christmas
1979 "A Baby Just Like You" (with The Muppets) — — — A Christmas Together
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

[edit] Singles from collaboration albums

Year Single Artist Peak chart
positions		 Album
US
[11]		 US AC
[11]
1982 "Perhaps Love" Plácido Domingo 59 22 Perhaps Love

[edit] Guest singles

Year Single Artist Peak chart
positions		 Album
US Country
[11]		 CAN Country
[10]
1989 "And So It Goes" Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 14 29 Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two

[edit] Notes

  • A^ John Denver also peaked at number 7 on the RPM Country Albums chart in Canada.[10]

[edit] References

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  3. ^ a b c d e f "British Phonographic Industry search results". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx. Retrieved 2010-05-08. 
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  7. ^ JohnDenver.com
  8. ^ a b c d e f g "Canadian Recording Industry Association search results". CAN. http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php. Retrieved 2010-05-08. 
  9. ^ a b c "australian-charts.com - Australian charts portal". australian-charts.com. http://www.australian-charts.com/search.asp?search=john+denver&cat=a. Retrieved 2010-05-08. 
  10. ^ a b c "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada: Country Albums/CDs". RPM (magazine). http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=dn62hc6fhp28ajv5ran74c81t6&q1=John+Denver&q2=Country+Albums%2FCDs&interval=20. Retrieved 2010-05-08. 
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  14. ^ a b c "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada: Adult Contemporary". RPM (magazine). http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=n1cikrrg2baksq8qitob9iut02&q1=John+Denver&q2=Adult+Contemporary&interval=20. Retrieved 2010-05-08. 
  15. ^ a b c d e f "RIAA - Gold & Platinum - May 09, 2010: John Denver certified singles". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=John%20Denver&format=SINGLE&go=Search&perPage=50. Retrieved 2010-05-09. 
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