John Denver discography

John Denver discography
John Denver discography
Releases
Studio albums 30
Live albums 8
Compilation albums 17
Singles 44
No.1 Single 12

Here is the comprehensive discography of folk musician John Denver.

Denver has sold 54 million albums world-wide.

Contents

Albums

With The Mitchell Trio

Release Date Album Title Record Label
August 1965 That's the Way It's Gonna Be
  • John Denver, Mike Kobluk, Joe Frazier
Mercury Records
December 1965 Violets of Dawn
  • John Denver, Mike Kobluk, Joe Frazier
Mercury Records
1967 Alive
  • John Denver, Mike Kobluk, David Boise
Reprise Records
1974 Beginnings: John Denver with the Michell Trio
  • John Denver, Mike Kobluk, Joe Frazier
Mercury Records

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[1]
US
[1]
CAN Country
[2]
CAN
[3]
AUS
[4]
NZ
[5]
UK
[6]
1966 John Denver Sings
  • Release date: 1966
  • self release
1969 Rhymes & Reasons 148 21
1970 Take Me to Tomorrow
  • Release date: May 1970
  • Label: RCA Records
197
Whose Garden Was This
  • Release date: October 1970
  • Label: RCA Records
1971 Poems, Prayers & Promises
  • Release date: May 1971
  • Label: RCA Records
6 15 9 19
Aerie
  • Release date: December 1971[9]
  • Label: RCA Records
37 75 33
1972 Rocky Mountain High
  • Release date: September 15, 1972
  • Label: RCA Records
40 4 1 11
  • US: 2× Platinum[8]
  • UK: Gold[7]
1973 Farewell Andromeda
  • Release date: June 1973
  • Label: RCA Records
16 23
1974 Back Home Again
  • Release date: June 1974
  • Label: RCA Records
1 1 1 14 3
1975 Windsong
  • Release date: September 1975
  • Label: RCA Records
1 1 1 5 14
  • US: 2× Platinum[8]
  • CAN: Platinum[10]
1976 Spirit
  • Release date: 1976
  • Label: RCA Records
3 7 22 7 9
  • US: Platinum[8]
1977 I Want to Live
  • Release date: November 1977
  • Label: RCA Records
10 45 38 25
  • US: Platinum[8]
1979 John Denver
  • Release date: January 1979
  • Label: RCA Records
10 25 7 25 68
1980 Autograph
  • Release date: February 1980
  • Label: RCA Records
28 39 72
1981 Some Days Are Diamonds
  • Release date: June 1981
  • Label: RCA Records
7 32
1982 Seasons of the Heart
  • Release date: February 1982
  • Label: RCA Records
18 39
1983 It's About Time
  • Release date: November 15, 1983
  • Label: RCA Records
55 61 92 90
1985 Dreamland Express
  • Release date: June 1985
  • Label: RCA Records
64 90
1986 One World
  • Release date: June 1986
  • Label: RCA Records
91
1988 Higher Ground 49 5
1990 Earth Songs
  • Release date: 1990
  • Label: Windstar Records
1990 The Flower That Shattered the Stone
  • Release date: September 1990
  • Label: Windstar Records
185
1991 Different Directions
  • Release date: September 24, 1991
  • Label: Windstar Records
1997 All Aboard! 165
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[1]
US
[1]
CAN
[3]
AUS
[4]
NZ
[5]
UK
[6]
1975 An Evening With John Denver 1 2 1 35 1 31
  • US: 3× Platinum[8]
  • CAN: Gold[10]
1976 Live in London
  • Release date: 1976
  • Label: RCA Records
2
1995 The Wildlife Concert 104 45
1997 The Best of John Denver Live
  • Release date: 1997
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
8 52
1999 Live at the Sydney Opera House
  • Concert date: 1979(?)
  • Release date: 1999
  • Label: RCA Records
2001 Christmas in Concert
  • Concert date: December 19, 1996
  • Release date: November 2001
  • Label: RCA Records
60
2002 The Harbor Lights Concert
  • Concert date: September 9, 1995
  • Release date: 2002
  • Label: RCA Records
2007 Live in the U.S.S.R.
  • Concert date: 1985
  • Release date: 2007
  • Label: AAO Music
2010 Live at Cedar Rapids
  • Concert date: December 10, 1987
  • Release date: 2010
  • Label: Collectors' Choice Music
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Specialty albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[1]
US
[1]
CAN
[3]
1975 Rocky Mountain Christmas
  • Release date: 1975
  • Label: RCA Records
14 40
  • US: 2× Platinum[8]
  • CAN: Gold[10]
1979 A Christmas Together
  • Release date: October 1979
  • Label: RCA Records
13 26 45
1982 Rocky Mountain Holiday
  • Release date: November 1982
  • Label: RCA Records
202
1990 Christmas, Like a Lullaby
  • Release date: December 1990
  • Label: Windstar Records
1998 Forever, John
  • Release date: September 29, 1998
  • Label: RCA Records
1999 Christmas
  • Release date: 1999
  • Label: RCA Records
53
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

