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John Denver 1975

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the American Country - singer John Denver .

Albums

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	UK	US	Country
1966	John Denver Sings	-	-	-	-	-	First published: 1966
1969	Rhymes & Reasons	-	-	UK21st silver (5 weeks)UK	US148 (3 weeks) US	-	First published: October 14, 1969 Chart entry in UK only 1973
1970	Take Me to Tomorrow	-	-	-	US197 (2 weeks) US	-	First published: May 1970
	Whose Garden Was This?	-	-	-	-	-	First published: October 1970
1971	Poems, Prayers & Promises	-	-	UK19 (5 weeks) UK	US15th platinum (80 weeks)US	Country6 (26 weeks) Country	First published: April 6, 1971 Chart entry in UK only 1973
	Aerie	-	-	-	US75 gold (16 weeks)US	Country37 (11 weeks) Country	First published: November 1971
1972	Rocky Mountain High	-	-	UK11 (15 weeks) UK	US4th × 2 Double platinum (53 weeks)US	Country40 (2 weeks) Country	First published: September 15, 1972 Chart entry in UK only 1973
1973	Farewell Andromeda	-	-	-	US16 gold (35 weeks)US	-	First published: June 1973
1974	Back Home Again	-	-	UK3 gold (29 weeks)UK	US1 × 3 Triple platinum (96 weeks)US	Country1 (64 weeks) Country	First published: June 15, 1974
1975	Windsong	-	-	UK14 (21 weeks) UK	US1 × 2 Double platinum (45 weeks)US	Country1 (25 weeks) Country	First published: September 1975
1976	Spirit	-	-	UK9 (11 weeks) UK	US7th platinum (30 weeks)US	Country3 (25 weeks) Country	First published: August 1976
1977	I want to live	-	-	UK25 (5 weeks) UK	US45 platinum (25 weeks)US	Country10 (25 weeks) Country	First published: November 1977
1979	John Denver	-	-	UK68 (1 week) UK	US25th gold (15 weeks)US	Country10 (16 weeks) Country	First published: January 1979
1980	Autograph	-	-	-	US39 (17 weeks) US	Country28 (18 weeks) Country	First published: February 1980
1981	Some Days Are Diamonds	-	-	-	US32 gold (30 weeks)US	Country7 (35 weeks) Country	First published: June 1981
1982	Seasons of the Heart	-	-	-	US39 gold (33 weeks)US	Country18 (30 weeks) Country	First published: February 1982
1983	It's about time	-	-	UK90 (2 weeks) UK	US61 (15 weeks) US	Country55 (10 weeks) Country	First published: November 15, 1983
1985	Dreamland Express	-	-	-	US90 (19 weeks) US	Country64 (8 weeks) Country	First published: June 1985
1986	One World	-	-	UK91 (3 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: June 1986
1988	Higher ground	-	-	-	-	Country49 (7 weeks) Country	First published: June 26, 1988
1990	Earth songs	-	-	-	-	-	First published: 1990
	The Flower That Shattered the Stone	-	-	-	US185 (6 weeks) US	-	First published: September 1990
1991	Different directions	-	-	-	-	-	First published: September 24, 1991
1997	All Aboard!	-	-	-	US165 (1 week) US	-	First published: August 26, 1997
	Love Again A Celebration of Life (1943-1997)	-	-	-	-	-	First published: 1997
1998	Forever, John	-	-	-	-	-	First release: September 29, 1998 posthumous studio album with unreleased titles and alternative versions

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Collab albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	UK	US	Country
1981	Perhaps love	-	-	UK17th gold (21 weeks)UK	US18th platinum (27 weeks)US	-	First publication: 1981 with Plácido Domingo

More collab albums

• 1982: Rocky Mountain Holiday (with the Muppets )

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	UK	US	Country
1975	An Evening with John Denver	-	-	UK31 (4 weeks) UK	US2 × 3 Triple platinum (50 weeks)US	Country1 (33 weeks) Country	First published: February 1975
1976	Live in London	-	-	UK2 (29 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: 1976
1995	The Wildlife Concert	-	-	-	US104 gold (4 weeks)US	-	Recorded on February 23, 1995 at Sony Music Studios , New York First published: 1995
1997	The Best of John Denver Live	-	-	-	US52 gold (10 weeks)US	Country8 (87 weeks) Country	First published: 1997
2001	Christmas in Concert	-	-	-	-	Country60 (4 weeks) Country	First published: September 2001

