Gordon Lightfoot - Shadows
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Artist: Gordon LightfootEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-08-20
Music Label: Rhino / Wea
Soundtracks:
- 14 Karat Gold
- In My Fashion
- Shadows
- Blackberry Wine
- Heaven Help The Devil
- Thank You For The Promises
- Baby Step Back
- All I'm After
- Triangle
- I'll Do Anything
- She's Not The Same
Free Music Notes for Shadows
Free Music Review: Talk about a long-lost love re-kindled!
Hit: 5 Stars
I was totally drawn to Lightfoot's voice back in 1971 with the release of "If You Could Read My Mind". Years later, it was "Summertime Dream" that stole my attention and devotion, and I was on Gord's bandwagon in a big way. It all culminated with the (vinyl) release of "Shadows", easily his most diverse recording at that point in his career. When I made the painful switch to CD's, this one was impossible to find until just a few years ago. It was one of the five most sought-after vinyl-to-CD re-issues I was just dying for.
Then the day came. I found it here and was overjoyed. Like most of his albums, there's a slight sag of a song, and on this one I feel it's "Triangle". Seemingly along the lines of "... Edmund Fitzgerald", this track is a little lame, but totally forgivable. There are SO many standout tracks (some of them truly ground-breaking even for Lightfoot), and it starts with the first song, "14-Carat Gold". "Keep your mind a mystery running hot and cold, she's more than money she's 14-carat gold". Priceless! The cutting-edge lyrics and music doesn't let up, as witnessed by the 2nd track, "In My Fashion". The intellectually-bent lyrics let up just a bit to allow some simple, foot-tapping to the catchy "Blackberry Wine" just after the title track, "Shadows", a deep lament enough to make your day completely bleak.
Lightfoot saves the best for the last two tracks, "I'll Do Anything" and "She's Not the Same". The latter has a lightly-thumping chorus that begs the song to continue as the music and his voice fade.
This is Lightfoot at his very best and comes with my highest recommendation.
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Available for the first time on CD, the Canadian folk-pop troubadour's 1982 classic. 11 tracks including 'Baby Step Back' & 'Thank You For The Promises'. 2002.Folk Music CDs
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