Higher Ground (John Denver album)

Higher Ground
Studio album by John Denver
Released	June 26, 1988 (AUS); September 29, 1988 (US)
Genre	Pop
Length	41:35
Label	Windstar
Producer	John Denver, Roger Nichols
John Denver chronology
One World (1986)One World1986 Higher Ground (1989) Earth Songs (1990)Earth Songs1990

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Higher Ground is the 20th album by American singer-songwriter John Denver. Released in September 1988, it was his first on the Windstar label and his final album of the 1980s. It was recorded at Denver's private studio in Snowmass, Colorado, with the exception of "For You" and the didjeridu part in "Sing Australia." These were recorded in Sydney, Australia.

Track listing

All tracks composed by John Denver; except where indicated

Side one

1. "Higher Ground" (Denver, Lee Holdridge, Joe Henry)
2. "Homegrown Tomatoes" (Guy Clark)
3. "Whispering Jesse"
4. "Never a Doubt"
5. "Deal with the Ladies"
6. "Sing Australia"

Side two

1. "A Country Girl in Paris"
2. "For You"
3. "All This Joy" (Denver, Glen D. Hardin)
4. "Falling Leaves (The Refugees)"
5. "Bread & Roses" (Mimi Fariña, Jim Oppenheim)
6. "Alaska & Me"

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1988)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Chart	5
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	49

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country	AUS
1988	"Country Girl in Paris"	96	—
	"For You"	—	21

Personnel

• John Denver - guitar, vocals
• James Burton - guitar
• Glen D. Hardin - piano
• Richard Mellick - piano, "For You"
• Jerry Scheff - bass
• Lee Holdridge - string arrangements
• Danny Wheatman - mandolin, fiddle, harmonica
• Christy O'Leary - uilleann pipes
• Arthur Lazenby - banjo
• Alf Clausen - string arrangements
• Strings Plus - orchestra
• Jim McGillveray - percussion
• Charlie McMahon - didjeridu