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Spirit
Studio album by
John Denver
ReleasedAugust 9, 1976
Genre Country, folk
Length40:45
Label RCA
Producer Milton Okun
John Denver chronology
Rocky Mountain Christmas
(1975) 		Spirit
(1976) 		John Denver's Greatest Hits, Volume 2
(1977)
Singles from Spirit
  1. " Like A Sad Song"
    Released: August 1976
  2. "Baby, You Look Good to Me Tonight"
    Released: December 1976 [1]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]

Spirit is the 11th studio album by John Denver. It was released in August, 1976. After the full-blown success of Windsong and its accompanying hit singles, this album began a downward chart trend for the singer, although he continued to have hits on the adult contemporary charts. "Baby, You Look Good to Me Tonight" reached #65 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, as well as reaching the Top 40 on the U.S. and Canadian Country and AC charts.

This album was re-released with bonus tracks.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Come and Let Me Look in Your Eyes" (Denver, Joe Henry) - 3:47
  2. "Eli's Song" (Jack Williams) - 3:58
  3. "Wrangle Mountain Song" (Denver) - 3:10
  4. "Hitchhiker" (Denver, Steve Weisberg) - 3:10
  5. "In the Grand Way" (John Sommers) - 3:39
  6. " Polka Dots and Moonbeams" ( Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 3:08

Side two

  1. "It Makes Me Giggle" (Denver) - 3:16
  2. "Baby, You Look Good to Me Tonight" ( Bill Danoff) - 2:45
  3. " Like a Sad Song" (Denver) - 3:41
  4. " San Antonio Rose" ( Bob Wills) - 2:40
  5. "Pegasus" (Denver, Joe Henry) - 3:20
  6. "The Wings That Fly Us Home" (Denver, Joe Henry) - 4:11

CD bonus tracks

  1. "Whose Garden Was This" ( Tom Paxton)
  2. "The Game Is Over" (Denver, Jean Pierre Bourtayre, Jean Marcel Bouchety)
  3. " Eleanor Rigby" ( John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
  4. "Old Folks" ( Jacques Brel, Gerard Jouannest, Jean Corti, Eric Blau, Mort Shuman)
  5. Medley: " Golden Slumbers" ( John Lennon, Paul McCartney); "Sweet Sweet Life" (Denver); "Tremble If You Must" (Paul Potash)

These bonus tracks were originally released in 1970 as Side 2 of the Whose Garden Was This album.

Personnel

  • John Denver – guitars, vocals
  • Steve Weisberg – electric and acoustic guitars, dobro, pedal steel guitar, backing vocals
  • Hal Blaine – drums, percussion
  • Dick Kniss – bass
  • John Sommers – acoustic guitar, banjo, fiddle, backing vocals
  • All songs arranged by John Denver, Dick Kniss, Steve Weisberg, John Sommers and Hal Blaine
  • Lee Holdridge – orchestral arrangements, conductor
  • Starland Vocal Band - backing vocals on "Baby, You Look Good to Me Tonight" and "Polka Dots and Moonbeams"
  • Children's Choir on "Pegasus" from St. Mel's School, Woodland Hills, California
Technical
  • Milton Okun – Producer
  • Kris O'Connor – Assistant producer
  • Richard Simpson – Mastering Engineer
  • Mickey Crofford – Engineer
  • Artie Torgersen – Assistant Engineer
  • Lynne Morse – A&R Coordination
  • Jerry Weintraub – Personal management
  • Source: Notes on original "Spirit" Album Sleeve 1976 RCA Records, NY

Charts

Chart (1976) Peak
position
Australia ( Kent Music Report) [3] 13

References

  1. ^ Baby, You Look Good to Me Tonight / Wrangle Mountain Song by John Denver - RYM/Sonemic, retrieved 2022-04-26
  2. ^ Spirit at AllMusic
  3. ^ 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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