Poems, Prayers & Promises

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Poems, Prayers & Promises
Poems, Prayers and Promises.jpg
Studio album by
John Denver
ReleasedApril 6, 1971
Recorded1970–1971
StudioRCA Studios A and B, New York City
GenreFolk
Length37:57
LabelRCA Records
Producer
  • Milton Okun
  • 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
AllMusic3/5 stars[1]
Christgau's Record GuideC[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 stars[3]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide3/5 stars[4]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide2/5 stars[5]

Poems, Prayers & Promises is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter John Denver. It was released in April, 1971. This album was Denver's commercial breakthrough, and contained 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 No. 15 on the Billboard 200.[6]

Track listing[]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Poems, Prayers and Promises"Denver4:04
2."Let It Be"
3:38
3."My Sweet Lady"Denver4:23
4."Wooden Indian"Denver1:38
5."Junk"McCartney1:40
6."Gospel Changes"Jack Williams3:24
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Take Me Home, Country Roads"
3:08
2."I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado"
  • Danoff
  • Nivert
2:07
3."Sunshine on My Shoulders"
5:10
4."Around and Around"Denver2:16
5."Fire and Rain"James Taylor3:44
6."The Box"Kendrew Lascelles2:44

Personnel[]

  • John Denver – guitars, vocals

Charts[]

Chart (1974/75) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] 41

References[]

  1. ^ "AllMusic Review by Sharon Mawer". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Robert Christgau: Album: John Denver: Poems, Prayers and Promises". www.robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 2: MUZE. p. 855.CS1 maint: location (link)
  4. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 329.
  5. ^ The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 136.
  6. ^ "John Denver". Billboard.
  7. ^ 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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