Back Home Again (John Denver album)

Back Home Again
Studio album by John Denver
Released	June 15, 1974
Recorded	1974
Genre	Folk
Label	RCA
Producer	Milton Okun, Susan Ruskin
John Denver chronology
John Denver's Greatest Hits (1973) Back Home Again (1974) An Evening with John Denver (1975)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Creem	C+[2]

Back Home Again is the eighth album by singer-songwriter John Denver released in June 1974. The multi-platinum album contained the hit singles "Annie's Song" (#1 pop, #1 adult contemporary), and "Back Home Again" (#5 pop, #1 AC, #1 country). In addition, the studio versions of "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" and "Sweet Surrender" appear on this album. The song "The Music is You" is a bonus track on the 1998 reissue of Rocky Mountain Christmas.

On the cover, John is shown with his then-wife Ann Martell.

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged by John Denver; except where indicated

Side one

1. "Back Home Again" 4:42
2. "On the Road" (Carl Franzen) 2:33
3. "Grandma's Feather Bed" (Jim Connor) 2:15
4. "Matthew" 3:43
5. "Thank God I'm a Country Boy"^A (John Sommers) 3:06
6. "The Music Is You"^B 1:26

Side two

1. "Annie's Song" 2:58
2. "It’s Up to You" (Steve Weisberg)^B 2:26
3. "Cool an' Green an' Shady" (Denver, Joe Henry)^B 3:07
4. "Eclipse"^B 3:41
5. "Sweet Surrender"^A 5:29
6. "This Old Guitar" 2:50

^A Original studio version, subsequently a US hit single from the live double album An Evening with John Denver
^B Some later audio cassette releases of the album excluded these songs.

Personnel

• John Denver — 6 & 12-string acoustic guitars, vocals
• Buddy Collette — clarinet
• Jim Gordon — drums, percussion
• Hal Blaine — drums, percussion
• Jim Connor — banjo, harmonica, vocals
• Julie Connor — vocals
• Glen D. Hardin — piano
• Lee Holdridge — orchestral arrangements
• David Jackson — bass
• Richard Kniss — bass
• John Sommers — banjo, acoustic guitar, mandolin, fiddle, backing vocals
• Steve Weisberg — acoustic guitar, dulcimer, dobro, backing vocals, arranger
• Don Wardell — Executive Producer
• Uncredited - piano, harmonica and organ on "Back Home Again", piano on "The Music is You"

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1974	Billboard 200	1

References

1. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r5455
2. Christgau, Robert (October 1974). "The Christgau Consumer Guide". Creem. Retrieved November 27, 2016.