Poems, Prayers & Promises

Poems, Prayers & Promises
Studio album by John Denver
Released April 6, 1971
Recorded 1970–1971
Studio RCA Studios A and B, New York City
Genre Folk
Length 37:57
Label RCA
Producer
John Denver chronology
Whose Garden Was This
(1970)Whose Garden Was This1970		 Poems, Prayers & Promises
(1971)		 Aerie
(1971)Aerie1971
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideC[2]

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.

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"
  • Denver
  • Richard Kniss
  • Mike Taylor
5:10
4."Around and Around"Denver2:16
5."Fire and Rain"James Taylor3:44
6."The Box"Kendrew Lascelles2:44

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r5445
  2. ↑ Christgau review
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