Rocky Mountain High (album)

Rocky Mountain High is the sixth studio album released by American singer-songwriter John Denver in September 1972. It was his first US Top 10 album (no. 4), propelled by the single "Rocky Mountain High", and in addition reached no. 11 in the UK and no. 1 in Canada. The album's cover photograph was taken at Slaughterhouse Falls, Rio Grande Trail, Aspen, Colorado.

Reception
In July 1972, Record World called the single 'Goodbye Again', "a sad, gentle ballad that threatens to become a standard along the lines of 'Leaving on a Jet Plane. In September of that same year, Record World commended the single "Hard Life, Hard Times (Prisoners)" for its "good use of counterpoint towards the end."

William Ruhlmann of AllMusic wrote of Rocky Mountain High that, "Though Denver still couldn't figure out how to fill out an entire album without covering his betters (in this case, old favorites the Beatles and John Prine), he and his steady backup musicians, bassist Dick Kniss and guitarist Mike Taylor, were evolving into an exuberant folk-country sound that would prove enormously appealing over the next few years." Ruhlman highlighted "Goodbye Again" and "For Baby (For Bobbie)", praising the former as "one of Denver's finest ballads."

Personnel

 * John Denver – 6-string guitars, twelve-string guitars, acoustic guitars, vocals, arrangements
 * Mike Taylor – guitar
 * Dick Kniss – double bass, arranger
 * Frank Owens – piano
 * Paul Prestopino – mandolin, dobro
 * Eric Weissberg – banjo, steel guitar
 * Gary Chester – drums, percussion
 * Bill Danoff, Martine Habib, Bruce Innes, Mike Kobluk, Taffy Nivert – backing vocals
 * Pupils of Whitby School, Greenwich, Connecticut – backing vocals on "For Baby (For Bobbie)"