Seasons of the Heart (album)

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Seasons of the Heart
John Denver Seasons of the Heart album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1982
GenreFolk
LabelRCA Records
ProducerJohn Denver, Barney Wyckoff
John Denver chronology
Some Days Are Diamonds
(1981)
Seasons of the Heart
(1982)
Rocky Mountain Holiday
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic2/5 stars[1]

Seasons of the Heart is the 16th studio album by American singer-songwriter John Denver released in February 1982. The singles released from this album are "Shanghai Breezes" / "What One Man Can Do" and "Seasons of the Heart."

The album cover is a self-portrait of Denver entering the Purple Cloud Cave in Hangzhou, China.[2]

The singer-songwriter dedicated the album to his estranged wife, Annie, and the album was created as a love poem to her. They divorced the following year[3]

Track listing[]

All tracks composed by John Denver; except where indicated

Side one[]

  1. "Seasons of the Heart" – 3:48
  2. "Opposite Tables" – 3:56
  3. "Relatively Speaking" (Denver, lyrics: Arthur Hancock) – 3:33
  4. "Dreams" (Stephen Geyer) – 3:02
  5. "Nothing But a Breeze" (Jesse Winchester) – 4:45
  6. "What One Man Can Do" – 3:04

Side two[]

  1. "Shanghai Breezes" – 3:12
  2. "Islands" – 3:49
  3. "Heart to Heart" – 3:55
  4. "Perhaps Love" – 1:53
  5. "Children of the Universe" (Denver, Joe Henry) – 4:05

Personnel[]

Chart performance[]

Chart (1982) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 65
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 18
U.S. Billboard 200 39

References[]

  1. ^ William Ruhlmann. "Seasons of the Heart – John Denver | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
  2. ^ Seasons of the Heart (CD liner notes). John Denver. RCA Records. 1982.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) Credited as "Self-portrait II/Purple Dragon [sic] Cave, Huan Chou. Summer 1981."
  3. ^ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-john-denver-1235844.html
  4. ^ 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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