Album · Compilation
The Essential John Denver
Sony/Legacy
Tracks
| # | Title | Sung by | |
|---|
| 1.1 | Leaving on a Jet Plane | John Denver | 3:40 |
| 1.2 | Rhymes & Reasons | John Denver | 3:17 |
| 1.3 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | John Denver, Starland Vocal Band, Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert | 3:12 |
| 1.4 | Poems, Prayers and Promises | John Denver | 4:08 |
| 1.5 | I Guess He’d Rather Be in Colorado | John Denver | 2:09 |
| 1.6 | Friends With You | John Denver, Andromeda Quasar, Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert, Dick Kniss, Mike Taylor, Paula Ballan, Elizabeth Lindsay, Barbara Carlson, Candy Ledbetter, Alec Whyte, Annie Denver, Diane Kniss, Keith Lane, Kenneth Boaz, Mary Angela Whyte, Ron Ledbetter, Turnpike Tom | 3:24 |
| 1.7 | Rocky Mountain High | John Denver | 4:46 |
| 1.8 | Goodbye Again | John Denver, Martine Habib | 3:38 |
| 1.9 | I'd Rather Be a Cowboy (Lady's Chains) | John Denver | 4:27 |
| 1.10 | Farewell Andromeda (Welcome to My Morning) | John Denver | 4:05 |
| 1.11 | Sunshine on My Shoulders | John Denver | 5:14 |
| 1.12 | Back Home Again | John Denver | 4:46 |
| 1.13 | Matthew | John Denver | 3:44 |
| 1.14 | Thank God I'm a Country Boy | John Denver | 3:22 |
| 1.15 | Annie's Song | John Denver | 3:02 |
| 1.16 | Sweet Surrender | John Denver | 5:30 |
| 1.17 | Looking for Space | John Denver | 4:02 |
| 1.18 | I'm Sorry | John Denver | 3:32 |
| 2.1 | Calypso | John Denver, Steve Weisberg, John Sommers | 3:38 |
| 2.2 | Fly Away | John Denver, Olivia Newton‐John | 4:12 |
| 2.3 | Baby, You Look Good to Me Tonight | John Denver | 2:49 |
| 2.4 | Like a Sad Song | John Denver | 3:44 |
| 2.5 | How Can I Leave You Again | John Denver | 3:11 |
| 2.6 | It Amazes Me | John Denver | 2:39 |
| 2.7 | I Want to Live | John Denver, Herb Pedersen, Renée Armand | 3:49 |
| 2.8 | My Sweet Lady | John Denver | 4:51 |
| 2.9 | Autograph | John Denver, Herb Pedersen, Renée Armand, Danny Wheetman, Denny Brooks | 3:40 |
| 2.10 | Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone) | John Denver | 4:02 |
| 2.11 | The Cowboy and the Lady | John Denver | 4:38 |
| 2.12 | Seasons of the Heart | John Denver | 3:51 |
| 2.13 | Shanghai Breezes | John Denver, Herb Pedersen, Renée Armand, Denny Brooks | 3:15 |
| 2.14 | Perhaps Love | John Denver, Plácido Domingo | 2:59 |
| 2.15 | Wild Montana Skies | John Denver, Emmylou Harris | 4:05 |
| 2.16 | Love Again | John Denver, Sylvie Vartan | 2:54 |
| 2.17 | Dreamland Express | John Denver | 4:08 |
| 2.18 | Is It Love? | John Denver | 4:16 |
Source: MusicBrainz release group 7991f885-9b84-3ad4-acec-09e602f14f02 (CC0). Cover: Cover Art Archive.