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Rhymes & Reasons 1969

country, am pop 38 min 14 tracks RCA

Rhymes & Reasons is the first commercial studio album by the American singer-songwriter John Denver, released in October 1969 by RCA Records. It was reissued on CD by Legacy Recordings in 2005.

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Character

Classical in form, spare, earnest and character-led.

classical in formformally daring
sparerichly built
earnestironic
character-led

Tracks

1The Love of the Common People4:11
2Catch Another Butterfly2:34
3Daydream2:56
4The Ballad of Spiro Agnew0:20
5Circus2:40
6When I'm Sixty-four2:07
7The Ballad of Richard Nixon0:11
8Rhymes & Reasons3:17
9Yellow Cat2:56
10Leaving, on a Jet Plane3:41
11My Heart2:46
12My Old Man4:38
13I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free3:52
14Today Is the First Day of the Rest of My Life2:11

14 tracks, 38 minutes.

About the album

Artist: John Denver
Label: RCA
Released: 1969
Type: Album
Format: 12" Vinyl
Country: US

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