''Higher Ground'' is the 20th studio album by American singer-songwriter

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. Released in September 1988, it was his first studio album on the Windstar label. 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. The album shares its title with Denver's television movie "Higher Ground", which uses the album's title song as its opening theme. Two charting singles were released from the LP, "For You," a Top 40 hit in Australia, and "Country Girl in Paris," a minor hit in the U.S. The album also includes a cover of Guy Clark's song "

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Track listing

All tracks composed by John Denver; except where indicated

Side one

# "Higher Ground" (Denver, Lee Holdridge, Joe Henry) # "

" ( Guy Clark) # "Whispering Jesse" # "Never a Doubt" # "Deal with the Ladies" # "Sing Australia"

Side two

# "A Country Girl in Paris" # "For You" # "All This Joy" (Denver,

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) # "Falling Leaves (The Refugees)" # "Bread & Roses" ( Mimi Fariña, Jim Oppenheim) # "Alaska & Me"

Chart performance

Album

Singles

Personnel

*John Denver – guitar, vocals *Daryl Burgess - drums * James Burton – guitar * Glen Hardin – piano * Jim Horn - saxophone, flute, recorder *Richard Mellick – piano on "For You" * Jerry Scheff – bass * Lee Holdridge – string arrangements *Danny Wheatman – mandolin, fiddle, harmonica *Christy O'Leary – uilleann pipes *Arthur Lazenby – banjo *

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– string arrangements *Strings Plus – orchestra *Jim McGillveray – percussion *Charlie McMahon – didjeridu

References

John Denver albums 1988 albums Albums arranged by Lee Holdridge Albums produced by Roger Nichols (recording engineer) {{1980s-folk-album-stub