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DISCID=fc0fa012
DTITLE=John Denver / The Essential John Denver - Disc 2 of 2
DYEAR=2007
DGENRE=Folk
TTITLE0=Calypso
TTITLE1=Fly Away
TTITLE2=Baby, You Look Good To Me Tonight
TTITLE3=Like A Sad Song
TTITLE4=How Can I Leave You Again
TTITLE5=It Amazes Me
TTITLE6=I Want To Live
TTITLE7=My Sweet Lady
TTITLE8=Autograph
TTITLE9=Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)
TTITLE10=The Cowboy And The Lady
TTITLE11=Seasons Of The Heart
TTITLE12=Shanghai Breezes
TTITLE13=Perhaps Love / John Denver with Placido Domingo
TTITLE14=Wild Montana Skies / John Denver with Emmylou Harris
TTITLE15=Love Again
TTITLE16=Dreamland Express
TTITLE17=Is It Love?
EXTD=The Essential John Denver - Disc 2 of 2\n2007 RCA/Legacy\n\nOrigi
EXTD=nally Released February 27, 2007\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: There is n
EXTD=o shortage of excellent John Denver compilations, and RCA Legacy'
EXTD=s two-disc Essential John Denver collection doesn't disappoint. A
EXTD=ll of the hits are here ("Rocky Mountain High," "Calypso," "Back 
EXTD=Home Again," "Annie's Song," "Perhaps Love" etc.), and the sequen
EXTD=cing is linear and concise. Fans looking for a more diminutive ye
EXTD=t equally satisfying overview should check out 2005's Definitive 
EXTD=All-Time Greatest Hits, but for the discerning listener looking t
EXTD=o capture the full scope of the late country-pop great, this rich
EXTD= slab of history will more than suffice.  -- James Christopher Mo
EXTD=nger\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nA definitive retrospective 
EXTD=of Denver's best work, March 16, 2007\nReviewer: Joe Sixpack -- S
EXTD=lipcue.com (...in Middle America)\nHere's a genuine guilty pleasu
EXTD=re... John Denver was part of the musical aether when I was a kid
EXTD=, and his hit songs like "Thank God I'm a Country Boy," "Rocky Mo
EXTD=untain High" and "Take Me Home Country Roads" are burned into my 
EXTD=DNA. Heck, I even like the super-sentimental "Annie's Song," and 
EXTD=will sing along whenever I hear it... This 2-CD set gathers all t
EXTD=hose chart-toppers, along with dozens of other tracks taken from 
EXTD=Denver's career... There are even rarities that include collabora
EXTD=tions with opera legend Placido Domingo and country-rock pioneer 
EXTD=Emmylou Harris... All that's missing is his work with Sesame Stre
EXTD=et's Muppets! Although Denver's crunchy-granola faux-hippieism be
EXTD=came something of a pop culture punchline during the 1970s, he pr
EXTD=oved a durable artist, working in a mellow folk-pop mode... This 
EXTD=collection should fill the bill for longtime fans and newcomers a
EXTD=like... Personally, I'm just glad I can cuddle up with "Annie's S
EXTD=ong" again, in the privacy of my own home. (Don't tell anyone, th
EXTD=ough!)\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nEssential hits, near-hits
EXTD= and album tracks, March 4, 2007\nReviewer: redtunictroll (Earth,
EXTD= USA)\nDenver's run of signature hits made him both one of the 19
EXTD=70s most beloved country-folk singers and one of the decade's mos
EXTD=t lampooned. His earnest "Far Out!" trademark was at once a echo 
EXTD=of the '60s hippie vibe, and a good fit for the mainstream of the
EXTD= '70s. RCA/Legacy celebrates Denver's rich catalog with this 2-CD
EXTD= anthology that spans his biggest pop hits, lower-charting single
EXTD=s, album tracks and a few odds and ends. It's a perfect overview 
EXTD=for those who love Denver's hits and want a collection that offer
EXTD=s a bit more. Yes, this set reiterates material that's already be
EXTD=en reissued many times, but that's the nature of the retail music
EXTD= industry - new reissues garner new reviews, renew shelf space an
EXTD=d spur sales. And that's the point of this release - to preserve 
EXTD=the artistic relevance of Denver's core catalog by promoting its 
EXTD=commercial vitality among new generations of fans. \n\nDenver deb
EXTD=uted as a solo artist in 1969 with his "Rhyme and Reason" LP, the
EXTD= title track of which is included here alongside Denver's origina
