Tag: John Denver Live Albums

Live Albums By John Denver

Singer songwriter John Denver started recording in the mid 1960s and reached the peak of his success in the early to mid 1970s with studio albums Back Home Again (1974) and Windsong (1975) making it to the #1 position in the U.S. album charts. An Evening With John Denver released in 1975 between these two studio albums peaked at #2.

John Denver’s music has an imagine problem. Bob Dylan and Paul Simon are cool while Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits and Tim Buckley are super-cool but Denver is seen as bland and middle of the road.

From the mid 1970s he became increasingly concerned about environmental and ecological issues and these topics are even more important today.

He died in a plane crash in October 1997. It’s probably time that his reputation is reappraised.

Studio Albums By John Denver

It’s useful to see the timing of the studio albums and hit singles before looking in detail at the live albums.

1966 John Denver Sings
1969 Rhymes & Reasons
1970 Take Me to Tomorrow
1970 Whose Garden Was This
1971 Poems, Prayers & Promises
1971 Aerie
1972 Rocky Mountain High
1973 Farewell Andromeda
1974 Back Home Again
1975 Windsong
1975 Rocky Mountain Christmas
1976 Spirit
1977 I Want to Live
1979 John Denver
1979 John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together
1980 Autograph
1981 Some Days Are Diamonds
1982 Seasons of the Heart
1983 It’s About Time
1985 Dreamland Express
1986 One World
1988 Higher Ground
1990 Earth Songs
1990 The Flower That Shattered the Stone
1991 Different Directions
1997 All Aboard!

The top ten hit singles in the USA were:

1971 Take Me Home, Country Roads #2
1972 Rocky Mountain High #9
1973 Sunshine On My Shoulders #1
1974 Annie’s Song #1
1974 Back Home Again #5
1975 Thank God I’m A Country Boy
1975 I’m Sorry

Live Albums Albums By John Denver

1974 An Evening with John Denver
1976 Live in London
1977 Live at the Sydney Opera House
1985 Live in the U.S.S.R.
1985 Unplugged In The USSR
1987 Live at Cedar Rapids
1987 Rare And Unreleased
1995 The Wildlife Concert
1995 The Best of John Denver Live (highlights from The Wildlife Concert)
1995 The Harbor Lights Concert
? Christmas in Concert released in 2001

Buying Albums Albums By John Denver

You can get these albums from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.

The Best Live Albums Of All Time

Please vote in my poll to find the best live albums by singer-songwriters.

Because there are so many excellent singer-songwriter albums with very different styles, I have split the poll into two and you may find some of your favourites in the second division. Albums will be promoted when they get enough votes.

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