More live albums

• 1999: Live at the Sydney Opera House
• 2002: The Harbor Lights Concert
• 2007: Live in the USSR
• 2010: Live at Cedar Rapids

Christmas albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	UK	US	Country
1975	Rocky Mountain Christmas	-	-	-	US14th × 2 Double platinum (16 weeks)US	-	First publication: 1975; Re-release: 1976 (reached number 115 again)
1979	A Christmas Together	-	-	-	US26th platinum (12 weeks)US	Country13 (7 weeks) Country	John Denver & the Muppets First published: October 1979
1999	John Denver Christmas	-	-	-	-	Country53 (3 weeks) Country	First published: 1999

More Christmas albums

• 1990: Christmas, Like a Lullaby

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	UK	US	Country
1973	John Denver's Greatest Hits The Best of John Denver	DE28 (11 weeks) DE	-	UK7th gold (68 weeks)UK	US1 × 9 Nine-fold platinum (175 weeks)US	Country47 (1 week) Country	First published: November 1973 Chart entry in UK only 1974, in DE only 1979
1975	John Denver Gift Pak	-	-	-	US138 (6 weeks) US	-	the albums Windsong and Rocky Mountain Christmas as a Christmas box First release: 1975
1977	John Denver's Greatest Hits, Volume 2 The Best of John Denver - Volume 2	DE26 (4 weeks) DE	AT14 (8 weeks) AT	UK9 gold (9 weeks)UK	US6th × 2 Double platinum (18 weeks)US	Country7 (17 weeks) Country	First publication: March 1977 chart entry in DE in 1979, in AT in 1982
1979	Henry John Deutschendorf called John Denver - His great successes	DE7th gold (82 weeks)DE	-	-	-	-	First published: 1978
1980	The Voice of America	DE10 (12 weeks) DE	AT19 (2 weeks) AT	-	-	-	First published: 1980
1984	The John Denver Collection	-	-	UK20th gold (11 weeks)UK	-	-	First published: 1984
1994	The Very Best of John Denver	-	-	-	US- platinum US	Country38 (78 weeks) Country	First published: 1994
1996	The Rocky Mountain Collection	-	-	UK19th gold (9 weeks)UK	US- platinum US	Country50 (15 weeks) Country	First published: May 31, 1996
	Reflections: Songs of Love & Life	-	-	-	-	Country36 (4 weeks) Country	First published: 1996
1997	Gold Collection	DE82 (7 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: March 10, 1997
	Country Roads Collection	-	-	-	-	Country33 (2 weeks) Country	First published: 1997
	A Celebration of Life (1943-1997) - The Last Recordings	-	-	-	US130 (8 weeks) US	Country16 (31 weeks) Country	First published: November 18, 1997
1998	Greatest Country Hits	-	-	-	-	Country36 (13 weeks) Country	First published: 1998
2002	Songs for America	-	-	-	-	Country75 (1 week) Country	First published: 2002
2004	The Essential John Denver	-	-	-	-	Country36 (11 weeks) Country	First published: 2004
	Definitive all-time greatest hits	-	-	-	US52 gold (7 weeks)US	Country9 (48 weeks) Country	First published: October 4, 2004
	A Song's Best Friend - The Very Best of	-	-	UK18th gold (7 weeks)UK	-	-	First published: October 4, 2004
2006	16 Biggest Hits	-	-	-	-	Country61 (1 week) Country	First published: September 5, 2006
2008	Playlist: The Very Best of John Denver	-	-	-	-	Country39 (46 weeks) Country	First published: April 29, 2008
2011	The Ultimate Collection	-	-	UK5 gold (25 weeks)UK	-	-	First published: August 15, 2011
2012	The Classic Christmas Album	-	-	-	-	Country32 (7 weeks) Country	First published: October 2, 2012
	Take Me Home	-	-	UK63 silver (12 weeks)UK	-	-	First published: 2012
2013	The Real ...	-	-	UK97 silver (2 weeks)UK	-	-	First published: May 27, 2013
2014	All of My Memories: The John Denver Collection	-	-	-	-	Country44 (1 week) Country	First published: November 4, 2014
2019	gold	-	-	UK41 (3 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: December 5, 2019

More compilations

• 1984: John Denver's Greatest Hits, Volume 3 (US:gold)
• 1991: Take Me Home, Country Roads and Other Hits
• 1998: Rocky Mountain High: The Best of John Denver (UK:gold, US: platinum)
• 2012: Sunshine On My Shoulders - The Best Of (UK:silver)