Year Album Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[1]
US
[1]
CAN Country
[2]
CAN
[3]
AUS
[4]
NZ
[5]
UK
[6]
1973 John Denver's Greatest Hits
  • Release date: November 1973
  • Label: RCA Records
1 1 17 7
  • US: 9× Platinum[8]
  • CAN: 5× Platinum[10]
1977 John Denver's Greatest Hits, Volume 2
  • Release date: March 1977
  • Label: RCA Records
7 6 24 17 9
  • US: 2× Platinum[8]
  • CAN: Gold[10]
1984 John Denver's Greatest Hits, Volume 3
  • Release date: November 1984
  • Label: RCA Records
203
1991 Take Me Home, Country Roads and Other Hits 40
1994 The Very Best of John Denver
  • Release date: 1994
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • US: Platinum[8]
1996 The Rocky Mountain Collection
  • Release date: 1996
  • Label: RCA Records
50 49 19 19
Reflections: Songs of Love & Life
  • Release date: 1996
  • Label: RCA Records
36 13
1997 Celebration of Life 16 130
Country Roads Collection
  • Release date: 1997
  • Label: RCA Records
33
1998 The Best of John Denver
  • Release date: 1998
  • Label: Madacy Records
38 10
Greatest Country Hits
  • Release date: 1998
  • Label: RCA Records
36
2002 Songs for America
  • Release date: 2002
  • Label: Sony BMG
75
2004 The Essential John Denver
  • Release date: 2004
  • Label: Sony BMG
66
Definitive All-Time Greatest Hits
  • Release date: 2004
  • Label: RCA Records
9 52 9 60
A Song's Best Friend
  • Release date: 2004
  • Label: RCA Records
19 18
2006 16 Biggest Hits
  • Release date: 2006
  • Label: RCA Records
61
2007 The Essential John Denver
  • Release date: 2007
  • Label: RCA Records
55
2008 Playlist: The Very Best of John Denver
  • Release date: 2008
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
39
2011 The Ultimate Collection
  • Release date: 2011
  • Label: Sony BMG
7
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Collaboration albums

Year Album details Peak positions
CAN
[3]
1981 Perhaps Love 19

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
Album
US Country
[11]
US
[11]
US AC
[11]
CAN Country
[12]
CAN
[13]
CAN AC
[14]
1969 "Daydream" Rhymes & Reasons
1970 "Anthem-Revelation" Take Me to Tomorrow
"Follow Me"
"Sail Away Home" Whose Garden Was This
"Mr. Bojangles"
1971 "Take Me Home, Country Roads" 50 2 3 17 3 5 Poems, Prayers, and Promises
"Friends with You" 47 4 34 5 Aerie
1972 "Everyday" 81 21 77 16
"Goodbye Again" 88 23 12 Rocky Mountain High
"Hard Life, Hard Times (Prisoners)" 103
"Rocky Mountain High" 9 3 8 2
1973 "I'd Rather Be a Cowboy" 62 25 67 75 58 Farewell Andromeda
"Farewell Andromeda
(Welcome to My Morning)"
89 20 26
"Please, Daddy" 69 69 68 82
"Sunshine on My Shoulders" 42 1 1 1 2 Greatest Hits
1974 "Annie's Song" 9 1 1 3 1 1 Back Home Again
"Back Home Again" 1 5 1 1 10 1
"Sweet Surrender" 7 13 1 16 38 1 An Evening With John Denver
1975 "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" 1 1 5 1 1 1
"I'm Sorry" 1 1 1 4 1 1 Windsong
"Calypso" FLIP 29
"Fly Away" (with Olivia Newton-John) 12 13 1 28 13 2
"Christmas for Cowboys" 58 77 26 Rocky Mountain Christmas
1976 "Looking for Space" 30 29 1 23 63 4 Windsong
"It Makes Me Giggle" 70 60 9 39 83 22 Spirit
"Like a Sad Song" 34 36 1 8 63 4
"Baby, You Look Good to Me Tonight" 22 65 13 20 89
1977 "My Sweet Lady" 62 32 13 52 15 Greatest Hits 2
"How Can I Leave You Again" 22 44 2 6 40 10 I Want to Live
1978 "It Amazes Me" 72 59 9 72 15
"I Want to Live" 55 10 81 9
1979 "Downhill Stuff" 64 106 John Denver
"What's On Your Mind" 47 107 10 25 29
"Sweet Melinda" (B-side of "What's On Your Mind") FLIP
"Garden Song" 31 7
"A Baby Just Like You" (feat. The Muppets) A Christmas Together
1980 "Autograph" 84 52 20 2 Autograph
"Dancing with the Mountains" 97 43
1981 "Some Days Are Diamonds
(Some Days Are Stone)
"
10 36 12 1 1 Some Days Are Diamonds
"The Cowboy and the Lady" 50 66
1982 "Shanghai Breezes" 31 1 1 Seasons of the Heart
"Seasons of the Heart" 78 23 16
"Opposite Tables"
1983 "Wild Montana Skies" (with Emmylou Harris) 14 26 15 14 It's About Time
"Hold On Tightly"
1984 "It's About Time"
"The Gold and Beyond" Greatest Hits 3
"Love Again" (with Sylvie Vartan) 85 30 21
1985 "Don't Close Your Eyes, Tonight" 37 Dreamland Express
"Dreamland Express" 9 34 17 23
1986 "Along for the Ride ('56 T-Bird)" 57 One World
1987 "Let Us Begin (What Are We Making Weapons For?)"
1988 "For You" Higher Ground
"Country Girl in Paris" 96
1995 "For You" (Live) The Wildlife Concert
"—" denotes releases that did not chart "NA" denotes single not released for the chart


Singles from collaboration albums

Year Single Artist Peak chart
positions
Album
US
[11]
US AC
[11]
1982 "Perhaps Love" Plácido Domingo 59 22 Perhaps Love

Guest singles

Year Single Artist Peak chart
positions
Album
US Country
[11]
CAN Country
[2]
1989 "And So It Goes" Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 14 29 Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two

References

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  5. ^ a b c "charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal". charts.org.nz. http://charts.org.nz/search.asp?search=john+denver&cat=a. Retrieved 2010-05-08. 
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