Sundown (Gordon Lightfoot album)

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Sundown
Studio album by Gordon Lightfoot
Released January 1974
Recorded Eastern Sound Studios; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; November 1973
Genre Folk
Length 36:12
Label Reprise
Producer Lenny Waronker
Gordon Lightfoot chronology
Old Dan's Records
(1972)		 Sundown
(1974)		 Cold on the Shoulder
(1975)

Sundown is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot's tenth original album, released in 1974 on the Reprise Records label. It reached #1 in the US on the pop chart, the first and only of Lightfoot's albums to achieve this. In his native Canada, it topped the RPM 100 for five consecutive weeks, first hitting #1 on June 22, 1974, the same day it reached the top on the south of the border.[1]

The album marked the pinnacle of Lightfoot's acoustic folk-country blend before he embarked on an increasing use of electronic instruments, although he did include some electric guitar, notably on the title track.

As for singles, the title track reached #1 on the pop and adult contemporary charts as well as #13 on the country chart, while "Carefree Highway" reached #10 on the pop chart, #1 on the AC chart and #81 on the country chart.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars link
Rolling Stone (not rated) link

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All compositions by Gordon Lightfoot.

  1. "Somewhere U.S.A." – 2:50
  2. "High and Dry" – 2:12
  3. "Seven Island Suite" – 6:00
  4. "Circle of Steel" – 2:45
  5. "Is There Anyone Home" – 3:15
  6. "The Watchman's Gone" – 4:25
  7. "Sundown" – 3:45
  8. "Carefree Highway" – 3:45
  9. "The List" – 3:00
  10. "Too Late for Prayin'" – 4:15

[edit] Chart positions

Year Chart Position
1974 Canadian RPM 100 1
1974 US Billboard 200 1

[edit] Credits

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.5047a&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=2tfmccs1jlnp94k0s7chidrok4

[edit] External links

Preceded by
Band On The Run by Paul McCartney & Wings		 Canadian RPM 100 number-one album
June 22 - July 22, 1974 (5 weeks)		 Succeeded by
Diamond Dogs by David Bowie
Preceded by
The Sting (soundtrack) by Various artists		 US Billboard 200 number-one album
June 22 - July 5, 1974		 Succeeded by
Caribou by Elton John
Gordon Lightfoot
Band musicians
  • Rick Haynes
  • Terry Clements
  • Red Shea
  • Pee Wee Charles
  • Barry Keane
  • Mike Heffernan
Carter Lancaster
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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