Singles

Chart placements

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		UK	US	Country	A. C.
1971	Take Me Home, Country Roads Poems, Prayers & Promises	UK- platinum UK	US2 platinum (23 weeks)US	Country50 (13 weeks) Country	A. C.3 (21 weeks) A. C.
	Friends with You Aerie	-	US47 (11 weeks) US	-	A. C.4 (12 weeks) A. C.
1972	Everyday Aerie	-	US81 (3 weeks) US	-	A. C.21 (6 weeks) A. C.
	Goodbye Again Rocky Mountain High	-	US88 (6 weeks) US	-	A. C.23 (9 weeks) A. C.
	Rocky Mountain High Rocky Mountain High	-	US9 gold (19 weeks)US	-	A. C.3 (17 weeks) A. C.
1973	I'd Rather Be a Cowboy Farewell Andromeda	-	US62 (10 weeks) US	-	A. C.25 (8 weeks) A. C.
	Farewell Andromeda (Welcome to My Morning) Farewell Andromeda	-	US89 (5 weeks) US	-	A. C.20 (7 weeks) A. C.
	Please, Daddy Farewell Andromeda	-	US69 (5 weeks) US	Country69 (7 weeks) Country	-
	Sunshine on My Shoulders John Denver's Greatest Hits	-	US1 gold (18 weeks)US	Country42 (12 weeks) Country	A. C.1 (16 weeks) A. C.
1974	Annie's song Back Home Again	UK1 silver (17 weeks)UK	US1 gold (17 weeks)US	Country9 (14 weeks) Country	A. C.1 (17 weeks) A. C.	in UK 2012 again at position 38
	Back Home Again Back Home Again	-	US5 gold (16 weeks)US	Country1 (14 weeks) Country	A. C.1 (13 weeks) A. C.
	Sweet Surrender Back Home Again	-	US13 (11 weeks) US	Country7 (12 weeks) Country	A. C.1 (14 weeks) A. C.
1975	Thank God I'm a Country Boy Back Home Again	-	US1 gold (19 weeks)US	Country1 (14 weeks) Country	A. C.5 (11 weeks) A. C.
	I'm Sorry Windsong	-	US1 gold (8 weeks)US	Country1 (18 weeks) Country	A. C.1 (13 weeks) A. C.
	Calypso Windsong	-	US2 (10 weeks) US	-	-
	Fly Away Windsong	-	US13 (12 weeks) US	Country12 (11 weeks) Country	A. C.1 (14 weeks) A. C.	with Olivia Newton-John
	Christmas for Cowboys Rocky Mountain Christmas	-	US58 (4 weeks) US	-	-
1976	Looking for Space Windsong	-	US29 (8 weeks) US	Country30 (10 weeks) Country	A. C.1 (10 weeks) A. C.
	It Makes Me Giggle Spirit	-	US60 (4 weeks) US	Country70 (5 weeks) Country	A. C.9 (7 weeks) A. C.
	Like a Sad Song Spirit	-	US36 (7 weeks) US	Country34 (9 weeks) Country	A. C.1 (12 weeks) A. C.
	Baby, you look good to me tonight spirit	-	US65 (7 weeks) US	Country22 (11 weeks) Country	A. C.13 (11 weeks) A. C.
1977	My Sweet Lady John Denver's Greatest Hits, Volume 2	-	US32 (11 weeks) US	Country62 (7 weeks) Country	A. C.13 (11 weeks) A. C.
	How Can I Leave You Again I Want to Live	-	US44 (10 weeks) US	Country22 (13 weeks) Country	A. C.2 (15 weeks) A. C.
1978	It Amazes Me I Want to Live	-	US59 (7 weeks) US	Country72 (6 weeks) Country	A. C.9 (11 weeks) A. C.
	I want to live I want to live	-	US55 (5 weeks) US	-	A. C.10 (9 weeks) A. C.
1979	Downhill Stuff John Denver	-	-	Country64 (5 weeks) Country	-
	What's On Your Mind John Denver	-	-	Country47 (7 weeks) Country	A. C.10 (10 weeks) A. C.
	Garden Song John Denver	-	-	-	A. C.31 (8 weeks) A. C.
1980	Autograph autograph	-	US52 (10 weeks) US	Country84 (5 weeks) Country	A. C.20 (10 weeks) A. C.
	Dancing with the Mountains Autograph	-	US97 (3 weeks) US	-	A. C.43 (5 weeks) A. C.
1981	Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone) Some Days Are Diamonds	-	US36 (20 weeks) US	Country10 (18 weeks) Country	A. C.12 (18 weeks) A. C.
	The Cowboy and the Lady Some Days Are Diamonds	-	US66 (7 weeks) US	Country50 (9 weeks) Country	-
1982	Shanghai Breezes Seasons of the Heart	-	US31 (14 weeks) US	-	A. C.1 (21 weeks) A. C.
	Seasons of the Heart Seasons of the Heart	-	US78 (5 weeks) US	-	A. C.23 (12 weeks) A. C.
1983	Wild Montana Skies It's About Time	-	-	Country14 (19 weeks) Country	-	with Emmylou Harris
1984	Love Again John Denver's Greatest Hits, Volume 3	-	US85 (4 weeks) US	-	A. C.30 (6 weeks) A. C.	with Sylvie Vartan
1985	Dreamland Express Dreamland Express	-	-	Country9 (21 weeks) Country	A. C.34 (9 weeks) A. C.
	Don't Close Your Eyes Tonight Dreamland Express	-	-	-	A. C.37 (6 weeks) A. C.
1986	Along for the Ride ('56 T-Bird) One World	-	-	Country57 (9 weeks) Country	-
1988	Country girl in Paris	-	-	Country96 (2 weeks) Country	-

