All Aboard! (John Denver album)

All Aboard!
All Aboard!
Studio album by John Denver
Released	August 26, 1997
Genre	Folk, children's music
Length	38:14
Label	Sony
Producer	Roger Nichols
John Denver chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]

All Aboard! is the twenty-sixth and final studio album by American singer-songwriter John Denver, released in August 1997. Denver died in a plane crash two months after its release.

Style

The album consists of old fashioned swing, big band, folk, bluegrass and gospel styles of music woven into a theme of railroad songs.^[3]

Accolades

All Aboard! won a posthumous Grammy for Best Musical Album for Children.^[4]

Track listing

"Jenny Dreamed of Trains" (Guy Clark, Vince Gill)^[5]
"Freight Train Boogie/Choo Choo Ch'boogie" (medley) (Ken Griffin, Vaughn Horton, Denver Darling, Milton Gabler)
"Steel Rails" (Louisa Branscomb)
"Waiting for a Train" (Jimmie Rodgers)
"I've Been Working on the Railroad" (Traditional)
"On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" (Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren)
"Old Train" (Herb Pedersen)
"Daddy, What's a Train?" (Bruce Phillips)
"The Little Engine That Could" (William May, Warren Foster)
"Last Train Done Gone Down" (Peter Rowan)
"Last Hobo" (George Allen)
"People Get Ready" (Curtis Mayfield)
"Lining Track" (With Waylon Jennings) (Lead Belly)
"City of New Orleans" (Steve Goodman)
"Jessie Dreamed of Trains" (Guy Clark, Vince Gill, John Denver)^[6]

Charts

Weekly chart performance for *All Aboard!*
Chart (1997)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[7]	158

References

^ Amazon.com
^ All Aboard! at AllMusic
^ WorldCat.org
^ Rhymes & Reasons: The Music of John Denver|GRAMMY Museum
^ "All Aboard!".
^ "All Aboard!".
^ "John Denver ARIA chart history, received in December 2024". ARIA. Retrieved December 13, 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.

External links

Homepage

[1] Amazon.com

[2] All Aboard! at AllMusic

[3] WorldCat.org

[4] Rhymes & Reasons: The Music of John Denver|GRAMMY Museum

[5] "All Aboard!".

[6] "All Aboard!".

[aus_chart”-7] "John Denver ARIA chart history, received in December 2024". ARIA. Retrieved December 13, 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.

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v t e John Denver
Studio albums	Rhymes & Reasons Take Me to Tomorrow Whose Garden Was This Poems, Prayers & Promises Aerie Rocky Mountain High Farewell Andromeda Back Home Again Windsong Rocky Mountain Christmas Spirit I Want to Live John Denver Autograph Some Days Are Diamonds Seasons of the Heart It's About Time Dreamland Express One World Higher Ground Earth Songs The Flower That Shattered the Stone Christmas, Like a Lullaby Different Directions Love Again All Aboard!
Live albums	An Evening with John Denver Christmas in Concert
Compilation albums	John Denver's Greatest Hits Volume 2 Volume 3 Forever, John John Denver: A Portrait The John Denver Collection The Rocky Mountain Collection Something to Sing About 16 Biggest Hits The Essential John Denver
Soundtracks with the Muppets	John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together Rocky Mountain Holiday
Tribute albums	The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver
Singles	"Take Me Home, Country Roads" "Rocky Mountain High" "Sunshine on My Shoulders" "Annie's Song" "Back Home Again" "Sweet Surrender" "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" "I'm Sorry" "Calypso" "Fly Away" "Looking for Space" "Like a Sad Song" "My Sweet Lady" "I Want to Live" "Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)" "The Cowboy and the Lady" "Perhaps Love" "Shanghai Breezes" "Dreamland Express" "And So It Goes"
Other songs	"Homegrown Tomatoes"
Related	Discography Filmography Perhaps Love "Leaving on a Jet Plane" Cassandra Delaney (second wife) Spirit (sculpture) Windstar Records Windstar Foundation
Category

v t e Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children
1993–2000	Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Alan Menken, Tim Rice (producers) and Various Artists (1993) The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, Chris Thomas, Hans Zimmer (producers) and Various Artists (1994) Sleepy Time Lullabys – Barbara Bailey Hutchison (1995) Dedicated to the One I Love – Linda Ronstadt (1996) All Aboard! – John Denver (1997) Elmopalooza! – Various Artists (1998) The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland – Various Artists (1999) Woody's Roundup: A Rootin' Tootin' Collection of Woody's Favorite Songs – Riders in the Sky (2000)
2001–2010	Elmo & the Orchestra – Various Artists (2001) Monsters, Inc. Scream Factory Favorites – Riders in the Sky (2002) Bon Appétit! – Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer (2003) cELLAbration! A Tribute to Ella Jenkins – Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer (2004) Songs from the Neighborhood: The Music of Mister Rogers – Various Artists (2005) Catch That Train! – Dan Zanes and Friends (2006) The Muppets: A Green and Red Christmas – The Muppets (2007) Here Come the 123s – They Might Be Giants (2008) Family Time – Ziggy Marley (2009) Tomorrow's Children – Pete Seeger (2010)
In 2011, the category was merged back into Best Children's Album.