Spirit (John Denver album)

1976 studio album by John Denver

Spirit

Studio album by

John Denver

Released| August 9, 1976
Genre| Country, folk
Length| 40:45
Label| RCA
Producer| Milton Okun
John Denver chronology
| Rocky Mountain Christmas
(1975)  | Spirit
(1976)  | John Denver's Greatest Hits, Volume 2
(1977)

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Singles from  Spirit

1. "Like A Sad Song"
Released: August 1976
2. "Baby, You Look Good to Me Tonight"
Released: December 1976 [1]

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic|  [2]

Spirit is the eleventh 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

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### Side one

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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

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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

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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

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* 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

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Chart (1976)  | Peak
position

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Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] | 13

## References

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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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John Denver

Studio albums|

* Rhymes & Reasons
* Take Me to Tomorrow
* Whose Garden Was This
* Poems, Prayers & Promises
* Aerie
* Rocky Mountain High
* Farewell Andromeda
* Back Home Again
* Windsong
* Rocky Mountain Christmas
* Spirit
* I Want to Live
* John Denver
* Autograph
* Some Days Are Diamonds
* Seasons of the Heart
* It's About Time
* Dreamland Express
* One World
* Higher Ground
* Earth Songs
* The Flower That Shattered the Stone
* Christmas, Like a Lullaby
* Different Directions
* Love Again
* All Aboard!

Live albums|

* An Evening with John Denver
* Christmas in Concert

Compilation albums|

* John Denver's Greatest Hits
* Volume 2
* Volume 3
* Forever, John
* John Denver: A Portrait
* The John Denver Collection
* Something to Sing About
* 16 Biggest Hits
* The Essential John Denver

Soundtracks with the Muppets|

* John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together
* Rocky Mountain Holiday

Tribute albums|

* The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver

Singles|

* "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
* "Rocky Mountain High"
* "Sunshine on My Shoulders"
* "Annie's Song"
* "Back Home Again"
* "Sweet Surrender"
* "Thank God I'm a Country Boy"
* "I'm Sorry"
* "Calypso"
* "Fly Away"
* "Looking for Space"
* "Like a Sad Song"
* "My Sweet Lady"
* "I Want to Live"
* "Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)"
* "The Cowboy and the Lady"
* "Perhaps Love"
* "Shanghai Breezes"
* "Dreamland Express"
* "And So It Goes"

Other songs|

* "Homegrown Tomatoes"

Related|

* Discography
* Filmography
* Perhaps Love
* "Leaving on a Jet Plane"
* Cassandra Delaney (second wife)
* Spirit (sculpture)
* Windstar Records
* Windstar Foundation

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Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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