''Seasons of the Heart'' is a studio album by American singer-songwriter

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, released in 1982. The singles were "

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" / "What One Man Can Do" and "Seasons of the Heart." The album cover is a self-portrait of Denver entering the Purple Cloud Cave in

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, China. The singer-songwriter dedicated the album to his estranged wife, Annie, and the album was created as a love poem to her. They divorced the following year

Track listing

All tracks composed by John Denver; except where indicated

Side one

# "Seasons of the Heart" – 3:48 # "Opposite Tables" – 3:56 # "Relatively Speaking" (Denver, lyrics: Arthur Hancock) – 3:33 # "Dreams" (Stephen Geyer) – 3:02 # "Nothing But a Breeze" (

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) – 4:45 # "What One Man Can Do" – 3:04

Side two

# "

" – 3:12 # "Islands" – 3:49 # "Heart to Heart" – 3:55 # " Perhaps Love" – 1:53 # "Children of the Universe" (Denver, Joe Henry) – 4:05

Personnel

*John Denver – vocals, guitar *Musicians:

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, Denice Brooks,

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, Renée Armand

Chart performance

References

John Denver albums 1982 albums RCA Records albums {{1980s-folk-album-stub