John Denver - Back Home Again

John Denver - Back Home Again
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Album Details

Title: Back Home Again
Artist: John Denver
Release Date: 1974
Label: RCA, BMG
Duration: 38:08
Album Type(s): lyrics/libretto
UPCs: 078635519327, 4988017626795, 4988017663745, 035628519320, 078635762440, 755174481444, 498801762679
Genre: Rock
Styles: Singer/Songwriter, Soft Rock, AM Pop
Moods: Amiable/Good-Natured, Cheerful, Delicate, Earnest, Gentle, Laid-Back/Mellow, Light, Sweet, Calm/Peaceful, Intimate, Poignant, Reflective, Searching, Sentimental, Wistful, Autumnal, Bittersweet, Exuberant, Organic, Plaintive, Self-Conscious, Soothing, Romantic, Spiritual
Total Copies: 0
Members Wishing: 1
Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

Track Listings

  1. Back Home Again
  2. On the Road
  3. Grandma's Feather Bed
  4. Matthew
  5. Thank God I'm a Country Boy
  6. The Music Is You
  7. Annie's Song
  8. It's Up to You
  9. Cool an' Green an' Shady
  10. Eclipse
  11. Sweet Surrender
  12. This Old Guitar

Additional Releases

YearTypeLabelCatalog #
2005CDBMG37545
1990CDRCA5193
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Album Review

On Back Home Again, John Denver was in one of the brighter and more spirited moments of his career. It features a plethora of uplifting, merry, and lyrically witty songs written and arranged by Denver and played with the most charming and delightful of backup bands. Highlights include the humor of "Grandma's Feather Bed," the poignancy of "Matthew," and the spirit and delight of "Thank God I'm a Country Boy." A well-orchestrated recording under his label, RCA, Denver makes clear to his fans and listeners of new and old that the "music is in you." Opening up the second side of this 1974 recording is the ever so romantic tearjerker, a song for his wife, "Annie's Song," certainly one of Denver's finest achievements. The highlight of the record finds him playing six-string guitar, with Steve Weisberg on lead guitar, Dick Kniss on bass, John Sommers on mandolin, and Jim Gordon on percussion, with the creativity of Lee Holdridge and his orchestral arrangement. Two more songs come along during this 12-song set with the hearty "Sweet Surrender," and the heartfelt "This Old Guitar." Lazy days, and summer days, and windy days, and rainy days may encourage the listener to find him- or herself listening to this recording under a shady tree, as the joyful tune "Cool an' Green an' Shady" illustrates. John Denver pulls out all the stops to create, and experience himself, one of his finer recordings of the '70s. [Back Home Again was reissued in 2005 in a remastered and expanded edition that included extensive liner notes, photos, and bonus alternate versions of "Matthew" and "This Old Guitar"] ~ Shawn M. Haney, All Music Guide

Credits

NameCredits
Buddy ColletteClarinet
David JacksonBass
Dick KnissArranger
Don WardellExecutive Producer
Eric WeissbergGuitar (Steel), Banjo
Frank MulveyArt Direction
Glen D. HardinPiano
Hal BlaineDrums
Jim ConnorBanjo, Vocals, Harmonica
Jim GordonDrums
John DenverGuitar, Vocals, Main Performer, Arranger, Lyricist
John SommersVocals, Guitar, Arranger, Banjo, Mandolin
Julie ConnorVocals
Kris O'ConnerAssistant Producer
Lee HoldridgeArranger, Orchestral Arrangements, Conductor
Mickey CroffordEngineer
Milton OkunProducer
Ray HallRemastering
Richard KnissBass
Richard SimpsonMastering Engineer
Steve WeisbergArranger
Susan RuskinProducer