- 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.
Denver has sold 54 million albums world-wide.
Contents
Albums
With The Mitchell Trio
Release Date Album Title Record Label August 1965 That's the Way It's Gonna Be - John Denver, Mike Kobluk, Joe Frazier
Mercury Records December 1965 Violets of Dawn - John Denver, Mike Kobluk, Joe Frazier
Mercury Records 1967 Alive - John Denver, Mike Kobluk, David Boise
Reprise Records 1974 Beginnings: John Denver with the Michell Trio - John Denver, Mike Kobluk, Joe Frazier
Mercury Records Studio albums
Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)US Country
[1]US
[1]CAN Country
[2]CAN
[3]AUS
[4]NZ
[5]UK
[6]1966 John Denver Sings - Release date: 1966
- self release
— — — — — — — 1969 Rhymes & Reasons - Release date: October 1969
- Label: RCA Records
— 148 — — — — 21 1970 Take Me to Tomorrow - Release date: May 1970
- Label: RCA Records
— 197 — — — — — Whose Garden Was This - Release date: October 1970
- Label: RCA Records
— — — — — — — 1971 Poems, Prayers & Promises - Release date: May 1971
- Label: RCA Records
6 15 — 9 — — 19 Aerie - Release date: December 1971[9]
- Label: RCA Records
37 75 — 33 — — — - US: Gold[8]
1972 Rocky Mountain High - Release date: September 15, 1972
- Label: RCA Records
40 4 — 1 — — 11 1973 Farewell Andromeda - Release date: June 1973
- Label: RCA Records
— 16 — 23 — — — - US: Gold[8]
1974 Back Home Again - Release date: June 1974
- Label: RCA Records
1 1 — 1 — 14 3 1975 Windsong - Release date: September 1975
- Label: RCA Records
1 1 — 1 — 5 14 1976 Spirit - Release date: 1976
- Label: RCA Records
3 7 — 22 — 7 9 - US: Platinum[8]
1977 I Want to Live - Release date: November 1977
- Label: RCA Records
10 45 — 38 — — 25 - US: Platinum[8]
1979 John Denver - Release date: January 1979
- Label: RCA Records
10 25 7 25 — — 68 - US: Gold[8]
1980 Autograph - Release date: February 1980
- Label: RCA Records
28 39 — 72 — — — 1981 Some Days Are Diamonds - Release date: June 1981
- Label: RCA Records
7 32 — — — — — - US: Gold[8]
1982 Seasons of the Heart - Release date: February 1982
- Label: RCA Records
18 39 — — — — — - US: Gold[8]
1983 It's About Time - Release date: November 15, 1983
- Label: RCA Records
55 61 — 92 — — 90 1985 Dreamland Express - Release date: June 1985
- Label: RCA Records
64 90 — — — — — 1986 One World - Release date: June 1986
- Label: RCA Records
— — — — — — 91 1988 Higher Ground - Release date: June 26, 1988
- Label: Windstar Records
49 — — — 5 — — 1990 Earth Songs - Release date: 1990
- Label: Windstar Records
— — — — — — — 1990 The Flower That Shattered the Stone - Release date: September 1990
- Label: Windstar Records
— 185 — — — — — 1991 Different Directions - Release date: September 24, 1991
- Label: Windstar Records
— — — — — — — 1997 All Aboard! - Release date: August 26, 1997
- Label: Sony Wonder
— 165 — — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart Live albums
Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)US Country
[1]US
[1]CAN
[3]AUS
[4]NZ
[5]UK
[6]1975 An Evening With John Denver - Release date: February 1975
- US Singles: Sweet Surrender/Summer; Thank God I'm a Country Boy/My Sweet Lady
- Label: RCA Records
1 2 1 35 1 31 1976 Live in London - Release date: 1976
- Label: RCA Records
— — — — — 2 1995 The Wildlife Concert - Release date: 1995
- US Single: For You
- Label: Legacy Recordings
— 104 — 45 — — - US: Gold[8]
1997 The Best of John Denver Live - Release date: 1997
- Label: Legacy Recordings
8 52 — — — — 1999 Live at the Sydney Opera House - Concert date: 1979(?)
