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The Flower That Shattered the Stone
Folk · 1990 · 9 tracks

The Flower That Shattered the Stone

John Denver

September 1990 · Windstar Records

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The Flower That Shattered the Stone represents John Denver's transition into a more elder-statesman role within the folk genre, trading the raw, dusty trail-songs of his youth for a sophisticated, high-fidelity sound. It feels like a deep breath of mountain air filtered through a professional studio lens.

The production is unmistakably from the early 1990s, featuring clean, shimmering acoustic guitars and subtle synthesizer washes that provide a bed for Denver's voice, which had gained a rich, resonant gravity by this point in his career.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks
02
Thanks to You
4:00
03
Postcard From Paris
3:30
04
High, Wide and Handsome
3:22
05
Eagles and Horses
4:46
06
A Little Further North
6:09
09
The Gift You Are
4:47
10
I Watch You Sleeping
4:58
11
Stonehaven Sunset
5:54
12
The Flower That Shattered the Stone (reprise)
2:53
Moments Worth Listening For
the delicate interplay between the high-register piano and Denver's weathered vocal on the title track
the moment the strings swell to meet the acoustic strumming during the climax of The Eagle and the Hawk
the gentle, rhythmic pulse of the percussion that grounds the airy arrangement of Raven's Child
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