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Poems, Prayers & Promises
Studio album by
John Denver
ReleasedApril 6, 1971
Recorded1970–1971
StudioRCA, New York City
GenreCountry folk[1]
Length37:57
LabelRCA Victor
Producer
  • Susan Ruskin
    • John Denver chronology
    Whose Garden Was This
    (1970)     		Poems, Prayers & Promises
    (1971)     		Aerie
    (1971)
    Singles from Poems, Prayers & Promises

    1. "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
      Released: April 12, 1971
    2. "Sunshine on My Shoulders"
      Released: October 22, 1973

    Professional ratings
    Review scores
    SourceRating
    AllMusic[2]
    Christgau's Record GuideC[3]
    The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
    MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[5]
    The New Rolling Stone Record Guide[6]

    Poems, Prayers & Promises is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter John Denver, released on April 6, 1971 by RCA Records. The album was recorded in New York City, and produced by Milton Okun and Susan Ruskin. Poems, Prayers & Promises was Denver's commercial breakthrough, and contains several of his most popular songs, such as "Poems, Prayers, and Promises", "My Sweet Lady", "I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado", "Sunshine on My Shoulders", and "Take Me Home, Country Roads", which would become one of Denver's signature songs. "The Box", which concludes the album, is a poem by Kendrew Lascelles illustrating the futility of war.

    The album peaked at number 15 on the Billboard 200.[7]

    Track listing[edit]

    Side one
    No.TitleWriter(s)Length
    1."Poems, Prayers and Promises"Denver4:04
    2."Let It Be"Lennon-McCartney3:38
    3."My Sweet Lady"Denver4:23
    4."Wooden Indian"Denver1:38
    5."Junk"Paul McCartney1:40
    6."Gospel Changes"John W. Williams3:24
    Side two
    No.TitleWriter(s)Length
    1."Take Me Home, Country Roads"
  • Taffy Nivert
  • Denver
    		• 3:08
    2."I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado"
    • Bill Danoff
  • Taffy Nivert
    		• 2:07
    3."Sunshine on My Shoulders"
    • Denver
  • Richard Kniss
  • Mike Taylor
    		• 5:12
    4."Around and Around"Denver2:16
    5."Fire and Rain"James Taylor3:44
    6."The Box"Kendrew Lascelles2:44

    Personnel[edit]

    Charts[edit]

    Chart (1974/75) Peak
    position
    Australia (Kent Music Report)[8] 41

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Okamoto, David (January 1, 1998). "John Denver". In Knopper, Steve (ed.). MusicHound Lounge: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 132–133.
  • ^ "AllMusic Review by Sharon Mawer". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  • ^ "Robert Christgau: Album: John Denver: Poems, Prayers and Promises". www.robertchristgau.com.
  • ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. p. 855.
  • ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 329.
  • ^ The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 136.
  • ^ "John Denver". Billboard.
  • ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 87. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

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