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John Denver - Some Days Are Diamonds Audio CD

A fair review of the John Denver "Some Days Are Diamonds" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all John Denver reviews here, or go back to the John Denver tabs.

John Denver Band: John Denver
Title: Some Days Are Diamonds
Rating:
Release Date: 2008-03-01
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone) 2: Gravel on the Ground 3: San Francisco Mabel Joy 4: Sleepin' Alone 5: Easy, on Easy Street 6: Cowboy and the Lady 7: Country Love 8: Till You Opened My Eyes 9: Wild Flowers in a Mason Jar (The Farm) 10: Boy from the Country

Outstanding!!

Music is lively with exceptional accompanying
background instruments that leave me foot tapping
or eyes tearing. John's music is both uplifting and emotional. .


John F on John D
Great product and equally great service from Amazon re ordering & delivery. Fantastic album; had it as vinyl but needed to have it in CD to be able to enjoy it again; have played it almost non-stop since receiving it from Amazon.


Very happy with our purchase!
Very happy with this cd and so glad I found you!.


A reluctant country album from John
John never liked this album but his professionalism ensured that the album has a lot to like about it. John was obliged to record this album against his wishes after his record label refused to release another album (Perhaps love) that he had prepared. While country themes have often been a part of John's music, he never wanted to be typecast as a country singer, preferring a hybrid mix of folk, pop and country although John's most successful album of all time (Back home again) was a country album.

John only contributed two of his own songs to the album (Country love, Sleeping alone), presumably feeling that if he couldn't record what he wanted, somebody else could provide most of the songs. The title track became a top ten country hit and might have been followed by other country hits, but American country radio stations soon discovered that John was not committed to a country music career and stopped playing his music.

San Francisco Mabel Joy (written by Mickey Newbury) is a very sad song about a country boy and a city prostitute, which has also been recorded by Joan Baez, Waylon Jennings and Kenny Rogers among others. Cowboy and the lady (a Bobby Goldsboro song) has been covered by Dolly Parton with slightly different lyrics as Cowgirl and the dandy - it appeared on her classic album, Here you come again.

There are many other fine songs here. Given the circumstances in which it was recorded, this album didn't deserve to be as good as it is, but if you enjoy John's other music and you also enjoy country music, you'll love this album.


One of my favorites
John did a fantastic job. For someone who didn't want to do this album, from what I have read in other reviews. My favorites on this CD are Some days are diamonds, Sleepin alone and Till you opened my eyes. This whole CD is great. I'd recommend it to all JD fans.


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