Summer Side of Life

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Summer Side of Life
Studio album by Gordon Lightfoot
Released May, 1971
Recorded Woodland Sound Studios in Nashville, Tennessee from December 1970 to April 1971
Genre Folk
Length 38:21
Label Reprise
Producer Joseph Wissert
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Gordon Lightfoot chronology
Sit Down Young Stranger
(1970)		 Summer Side of Life
(1971)		 Don Quixote
(1972)

Summer Side of Life is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot's 7th original album, released in 1971 on the Reprise Records Label. The album continued the sound Lightfoot established on Sit Down Young Stranger and that would serve him well throughout the first half of the 1970's.

The album reached #38 on the pop chart. "Summer Side of Life" peaked at #98 on the pop singles chart while "Talking in Your Sleep" peaked at #64. The singles reached #21 and #19 respectively in Canada.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "10 Degrees and Getting Colder" – 2:43
  2. "Miguel" – 4:12
  3. "Go My Way" – 2:13
  4. "Summer Side of Life" – 4:05
  5. "Cotton Jenny" – 3:26
  6. "Talking in Your Sleep" – 2:56
  7. "Nous Vivons Ensemble" – 3:45
  8. "Same Old Loverman" – 3:21
  9. "Redwood Hill" – 2:48
  10. "Love and Maple Syrup" – 3:13
  11. "Cabaret" – 5:49

All compositions by Lightfoot.

[edit] Personnel

[edit] External links

Gordon Lightfoot
Band musicians
  • Rick Haynes
  • Terry Clements
  • Red Shea
  • Pee Wee Charles
  • Barry Keane
  • Mike Heffernan
Albums
Compilations
  • Early Lightfoot (1969)
  • The Best of Gordon Lightfoot (1970)
  • Classic Lightfoot (1971)
  • The Very Best of Gordon Lightfoot (1974)
  • The Very Best of Gordon Lightfoot, Vol. 2 (1975)
  • Gord's Gold (1975)
  • Early Morning Rain (1976)
  • Songbook (1985)
  • Gord's Gold Volume 2 (1988)
  • The Best of Gordon Lightfoot (1989)
  • The Original Lightfoot (1992)
  • The United Artists Collection (1993)
  • Songbook (1999)
  • Complete Greatest Hits (2002)
Singles
  • "(Remember Me) I'm the One" (1962)
  • "It's Too Late, He Wins/Negotiations" (1962)
  • "Adios, Adios" (1962)
  • "Day Before Yesterday" (1963)
  • "I'm Not Sayin'" (1965)
  • "Ribbon of Darkness" (1965)
  • "Spin Spin" (1966)
  • "Go Go Round" (1966)
  • "The Way I Feel" (1967)
  • "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" (1967)
  • "Black Day in July" (1968)
  • "Bitter Green" (1968)
  • "Me and Bobby McGee" (1970)
  • "If You Could Read My Mind" (1970)
  • "If I Could" (1971)
  • "Talking in Your Sleep" (1971)
  • "Summer Side of Life" (1971)
  • "Beautiful" (1972)
  • "Alberta Bound" (1972)
  • "You Are What I Am" (1972)
  • "The Same Old Obsession" (1972)
  • "Can't Depend on Love" (1973)
  • "It's Worth Believin'" (1973)
  • "Sundown" (1974)
  • "Carefree Highway" (1974)
  • "Rainy Day People" (1975)
  • "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (1976)
  • "Race Among the Ruins" (1976)
  • "The Circle Is Small (I Can See It in Your Eyes)" (1977)
  • "Daylight Katy" (1978)
  • "Dreamland" (1978)
  • "Dream Street Rose" (1980)
  • "If You Need Me" (1980)
  • "Baby Step Back" (1981)
  • "Blackberry Wine" (1982)
  • "In My Fashion" (1982)
  • "Salute (A Lot More Livin' to Do)" (1983)
  • "Without You" (1983)
  • "Anything for Love" (1986)
  • "Stay Loose" (1986)
  • "East of Midnight" (1987)
  • "Ecstasy Made Easy" (1987)
  • "I'll Prove My Love" (1993)
  • "Waiting for You" (1993)
  • "A Painter Passing Through" (1998)
  • "Inspiration Lady" (2004)
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