More singles

• 1969: Leaving On A Jet Plane (Rhymes & Reasons)
• 1969: Daydream (Rhymes & Reasons)
• 1970: Sticky Summer Weather (Take Me To Tomorrow)
• 1970: Follow Me (Take Me To Tomorrow)
• 1970: Sail Away Home (Whose Garden Was This)
• 1970: Whose Garden Was This (Whose Garden Was This)
• 1972: Hard Life, Hard Times (Prisoners) (Rocky Mountain High)
• 1979: Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (John Denver & The Muppets) (A Christmas Together)
• 1981: Perhaps Love (Placido Domingo & John Denver)
• 1982: Annie's Song (Placido Domingo & John Denver)
• 1982: Opposite Table
• 1983: Hold On Tightly
• 1986: Flying For Me
• 1988: For You
• 1996: Perhaps Love (Liefde is ...) (John Denver & Justine Pelmelay)
• 2007: Dan volg je hair benen / Calypso (Jan Smit / John Denver & Jan Smit)

Chart placements as a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		UK	US	Country	A. C.
1982	Perhaps Love Perhaps Love	UK46 (9 weeks) UK	US59 (7 weeks) US	-	A. C.22 (7 weeks) A. C.	Plácido Domingo & John Denver
1989	And So It Goes Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two	-	-	Country14 (23 weeks) Country	-	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band & John Denver

Awards for music sales

Silver record  United Kingdom 2018: for the author participation Country Roads ( Hermes House Band ) Golden record  Hong Kong 1977: for the album John Denver's Greatest Hits  Italy 1986: for the album I Grandi Successi Di John Denver 2019: for the single Take Me Home, Country Roads  Canada 1975: for the album An Evening with John Denver 1975: for the album Back Home Again 1976: for the album Rocky Mountain Christmas 1977: for the album Greatest Hits Volume 2 1980: for the album A Christmas Together 2011: for the video album Rocky Mountain High  New Zealand 2002: for the album John Denver's Greatest Hits

Platinum record  Germany 2002: for the author participation Country Roads (Hermes House Band)  Canada 1976: for the album Windsong  Netherlands 1979: for the album Zijn grootste successen  United States 2002: for the video album The Wildlife Concert 2 × platinum record  Australia 2002: for the album Legendary - John Denver  Canada 1986: for the album Perhaps Love

4 × platinum record  Australia 2017: for the video album The Wildlife Concert 5 × platinum record  Canada 1986: for the album John Denver's Greatest Hits

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	-	6 × platinum6th	200,000	aria.com.au
Germany (BVMI)	-	gold1	platinum1	550,000	musikindustrie.de
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	-	gold1	-	10,000	Individual evidence
Italy (FIMI)	-	2 × gold2	-	275,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	6 × gold6th	8 × platinum8th	1,055,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	gold1	-	7,500	nztop40.co.nz nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	-	platinum1	100,000	nvpi.nl
United States (RIAA)	-	15 × gold15th	33 × platinum33	41,100,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	6 × silver6th	9 × gold9	platinum1	2,190,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	6 × silver6th	35 × gold35	50 × platinum50

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1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Chart sources: DE1 DE2 AT UK US
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
3. ↑ Gold for John Denver's Greatest Hits in Hong Kong ( Memento from May 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Gold for I Grandi Successi Di John Denver in Italy (PDF file, p.33)
5. ↑ 2 × platinum for Legendary - John Denver in Australia