Rocky Mountain High in Bloomington, MN

Propelled by the title track,
Rocky Mountain High
became
John Denver
's first Top Ten album. 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. The album contained one of
's finest
ballads
,
"Goodbye Again,"
as well as one of his better old songs,
"For Baby (For Bobbie)."
~ William Ruhlmann