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Free Music Review: This pales in comparison to "Songbook," but this is a fine CD indeed.
Hit: 4 Stars
Four stars rather than 5 only because a single-CD collection can't help but omit some amazing music for such a prolific artist. Listen to the Songbook boxed set to hear what I mean. This may be the commercial cream skimmed off the top, but it's still good, no, excellent music and lyrics. Be aware, however, that I was born in the late 50s, so my perspective may be different than yours.
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: 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 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: His best Greatest hits package
Hit: 4 Stars
Gordon Lightfoot has had many great songs in his career.
This CD has the most complete list to date.
I bought this CD a few months ago and listen to it a lot.
It includes Early Mornin Rain which could be his best song ever.
That's what you get for lovin me is another great song.
Canadian Railroad Trilogy is another favorite of mine.
If you could read my Mind also charted well in the early 70's
Sundown is another great song.
Carefree Highway and the Edmund Fitzgerald are also included.
I love a great album by a good folk singer.
If you like folk music you need to include this one in your collection...............
Free Music Review: Solid Gold
Hit: 5 Stars
There are other Gordon Lightfoot's anthologies and greatest hits albums but this one is perfect because it includes all of his greatest tunes. When a Canadian icon is known across the border in the U. S. he must be doing something right. I grew up in the 70's so my personal favourites were cuts such as the bittersweet" If You Could Read my Mind, Talking in Your Sleep, Beautiful, Sundown, Carefree Highway, Rainy Day People", and the haunting "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald". The last time that I saw Mr. Lightfoot was at the "Live 8" concert from Barrie Ontario. He looked a little out of place with all of the rockers that were playing that day and especially at the end of the concert. Especially so when he was on stage en mass with Neil Young singing "Rockin' in the Free World". But we could have lost him through illness a year or so before so thats one of the reasons he was invited. An icon. To be appreciated. And he was. And thankfully still is.