Summertime Dream is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot's 12th original album, released on the Reprise Records label in 1976. The album peaked at #1 in Canada on the RPM national album chart and at #12 in the U.S. on the Billboard pop chart.[1]
The album marked Lightfoot's commercial zenith after a remarkable period of popularity which began with the 1970 hit, "If You Could Read My Mind". He would never again achieve the same level of commercial success.
The album shot to popularity on the back of the haunting ballad, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", which told the story of the final hours of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald which sank on Lake Superior in November 1975. The song remains popular to this day and has been credited with making the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald the most famous maritime incident in the history of the Great Lakes.
"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" reached #1 in Canada on November 20, 1976.[2] In the U.S., it peaked at #2 on the pop chart and at #50 on the country chart while "Race Among the Ruins" peaked at #65 on the pop chart.
[edit] Track listing
- "Race Among the Ruins" – 3:21
- "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" – 6:32
- "I'm Not Supposed to Care" – 3:31
- "I'd Do it Again" – 3:14
- "Never too Close" – 3:04
- "Protocol" – 4:02
- "The House You Live In" – 2:55
- "Summertime Dream" – 2:30
- "Spanish Moss" – 3:51
- "Too Many Clues in this Room" – 4:49
All songs composed by Lightfoot.
[edit] Credits
[edit] References
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| Band musicians |
- Rick Haynes
- Terry Clements
- Red Shea
- Pee Wee Charles
- Barry Keane
- Mike Heffernan
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| Albums |
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| 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)
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| 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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