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Back Home Again

His second number one album, with Annie's Song and Thank God I'm a Country Boy.
John Denver, 1974

Released
15 June 1974
Studio
RCA Music Center of the World, Hollywood, California
Label
RCA Victor
Producer
Milton Okun

Released on 15 June 1974, it went to number one on the Billboard 200 and the Top Country Albums chart, number three in the UK and number two in Australia, and it is certified three times platinum in the US. Milton Okun produced and Kris O'Connor was assistant producer. Most of it was recorded at RCA's Hollywood studio, but The Music Is You was recorded at Tri-Art Productions in Bismarck, North Dakota, and Des Moines, Iowa.

Annie's Song was the lead single. Thank God I'm a Country Boy was written by John Sommers of his band. Jim Connor, who plays banjo and harmonica, wrote Grandma's Feather Bed. Lee Holdridge arranged the orchestra, and Denver shares the arranging credit with Dick Kniss, John Sommers and Steve Weisberg. The record won the Academy of Country Music Album of the Year for 1974, and its title song won the Country Music Association Song of the Year in 1975.

Track listing

  1. Back Home Again4:42
  2. On the Road2:33
  3. Grandma's Feather Bed2:15
  4. Matthew3:43
  5. Thank God I'm a Country Boy3:06
  6. The Music Is You1:26
  7. Annie's Song2:58
  8. It's Up to You2:26
  9. Cool an' Green an' Shady3:07
  10. Eclipse3:41
  11. Sweet Surrender5:29
  12. This Old Guitar2:50

Personnel

More from John Denver

Rhymes & Reasons (1969), Take Me to Tomorrow (1970), Poems, Prayers & Promises (1971), Rocky Mountain High (1972), John Denver's Greatest Hits (1973), An Evening with John Denver (1975)

Sources

  1. Back Home Again (John Denver album), Wikipedia
  2. John Denver, Wikipedia