Rhymes & Reasons (John Denver album)

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Rhymes & Reasons
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Studio album by
John Denver
ReleasedOctober 14, 1969
StudioRCA Studios A and B
(New York City)
GenreFolk rock
LabelRCA
ProducerMilton Okun
John Denver chronology
John Denver Sings
(1966) 		Rhymes & Reasons
(1969) 		Take Me to Tomorrow
(1970)
Singles from Rhymes & Reasons
  1. "Daydream[1]"
    Released: October 1969
  2. "Leaving on a Jet Plane[2]"
    Released: October 1969
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3/5 stars[3]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide1/5 stars[4]

Rhymes & Reasons is the first commercial studio album by the American singer-songwriter John Denver, released in October 1969 by RCA Records. It was reissued on CD by Legacy Recordings in 2005.[5]

Track listing[]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Love of the Common People"
4:06
2."Catch Another Butterfly"Mike Williams2:31
3."Daydream"John Denver2:54
4."The Ballad of Spiro Agnew"Tom Paxton0:15
5."Circus"
2:37
6."When I'm Sixty-Four"
2:02
7."The Ballad of Richard Nixon"n/a0:05
8."Rhymes & Reasons"Denver3:15
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Yellow Cat"Steven Fromholz2:52
2."Leaving on a Jet Plane"Denver3:37
3."(You Dun Stomped) My Heart"Mason Williams2:41
4."My Old Man"Jerry Jeff Walker4:34
5."I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free"
3:49
6."Today Is the First Day of the Rest of My Life (Sugacity)"
  • Pat Garvey
  • Victoria Garvey
2:10
CD edition (bonus tracks)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."Rusty Green"Denver 
16."Take Me to Tomorrow" (early version)Denver 

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ "John Denver – Daydream".
  2. ^ "John Denver – Leaving On A Jet Plane".
  3. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r5448
  4. ^ The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 136.
  5. ^ "legacyrecordings.com". Archived from the original on November 21, 2008.



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