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Celebration of Life - John Denver

(1997)
AMG Review

If John Denver hadn't tragically died in a plane crash, it's unlikely that Celebration of Life/The Last Recordings would have been celebrated upon its release. Nevertheless, he did die, and Celebration of Life was tagged with the subtitle The Last Recordings, as if this was a special recording. If you discount its historical standing as Denver's last recording, the album isn't particularly noteworthy. It simply offers 12 songs, mostly hits like "Dreamland Express," "Rocky Mountain High," "Take Me Home, Country Roads," "Sunshine on My Shoulders" and "Leaving on a Jet Plane," in pretty good live versions, which may be enough for dedicated fans to remember him by. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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John Denver (38 Albums)

  • All Aboard!
  • Celebration of Life
  • Whose Garden Was This
  • Dreamland Express
  • I Want to Live
  • One World
  • Farewell Andromeda
  • It's About Time
  • Perhaps Love
  • Live in London
  • A Christmas Together
  • Aerie
  • An Evening with John Denver
  • And So It Goes
  • Autograph
  • Back Home Again
  • Christmas Like a Lullaby
  • Christmas in Concert
  • Different Directions
  • Earth Songs
  • Flower That Shattered the Stone
  • Higher Ground
  • John Denver
  • Live
  • Poems, Prayers & Promises
  • Rhymes & Reasons [Bonus Tracks]
  • Rocky Mountain Christmas
  • Rocky Mountain High
  • Rocky Mountain Holiday
  • Seasons of the Heart
  • Sing Australia (In Concert)
  • Some Days Are Diamonds
  • Spirit
  • Take Me to Tomorrow
  • The John Denver Radio Show
  • The Wildlife Concert
  • Unplugged
  • Windsong
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