Some Days Are Diamonds | ||||
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Released | June 1981 | |||
Studio | Sound Emporium (Nashville, Tennessee) | |||
Genre | Folk | |||
Label | RCA Victor | |||
Producer | Larry Butler | |||
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Singles from Some Days Are Diamonds | ||||
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Some Days Are Diamonds is the fifteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter John Denver released in June 1981. The singles released from this album are "Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)"/"Country Love" and "The Cowboy and the Lady".
Track listing
[edit]Side one
[edit]- "Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)" (Dick Feller)
- "Gravel on the Ground" (Debbie Hupp, Bob Morrison)
- "San Francisco Mabel Joy" (Mickey Newbury)
- "Sleepin' Alone" (John Denver)
- "Easy, on Easy Street" (Johnny Slate, Larry Keith)
Side two
[edit]- "The Cowboy and the Lady" (Bobby Goldsboro)
- "Country Love" (John Denver)
- "Till You Opened My Eyes" (Alan Rush, Randy Cullers, Dennis Linde)
- "Wild Flowers in a Mason Jar (The Farm)" (Dennis Linde)
- "Boy from the Country" (Michael Martin Murphey, Owen Castleman)
Personnel
[edit]- John Denver – vocals, acoustic guitar
- Bill Sanford – electric guitar, mandolin
- Jerry Shook, Jimmy Capps, Ray Edenton – acoustic guitar
- Bob Moore, Leon Rhodes – bass
- Chuck Cochrane, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Larry Butler – keyboards
- Eddie Bayers, Gene Chrisman, Jerry Carrigan – drums, percussion
- Bobby Taylor – oboe
- Bergen White, Buzz Cason, Diane Tidwell, Sherilyn Huffman – backing vocals
- The Shelly Kurland Strings; arranged by Bill Justis
- Technical
- Billy Sherrill, Charlie Tallent – engineer
- Barney Wyckoff, Nancy Michon – production assistance
- Harry Langdon – photography
Chart performance
[edit]Chart (1981) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] | 20 |
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 7 |
U.S. Billboard 200 | 32 |
References
[edit]- ^ Some Days Are Diamonds at AllMusic
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 87. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.