Poems, Prayers & Promises

~ Release by John Denver (see all versions of this release, 5 available)

Annotation

No longer available on iTunes or Amazon.

Per iTunes: "Released: 1971; ℗ 2011 Sony Music Entertainment"

Per Amazon: Original Release Date: April 3, 2012. Release Date: April 3, 2012. Label: RCA/Legacy. Record Company Required Metadata... Total Length: 38:11" Amazon tracks all claim to be "Remastered".

Annotation last modified on 2023-11-21 04:42 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1Poems, Prayers & Promises
producer:
Milt Okun
lead vocals:
John Denver
recording of:
Poems, Prayers and Promises (on 1971-02-09)
lyricist and composer:
John Denver
2.654:07
2Let It Be
cover recording of:
Let It Be
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Maclen Music Ltd. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI‐affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Northern Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Germany) GmbH (1998–2002), Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
43:39
3My Sweet Lady
producer:
Milt Okun
lead vocals:
John Denver
recording of:
My Sweet Lady (in 1971)
lyricist and composer:
John Denver
publisher:
Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company Inc., Dino Park Publishing, JD Legacy Publishing and My Pop’s Songs
2.654:24
4Wooden Indian
recording of:
Wooden Indian
lyricist and composer:
John Denver
11:39
5Junk
cover recording of:
Junk
written in:
India (in 1968)
lyricist and composer:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (in 1968)
publisher:
Northern Songs and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
11:43
6Gospel Changes
43:27
7Take Me Home, Country Roads
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer)
assistant producer:
Jean Kaplow
producer:
Milt Okun
acoustic guitar [6-string guitar] and lead vocals:
John Denver
banjo and pedal steel guitar:
Eric Weissberg
double bass:
Dick Kniss
guitar:
Bill Danoff and Michael Taylor (Guitarist & former member of the John Denver Band)
membranophone:
Gary Chester (studio drummer and educator)
piano:
Frank Owens (American pianist)
background vocals:
Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and Starland Vocal Band
vocals:
John Denver
part of:
Billboard Hot 100: 2026-07-18 (number: 41), Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 94) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 358)
recording of:
Take Me Home, Country Roads (on 1971-02-04)
anthem of:
West Virginia, United States
writer:
Bill Danoff, John Denver and Taffy Nivert
publisher:
BMG Ruby Songs, Cherry Lane Music Ltd., Dino Park Publishing, JD Legacy Publishing, My Pop’s Songs, Reservoir Media Music and Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company Inc. (in 1971)
sub-publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division) and フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc., BMG Division)
4.43:10
8I Guess He’d Rather Be in Colorado
recording of:
I Guess He’d Rather Be in Colorado
writer:
Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert
12:07
9Sunshine on My Shoulders
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer)
assistant producer:
Jean Kaplow
producer:
Milt Okun
12 string guitar, acoustic guitar [6-string guitar] and lead vocals:
John Denver
double bass:
Dick Kniss
guitar:
Michael Taylor (Guitarist & former member of the John Denver Band)
conductor:
Milt Okun
orchestrator:
Lennie Niehaus (American saxophonist and score composer)
recording of:
Sunshine on My Shoulders (in 1971)
lyricist:
John Denver
composer:
John Denver, Dick Kniss and Michael Taylor (Guitarist & former member of the John Denver Band)
publisher:
BMG Ruby Songs, Dino Park Publishing, JD Legacy Publishing, My Pop’s Songs and Reservoir Media Music
sub-publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division) and フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc., BMG Division)
2.355:12
10Around and Around
producer:
Milt Okun
recording of:
Around and Around
lyricist and composer:
John Denver
publisher:
Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company Inc.
12:18
11Fire and Rain
cover recording of:
Fire and Rain
lyricist and composer:
James Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist)
publisher:
Country Road Music, Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) (ended), EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department)
13:45
12The Box
12:48