Farewell Andromeda

Farewell Andromeda
Studio album by John Denver
Released	June 1973
Recorded	1973
Studio	RCA, New York City
Genre	Country, folk
Length	39:07
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Milton Okun
John Denver chronology
Rocky Mountain High (1972) Farewell Andromeda (1973) Greatest Hits (1973)

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Farewell Andromeda is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter John Denver, released in June 1973. The LP made Billboard's Top 20, reaching No. 16, with three singles subsequently released: "I'd Rather Be a Cowboy" [#62 POP, #25 AC], "Farewell Andromeda" [#89 POP, No. 20 AC] and "Please, Daddy" [#69 POP, No. 69 C&W].

Record World called the title track a "bright and positive ditty in the same vein as 'Rocky Mountain High.'"

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I'd Rather Be a Cowboy (Lady's Chains)"	John Denver	4:10
2.	"Berkeley Woman"	Bryan Bowers	3:32
3.	"Please, Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)"	Bill Danoff Taffy Nivert	2:56
4.	"Angels from Montgomery"	John Prine	4:47
5.	"River of Love"	John Sommers	3:35

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Rocky Mountain Suite (Cold Nights in Canada)"	Denver	3:01
2.	"Whiskey Basin Blues"	Denver	2:47
3.	"Sweet Misery"	Hoyt Axton	3:36
4.	"Zachary and Jennifer"	Denver	2:00
5.	"We Don't Live Here No More"	Bill Danoff	4:03
6.	"Farewell Andromeda (Welcome to My Morning)"	Denver	4:04

Personnel

• John Denver – guitar, vocals
• Eric Weissberg – banjo, steel guitar
• Jan Camp Garrett – mandolin, vocals
• Victor Garrett – bass, vocals
• Lawrence Gottlieb – steel guitar, vocals
• Lee Holdridge – string arrangements
• Michael Holmes – piano
• Dick Kniss – bass
• Herbie Lovelle – drums
• George Marge – woodwind
• Frank Owens – piano
• Paul Prestopino – guitar, autoharp
• John Sommers – banjo, guitar, mandolin, vocals
• Toots Thielemans – harmonica
• Don Wardell – Executive Producer
• Bryan Bowers – autoharp
• Chip Taylor, Steve Chapin, Bill Danoff, Taffy Danoff, Steve Mandell, Martine Habib, Campden Street Choir – vocals

Technical

• Kris O'Connor – assistant producer
• Acy R. Lehman – art director
• Mark English – cover art