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Free Music Notes for Gordon Lightfoot - Complete Greatest Hits
Free Music Review: This Album Really Soothes Me To The Bone
Hit: 5 Stars
I can remember a time in my life when I would hear If You Could Read My Mind, and I'll be quite honest with you, it was when I was about 8 or 9 years old, and I thought it was Neil Diamond, cause he had the same sounding voice, well almost. Well almost twenty years later this cd was given to me for Christmas, by my now ex, and I can say this album really helped me out during my divorce, thank you Gordon Lightfoot, that's the name. And I can say in all respect, this is the most soothing folk album/contemporary album in my collection, well besides Bread of course. And interesting enough every song on this album makes you feel like you're away from the real material world that can downright beat you to a pulp. Here's a list I would prescribe in my own analogy on this particular album:
Early Morning Rain 5/5
For Lovin' Me 5/5 (reminds me of me)
Canadian Railroad Triology 5/5
Pussywillows, Cat-Tails 4/5 (don't laugh at the name, but very pretty song)
Bitter Green 4/5
If You Could Read My Mind 5/5 (recommend it to keep your sanity)
Summer Side Of Life 5/5 (very up beat, but a strong message)
Beautiful 5/5 (great baritone voice, this one will knock her off her feet)
Sundown 5/5 (this one to be played after she goes home for the night)
Carefree Highway 5/5 (fantastic song, not the best road to be on these days)
Rainy Day People 4/5 (don't get it too often here)
The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald 5/5 (this is up there with 'A Day In The Life', good biography compiled in a song)
etc etc etc etc
like I said, good tunes for the money. It may make you reminice a little, but hey, we all have some good memories of the past.
Free Music Review: Complete Canadian Class - Terrific
Hit: 5 Stars
One of my favourote singers of all time. The is a marvellous collection of classic Lightfoot tracks. All the hits that this very underrated singer-songwriter had, either himself or by others' interpretations, are here from "Early Morning Rain" through "If You Could Read My Mind" and "Sundown" on to "Restless". OK, there are some obvious omissions which other reviewers have, quite rightly, pointed out.Lightfoot was one of those who had the tag of "the second Bob Dylan", which is like having a monkey on his back. They are very different writers, with Lightfoot being a dispationate observer and reporter of love, the wonder of Canada, great events and all with a wonderful baritone voice.
His usual band - Terry Clements, Red Shea, Rick Haynes, John Stockfish and Pee Wee Charles - deserve a mention. They hold it all together and enhance Lightfoots delivery.
Lightfoot's recent (September 2002) illness and long (many months) hospitalisation will have shocked and horrified his fans. However, they will be relieved that he it is reported that he is on the way to full recovery. More good news is the imminent release of his 20th album at the end of April 2004.
As for this collection, it shows just what a top class artist he is. If you are new to Lightfoot, you have the choice of albums to introduce yourself to his music. You could buy the 4-CD box-set "Songbook" - 5 hours of glorious Lightfoot. Or you could buy "Gord's Gold" (the first album - not Vol. 2), which has some of other tracks; or you could have this. Personally, I would have them all, as the man is a genius. In fact, spend some serious money and buy ALL his albums.
Free Music Review: Complete Canadian Class - Terrific
Hit: 5 Stars
One of my favourote singers of all time. The is a marvellous collection of classic Lightfoot tracks. All the hits that this very underrated singer-songwriter had, either himself or by others' interpretations, are here from "Early Morning Rain" through "If You Could Read My Mind" and "Sundown" on to "Restless". OK, there are some obvious omissions which other reviewers have, quite rightly, pointed out.Lightfoot was one of those who had the tag of "the second Bob Dylan", which is like having a monkey on his back. They are very different writers, with Lightfoot being a dispationate observer and reporter of love, the wonder of Canada, great events and all with a wonderful baritone voice.
His usual band - Terry Clements, Red Shea, Rick Haynes, John Stockfish and Pee Wee Charles - deserve a mention. They hold it all together and enhance Lightfoots delivery.
Lightfoot's recent (September 2002) illness and long (many months) hospitalisation will have shocked and horrified his fans. However, they will be relieved that he it is reported that he is on the way to full recovery. More good news is the imminent release of his 20th album at the end of April 2004.
As for this collection, it shows just what a top class artist he is. If you are new to Lightfoot, you have the choice of albums to introduce yourself to his music. You could buy the 4-CD box-set "Songbook" - 5 hours of glorious Lightfoot. Or you could buy "Gord's Gold" (the first album - not Vol. 2), which has some other tracks; or you could have this. Personally, I would have them all, as the man is a genius. In fact, spend some serious money and buy ALL his albums.
Free Music Review: Gordon Lightfoot- Complete Greatest Hits
Hit: 5 Stars
Conceivably and justifiably I could spend my entire review of Gordon Lightfoot's Complete Greatest Hits dwelling on the poetic and lyrical splendor of one selection-The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. In order to actually do that legitimately, I'll say that Early Morning Rain, Carefree Highway and If You Could Read My Mind, songs also featured on this particular compilation are golden nuggets on their own and certainly not to be ignored in the closed set of musical excellence over decades. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, however, is the most unique, poetic folk song I have ever heard and lyrically and anecdotally sounds surprisingly factual in nature. This is a rare and highly unusual talent that Lightfoot showed us in this song and it's developement. It is a believable account of ships and Great Lakes and wilderness and the seaman involved that reminds me of something out of Loomings, the first offering in Moby Dick. When I was a young man listening to Allison Steele the Nightbird, a high profile radio personality back in FM radio in the sixties, she spoke of a young Gordon Lightfoot bringing his tour to the War Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo New York on the Canadian border. The sheer symbolism of the prodigious Canadian folk singer reaching an American audience who hopped and skipped between nations was overpowering to me in a sense. Reviewing a Gordon Lightfoot CD evokes all kinds of nostalgia and emotion in me because he is that kind of singer-songwriter, someone who leaves a lasting impression on his fans as a distinctive and special performer. This is another CD that is an esential addition to your library.
Jay Adler, Massapequa, New York
Free Music Review: My very first Gordon Lightfoot album...
Hit: 5 Stars
I'll admit it. My first knowledge of this album came from a TV commercial. I was already familiar with Gord's bigger hits, such as The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald and Sundown, but I really didn't know anything about him or his music, or folk music in general. I made a passing remark to my girlfreind about being interested in the album, and two days after christmas, I can't stop listening. I was amazed at how many of these songs I knew, and even more surprised that I had never heard many others. Gordon's lyrics are poetic without being pretentious, and his music is beutifully melodic in a way that no other artist I've heard can match. Gordon plays his voice like another instrument, complimenting the music, rather than riding on it. Gordon also displays amazing versatility, having no trouble moving from Canadian Railway Trilogy to Cotton Jenny, to Sundown, and into The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald. Very few artists, then or now, can capture that range of moods without making is seem contrived. In a further testament to Lightfoot's timelessness, I think I'm the youngest reviewer for this recording, having been born in 1976!A word on the engineering: Long-time Lightfoot fans will love this recording as well. The mastering is marvelous, and you would never guess that many of the original recordings were done nearly thirty years ago.
All in all, a definate buy. This will be the first of many Gordon Lightfoot recordings to be added to my music collection.