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Some Days Are Diamonds is the 15th studio album by American singer-songwriter John Denver released in June 1981. The singles released from this album are "Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)"/"Country Love" and "The Cowboy and the Lady".

Some Days Are Diamonds
Studio album by John Denver
Released	June 1981
Studio	Sound Emporium, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Folk
Label	RCA
Producer	Larry Butler
John Denver chronology
Autograph (1980) Some Days Are Diamonds (1981) Seasons of the Heart (1982)
Singles from Some Days Are Diamonds
"Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)" Released: May 1981

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)" (Dick Feller)
2. "Gravel on the Ground" (Debbie Hupp, Bob Morrison)
3. "San Francisco Mabel Joy" (Mickey Newbury)
4. "Sleepin' Alone" (John Denver)
5. "Easy, on Easy Street" (Johnny Slate, Larry Keith)

Side two

1. "The Cowboy and the Lady" (Bobby Goldsboro)
2. "Country Love" (John Denver)
3. "Till You Opened My Eyes" (Alan Rush, Randy Cullers, Dennis Linde)
4. "Wild Flowers in a Mason Jar (The Farm)" (Dennis Linde)
5. "Boy from the Country" (Michael Martin Murphey, Owen Castleman)

Personnel

• John Denver – vocals, acoustic guitar
• Bill Sanford – electric guitar, mandolin
• Jerry Shook, Jimmy Capps, Ray Edenton – acoustic guitar
• Bob Moore, Leon Rhodes – bass
• Chuck Cochrane, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Larry Butler – keyboards
• Eddie Bayers, Gene Chrisman, Jerry Carrigan – drums, percussion
• Bobby Taylor – oboe
• Bergen White, Buzz Cason, Diane Tidwell, Sherilyn Huffman – backing vocals
• The Shelly Kurland Strings; arranged by Bill Justis

Technical

• Billy Sherrill, Charlie Tallent – engineer
• Barney Wyckoff, Nancy Michon – production assistance
• Harry Langdon – photography

Chart performance

Chart (1981)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2]	20
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	7
U.S. Billboard 200	32

References

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