Farewell Andromeda
1973 studio album by John Denver
Farewell Andromeda | ||||
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Studio album by John Denver | ||||
Released | June 1973 | |||
Recorded | 1973 | |||
Studio | RCA, New York City | |||
Genre | Country, folk | |||
Length | 39:07 | |||
Label | RCA Victor | |||
Producer | Milton Okun | |||
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Farewell Andromeda is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter John Denver, released in June 1973. The LP made Billboard's Top 20, reaching No. 16, with three singles subsequently released: "I'd Rather Be a Cowboy" [#62 POP, #25 AC], "Farewell Andromeda" [#89 POP, No. 20 AC] and "Please, Daddy" [#69 POP, No. 69 C&W].
Record World called the title track a "bright and positive ditty in the same vein as 'Rocky Mountain High.'"[2]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "I'd Rather Be a Cowboy (Lady's Chains)" | John Denver | 4:10 |
2. | "Berkeley Woman" | Bryan Bowers | 3:32 |
3. | "Please, Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)" |
| 2:56 |
4. | "Angels from Montgomery" | John Prine | 4:47 |
5. | "River of Love" | John Sommers | 3:35 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Rocky Mountain Suite (Cold Nights in Canada)" | Denver | 3:01 |
2. | "Whiskey Basin Blues" | Denver | 2:47 |
3. | "Sweet Misery" | Hoyt Axton | 3:36 |
4. | "Zachary and Jennifer" | Denver | 2:00 |
5. | "We Don't Live Here No More" | Bill Danoff | 4:03 |
6. | "Farewell Andromeda (Welcome to My Morning)" | Denver | 4:04 |
Personnel
- John Denver – guitar, vocals
- Eric Weissberg – banjo, steel guitar
- Jan Camp Garrett – mandolin, vocals
- Victor Garrett – bass, vocals
- Lawrence Gottlieb – steel guitar, vocals
- Lee Holdridge – string arrangements
- Michael Holmes – piano
- Dick Kniss – bass
- Herbie Lovelle – drums
- George Marge – woodwind
- Frank Owens – piano
- Paul Prestopino – guitar, autoharp
- John Sommers – banjo, guitar, mandolin, vocals
- Toots Thielemans – harmonica
- Don Wardell – Executive Producer
- Bryan Bowers – autoharp
- Chip Taylor, Steve Chapin, Bill Danoff, Taffy Danoff, Steve Mandell, Martine Habib, Campden Street Choir – vocals
- Technical
- Kris O'Connor – assistant producer
- Acy R. Lehman – art director
- Mark English – cover art
References
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- 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!
- John Denver's Greatest Hits
- Forever, John
- John Denver: A Portrait
- The John Denver Collection
- Something to Sing About
- 16 Biggest Hits
- The Essential John Denver
- John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together
- Rocky Mountain Holiday
- The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver
- "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"
- Discography
- Filmography
- Perhaps Love
- "Leaving on a Jet Plane"
- Cassandra Delaney (second wife)
- Spirit (sculpture)
- Windstar Records
- Windstar Foundation
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