EXTD=l recording of his own "Leaving on a Jet Plane." Though neither w
EXTD=ere a hit, they showed Denver to be a songwriter whose words coul
EXTD=d provide a personal touch in a mass market. "Leaving on a Jet Pl
EXTD=ane" was a memorable, emotion-drenched hit for Peter, Paul & Mary
EXTD=, but as rendered here without Mary Travers' gut-wrenching vocal 
EXTD=it's equally poignant, with Denver's bittersweet delivery backed 
EXTD=by an arrangement of high-hat, guitar, bass and organ that's as l
EXTD=ight as the dawn underlying the lyrics. \n\nTwo albums in 1970 ("
EXTD=Whose Garden Was This" and "Take Me to Tomorrow") failed to gener
EXTD=ate any hits, and are left off this anthology. The first of the t
EXTD=wo is largely comprised of covers, the latter finds Denver strivi
EXTD=ng for a social relevancy that detracts from the wondrous humanit
EXTD=y of his signature works. Instead, this set jumps to Denver's 197
EXTD=1 breakthrough, "Poems, Prayers & Promises" and its career-launch
EXTD=ing hit "Take Me Home Country Roads." This is the epitome of Denv
EXTD=er's art, showcasing his talent for turning the world's natural w
EXTD=onders into warm, homespun songs. The album's other hit, "Sunshin
EXTD=e on My Shoulders," is included in the re-recorded single version
EXTD= from Denver's 1973 greatest hits LP. This version, with its magn
EXTD=ificent string arrangement, topped both the pop and adult contemp
EXTD=orary charts. \n\nFrom that start, Denver built himself into one 
EXTD=of the most popular and best-selling singer-songwriters of the 19
EXTD=70s. He not only spun off more indelible hits ("Rocky Mountain Hi
EXTD=gh," "Back Home Again," "Thank God I'm a Country Boy," "Annie's S
EXTD=ong," "I'm Sorry"), but filled his albums with thoughtful songs o
EXTD=f simpler pleasures and wide-eyed wonder. Denver was the Country 
EXTD=Music Association's entertainer of the year in 1975, famously pro
EXTD=mpting Charlie Rich - 1974's award winner - to set fire to the aw
EXTD=ard envelope and derisively announce Denver's achievement. But wh
EXTD=ile Nashville's industry took a liking to Denver, he never really
EXTD= wrote in the reigning pop-country idiom. Instead, songs like "Ba
EXTD=ck Home Again" leveraged Denver's folk roots to bring pop melodic
EXTD=ism to country sentiment without forcing one to be the other. \n\n
EXTD=By mid-decade Denver had fashioned a parallel television and film
EXTD= career, including dozens of TV specials, guest-hosting appearanc
EXTD=es and a big screen turn with George Burns in "Oh, God." The hits
EXTD= continued throughout the latter-half of the '70s, albeit without
EXTD= reaching the top of the charts. The material is surprisingly con
EXTD=sistent with his earlier work, suggesting that the mainstream mar
EXTD=ket moved on to the next big thing, rather than Denver's material
EXTD= having declined in quality. Disc two is filled out with a pair o
EXTD=f 1975 successes, "Calypso" and "Fly Away" (the latter with Olivi
EXTD=a Newton John providing backing vocals) and a nice helping of low
EXTD=er- and non-charting singles, including the 1976 country love son
EXTD=g, "Baby, You Look Good to Me Tonight," and duets with Emmylou Ha
EXTD=rris (1983's "Wild Montana Skies"), French vocalist Sylvie Vartan
EXTD= (1984's "Love Again"), and Placido Domingo ("Perhaps Love"). \n\n
EXTD=As the hits slowed, Denver used both his music and his fame to fu
EXTD=rther numerous charitable and political endeavors, including the 
EXTD=Hunger Project (of which he was a co-founder), and sustainable li
EXTD=ving programs. He toured Russia and China, testified against cens
EXTD=orship in front of the U.S. congress, published an autobiography,
EXTD= and promoted several nature-based programs. His last song, "Yell
EXTD=owstone, Coming Home" (not included here) appeared in an episode 
EXTD=of "Nature" in which he was featured. \n\nAll fifteen of Denver's
EXTD= pop top-40 hits are here, and many of his top-100s. There are se
EXTD=veral missing chart entries, "Everyday," "Please, Daddy," "Christ
EXTD=mas for Cowboys," "It Makes Me Giggle," "Dancing with the Mountai
