Endless Wire (Gordon Lightfoot album)
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| Studio album by Gordon Lightfoot | ||||
| Released | January 1978 | |||
| Recorded | Eastern Sound Studios, Toronto; August, November 1977 | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Length | 35:36 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Lenny Waronker, Gordon Lightfoot | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Rolling Stone | (not rated) [2] |
Endless Wire is the Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot's thirteenth original album, released in 1978 on Warner Bros. Records (#3149). Although the album continued in the musical and writing style of Summertime Dream (1976), it marked the beginning of the end of Lightfoot's commercial success as a recording artist, although he remained both a prolific songwriter and popular as a live act.
The closing track, The Circle is Small, was a re-recording of a song from Lightfoot's fourth album, Back Here on Earth (1968).
In the USA, Endless Wire peaked at #22 on the Billboard pop chart and #14 on the country chart. The Circle is Small peaked at #3 on the adult contemporary chart, #33 on the pop chart and #92 on the country chart. "Dreamland" peaked at #100 on the country chart. "Daylight Katy" reached #16 on the adult contemporary chart and also charted in the UK at #41.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Gordon Lightfoot.
- "Daylight Katy" – 4:18
- "Sweet Guinevere" – 3:16
- "Hangdog Hotel Room" – 2:35
- "If There's a Reason" – 4:52
- "Endless Wire" – 4:07
- "Dreamland" – 2:53
- "Songs the Minstrel Sang" – 2:49
- "Sometimes I Don't Mind" – 2:53
- "If Children Had Wings" – 3:50
- "The Circle Is Small" – 4:03
Personnel
- Gordon Lightfoot - vocals, six and twelve-string guitar, high-string guitar, electric guitar
- Terry Clements - lead guitar
- Rick Haynes - bass guitar
- Tom Szczesniak - bass guitar
- Pee Wee Charles - steel guitar
- Red Shea - guitar
- Barry Keane - drums, percussion
- Doug Riley - orchestration, piano
- Jack Zaza - saxophone
References
- ↑ Endless Wire at AllMusic
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