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John Denver - Greatest Country Hits

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I could never understand why country music was so against John Denver. In the 70's when Denver was big, he sounded more country than most of the music at the time coming out of Nashville. Charlie Rich threw a fit at the CMAs, but wasn't ole Charlie just as non country as Dever was. "Back Home Again, Some Days are Diamonds, I'm Sorry, Thank God I'm A Country Boy" are all stone country songs that still to this day are looked down on.

This collection is pretty good. As far as I am concerened, you could take any recording John Denver ever made and call it country. And also, any greatest hits or best of collection of John Denver is never complete. This is at least better than those cheesy packaged greatest hits cd's from the 70's and early 80's.

This makes a great cd for your car, now collection wise, it is for novice's. Go out and get one of those boxed sets if you are serious about music.

Thirty years ago,an unknown singer-songwriter by the name of John Denver,had his very first top 40 hit,"Take Me Home,Country Roads"-That initial hit paved the way for a string of hit albums,singles,& sold-out concerts around the world-Critics were quick to dismiss John's music as wimpy & devoid of meaning-Despite the negative press,he had a tremendous legion of fans from all corners of the planet-This collection features all the songs that made John famous,including four certified Billboard chart toppers "Sunshine On My Shoulders" (1974),"Annie's Song" (1974),"Thank God,I'm A Country Boy" (1975), & "I'm Sorry" (1975).John's final top 40 hit was "Shanghai Breezes" in 1982-Unfortunately,that song didn't make it onto this collection-In October 1997,John died in a plane crash off the coast of northern California-While his voice has been silenced,his music,however,will live on-Recommended for fans & for anyone who appreciates good music.

This CD is good enough to explain John's music carrier. It would be better if this had contained more songs such as "Calypso", "Rocky mountain high" and "My sweet lady", though. Anyway, whenever I listen to this album, I can feel the spirit of John. Beautiful melodies and words... I can easily realize he lived a 'righteous life'. In particular, John is expressing his desire for the 'profound' truth for our lives in the song of "Looking for a space", which is one of my favorite.

This is a must have CD for anyone who loves music and loves nature and "purity". Good liner notes.

John, I sincerely thank you for your great legacy for all of us. And I miss you!!

I have this album on vinyl, so I can hear how its supposed to sound. John Denver was a Folk-Country artist. Someone commented how this Album is not Country Music. They must not know anything about- or very little about Country Music. Because Country is not just one thing- its a lot of things- and John Denver was certainly more Country than Rock or Pop or Classical. His songs like "Thank God , I'm a Country Boy" Annies Song" and "Rocky Mountain High", and of course "Take Me Home, Country Roads" are all Country Classics. What a brilliant voice and songwriter he was.

John Denver has always been a favorite in our house and we have about 4 of his different greatest hits compilations and this is one of them and it is very good and I especially like the songs Take Me Home Country Roads, Sunshine on My Shoulders, Annie's Song, Back Home Again, Thank God I'm a Country Boy, and Fly Away and I very highly recommend this CD which is probably my favorite of his Greatest hits compilations that we have because it has all of my favorite songs and the others don't have them all on one CD.

This is a fabulous cd. I love John Denver's voice and think his song writing is lyrical, poetic, and soothing. I am not a country music fan and think he was unfairly put in that category later in his career because that is where many "folk" singers had their music placed. When I received this cd on my birthday I cringed at the title as I HATE country music. But after listening, there is very little "country" music on it as we know. This cd contains the famous songs like Annie's Song and Thank God I'm a Country boy. But there are some gems I have never heard before such as Autograph and Fly Away and Looking For Space which also stand out.

It's really ironic how John Denver died in a plane crash. So many of his songs are filled with the theme of flying.

I highly recommend this cd for the non-country music lover who likes mellow music.

hey there. this is a really great album. i have been tryin to track down a cd that has just about EVERY song of his..cuz he is just one of the best singers ever. he may be gone..but such soulful tracks like Calypso, Alaska and Me, etc...really show how he lives on through his music. thank you so much..just gives me shivers talkin bout this heh.

First, Let me clarify that I am NOT a fan of country music. I never have been and never will be. However, there is something about John Denver's sweet voice and amazing talent that melts my very soul when i listen to this album. I just adore him.
The Live version of "Thank God, I'm a Country Boy" is just great and this is a really wonderful collection of songs. Listening to John Denver is a little like being wrapped in a warm blanket by a nice fire. The man was a genius songwriter.

The man that died so tragically that it was an end that want be forgotten in years to come this is a great cd.

The collection is good quality. They are the original recordings; but I bought this disc before noticing one thing....where the heck is "Rocky Mountain High"???? How dare they call this disc his "Greatest Country Hits", without including that one? It's probably one of his 3 most famous songs. Not to mention, that "Leavin' On A Jet Plane" should have also been included. Now I have to purchase a 2nd CD to go along with this one, just so I can truly have a collection of his hits.