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that, "Though Denver still couldn't figure out how to fill out an entire album without covering his betters (in this case, old favorites
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called the single 'Goodbye Again', "a sad, gentle ballad that threatens to become a standard along the lines of '
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John Denver – 6-string guitars, twelve-string guitars, acoustic guitars, vocals, arrangements
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commended the single "Hard Life, Hard Times (Prisoners)" for its "good use of
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in September 1972. It was his first US Top 10 album (no. 4), propelled by the
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is the sixth studio album released by American singer-songwriter
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Index


Studio album
John Denver
RCA
New York City
Genre
Country folk
Label
RCA
Producer
Milton Okun
John Denver
Aerie
Farewell Andromeda
Singles
Rocky Mountain High
John Denver
title single
Rio Grande Trail
Aspen, Colorado
AllMusic
Creem
Record World
Leaving on a Jet Plane
counterpoint
AllMusic
the Beatles
John Prine
Rocky Mountain High
Mike Taylor

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