- Release date: 1999
- Label: RCA Records
— — — — — — 2001 Christmas in Concert - Concert date: December 19, 1996
- Release date: November 2001
- Label: RCA Records
60 — — — — — 2002 The Harbor Lights Concert - Concert date: September 9, 1995
- Release date: 2002
- Label: RCA Records
— — — — — — 2007 Live in the U.S.S.R. - Concert date: 1985
- Release date: 2007
- Label: AAO Music
— — — — — — 2010 Live at Cedar Rapids - Concert date: December 10, 1987
- Release date: 2010
- Label: Collectors' Choice Music
— — — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart Specialty albums
Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)US Country
[1]US
[1]CAN
[3]1975 Rocky Mountain Christmas - Release date: 1975
- Label: RCA Records
— 14 40 1979 A Christmas Together - Release date: October 1979
- Label: RCA Records
13 26 45 1982 Rocky Mountain Holiday - Release date: November 1982
- Label: RCA Records
— 202 — 1990 Christmas, Like a Lullaby - Release date: December 1990
- Label: Windstar Records
— — — 1998 Forever, John - Release date: September 29, 1998
- Label: RCA Records
— — — 1999 Christmas - Release date: 1999
- Label: RCA Records
53 — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart Compilation albums
Year Album Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)US Country
[1]US
[1]CAN Country
[2]CAN
[3]AUS
[4]NZ
[5]UK
[6]1973 John Denver's Greatest Hits - Release date: November 1973
- Label: RCA Records
— 1 — 1 — 17 7 1977 John Denver's Greatest Hits, Volume 2 - Release date: March 1977
- Label: RCA Records
7 6 — 24 — 17 9 1984 John Denver's Greatest Hits, Volume 3 - Release date: November 1984
- Label: RCA Records
— 203 — — — — — - US: Gold[8]
1991 Take Me Home, Country Roads and Other Hits - Release date: 1991
- Label: Sony BMG
— — 40 — — — — 1994 The Very Best of John Denver - Release date: 1994
- Label: Sony BMG
— — — — — — — - US: Platinum[8]
1996 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 — — — 1997 Celebration of Life - Release date: 1997
- Label: A&M Records
16 130 — — — — — Country Roads Collection - Release date: 1997
- Label: RCA Records
33 — — — — — — 1998 The Best of John Denver - Release date: 1998
- Label: Madacy Records
38 — — — — 10 — Greatest Country Hits - Release date: 1998
- Label: RCA Records
36 — — — — — — 2002 Songs for America - Release date: 2002
- Label: Sony BMG
75 — — — — — — 2004 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 — — — - US: Gold[8]
A Song's Best Friend - Release date: 2004
- Label: RCA Records
— — — — 19 — 18 2006 16 Biggest Hits - Release date: 2006
- Label: RCA Records
61 — — — — — — 2007 The Essential John Denver - Release date: 2007
- Label: RCA Records
55 — — — — — — 2008 Playlist: The Very Best of John Denver - Release date: 2008
- Label: Legacy Recordings
39 — — — — — — 2011 The Ultimate Collection - Release date: 2011
- Label: Sony BMG
— — — — — — 7 "—" denotes releases that did not chart Collaboration albums
Year Album details Peak positions CAN
[3]1981 Perhaps Love - Collaborator: Plácido Domingo
- Release date: 1981
- Label: CBS Records
19 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]1969 "Daydream" — — — Rhymes & Reasons 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 - US: Gold[15]
Greatest Hits 1974 "Annie's Song" 9 1 1 3 1 1 Back Home Again "Back Home Again" 1 5 1 1 10 1 - US: Gold[15]
"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 - US: Gold[15]
"I'm Sorry" 1 1 1 4 1 1 - US: Gold[15]
Windsong "Calypso" — FLIP — — 29 — "Fly Away" (with Olivia Newton-John) 12 13 1 28 13 2 "Christmas for Cowboys" — 58 — — 77 26 Rocky Mountain Christmas 1976 "Looking for Space" 30 29 1 23 63 4 Windsong "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 "Sweet Melinda" (B-side of "What's On Your Mind") FLIP — — — — — "Garden Song" — — 31 — — 7 "A Baby Just Like You" (feat. The Muppets) — — — — — — A Christmas Together 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 — — — — — 1995 "For You" (Live) — — — — — — The Wildlife Concert "—" denotes releases that did not chart "NA" denotes single not released for the chart Singles from collaboration albums
Year Single Artist Peak chart
positionsAlbum US
[11]US AC
[11]1982 "Perhaps Love" Plácido Domingo 59 22 Perhaps Love Guest singles
Year Single Artist Peak chart
positionsAlbum US Country
[11]CAN Country
[2]1989 "And So It Goes" Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 14 29 Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two References
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- ^ 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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- ^ JohnDenver.com
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- ^ "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.
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External links
- John Denver's Official Website
- The John Denver's Discography Project: rare covers album with release's info: year, country, track list
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