EXTD=n" and Denver's latter-day country hit, "And So it Goes," but the
EXTD=ir absence is balanced by the presence of key album tracks like "
EXTD=I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado," "Matthew," and "Looking For 
EXTD=Space." The collection's studio works end in 1985 with the title 
EXTD=track of "Dreamland Express," and disc two closes with a recordin
EXTD=g of "Is It Love?" from Denver's Wildlife Concert. Missing are se
EXTD=lections from his final quintet of albums for his own Windstar Re
EXTD=cords. \n\nThis is a nicely selected set, featuring all of Denver
EXTD='s major pop hits, a strong selection of his lower charting works
EXTD=, well-picked album tracks and non-charting singles. It provides 
EXTD=a deeper look than a single-disc can achieve, and does a good job
EXTD= of balancing original LP recordings with later greatest hits re-
EXTD=recordings, and studio versus live takes. Those who want to go de
EXTD=eper should look for the 3-CD "Legends" and "Ultimate Collection"
EXTD= sets, or the 4-CD "Country Roads Collection," but first-time buy
EXTD=ers of Denver's works will find this double-CD to be just the rig
EXTD=ht length. [2007 redtunictroll at hotmail dot com]\n\n\nAMAZON.C
EXTD=OM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nThe Best & Most Complete John Denver collecti
EXTD=on out there!, March 3, 2007\nA Kid's Review\nThis is the by far 
EXTD=the greatest overall John Denver package available despite what t
EXTD=hose other reviewers have said. This has ALL the original recordi
EXTD=ngs unlike The Essential collection that came out back in 2004 on
EXTD= the Madacy label. RCA/Legacy did an excellent job putting this t
EXTD=ogether.It has those hard to find songs like "I Want To Live" & "
EXTD=How Can I Leave You Again". Also, I find it really nice that they
EXTD= including the Billboard chart rankings for each of John's songs 
EXTD=that are on there. I highly recommend this Essential John Denver 
EXTD=2CD set to anyone who is a casual or a die-hard fan!!! \n\n\nAMAZ
EXTD=ON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nOh, no...not another anthology!!!, Februa
EXTD=ry 27, 2007\nReviewer: L. Jaffe (Charlottesville, VA) \nThere ain
EXTD='t anything new here, folks. If you've been a JD fan for even the
EXTD= last 10 years, you already have every single one of these songs.
EXTD= The only difference is that the recording included here of "Is I
EXTD=t Love?" is a studio version released in Australia. The song show
EXTD=ed up as a live track on the recording of "The Wildlife Concert" 
EXTD=in the mid-'90's. That's about it. This release is nothing but a 
EXTD=blatent attempt to make "the suits" at Sony/BMG a few more dollar
EXTD=s. If there IS something available that has never been released b
EXTD=efore, THEN RELEASE IT! Stop insulting John's memory with the upt
EXTD=eenth-hundred anthology of his work! ENOUGH!\n\n\nHalf.com Detail
EXTD=s \nProducer: Barney Wyckoff, Bob Irwin, John Denver, Larry Butle
EXTD=r, Milton Okun, Nathan Sedlander (Compilation), Placido Domingo, 
EXTD=Roger Nichols \n\nAlbum Notes\nRecording information: 1969 - 1995
EXTD=.\n\nIssued by the RCA label in 2007, this two-disc John Denver r
EXTD=etrospective features a well-selected collection of the late folk
EXTD=-pop performer's finest songs. Like the excellent though not as c
EXTD=omprehensive DEFINITIVE ALL-TIME GREATEST HITS, the set presents 
EXTD=many of the amiable Colorado-based singer-songwriter's most recog
EXTD=nizable tunes, including the shimmering "Leaving on a Jet Plane" 
EXTD=and the vibrant "Rocky Mountain High." However, ESSENTIAL digs fu
EXTD=rther into Denver's catalogue, offering up lesser-known numbers s
EXTD=uch as the delicate "I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado" and the 
EXTD=surprisingly energetic "I'd Rather Be a Cowboy (Lady's Chains)." 
EXTD=Ideal for those wanting more than the DEFINITIVE compilation, but
EXTD= less than the weighty four-disc COUNTRY ROADS COLLECTION, ESSENT
EXTD=IAL easily stands as one of the best Denver anthologies available
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