John Denver - Whose Garden Was This
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CD Details
Artist: John DenverEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2004-01-06
Music Label: Bmg Japan
Soundtracks:
- Tremble If You Most
- Sail Away Home
- Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
- Mr. Bojangles
- I Wish I Could Have Been There
- Whose Garden Was This
- Game Is Over
- Eleanor Rigby
- Old Folks
- Golden Slumbers
- Sweet Sweet Life
- Tremble If You Must
Music reviews of Whose Garden Was This
Music Review: For collectors and die-hard fans only.
Rating: 2 Stars
So, why only 2 stars from an obviously devoted JD fan? Because I respect truth and quality and beautiful music too much to tell you it's good if it isn't. I'm not saying it's all bad. There are some redeeming moments ("Mr. Bojangles" is better than the famous version by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band), but I'm afraid they are outnumbered on this album. The production is tasteful, the performances professional, arrangements are well done. The problem is the material.
The theme here is the environment, or the "ecology" as it was called in the 70s, with occasional forays into the social/political arena. "Sail Away Home" is a war protest song, delivered in blues/rock style, with a gospel choir in the background. Along the same vein is "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down", which seems to be patterned after The Band's version. The title cut, written by Tom Paxton, is sung in bitter remembrance of a world where once there were flowers and blue skies and white snow and fresh air, and now it's all gone. "Old Folks" is a spooky, fatalistic view of aging, featuring the lines, "They tremble as they watch the old silver clock when day is through / Tick-tocks oh so slow / it says yes, it says no / It says 'I wait for you'". Even "Jingle Bells" is given a morbid treatment here, with much the same sentiment as the aforementioned Tom Paxton song.
John himself later proved that the enviroment theme can be done in a much more appealing style, as it was on the "Earth Songs" album. This project is gloomy and depressing throughout, and even John's masterful singing can't make it an enjoyable listening experience. Try another one of his albums. ANY other album.
Description of Whose Garden Was This
1997 Japanese reissue on RCA of the late singer/songwriter's 1970 album for the label, feautring 20 bit K2Mastering & Laser Cutting. 11 tracks, including 'Tremble IfYou Must' and 'Sail Away Home'.Folk CDs
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