East of Midnight
| East of Midnight | ||||
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| Released | July 1986 | |||
| Recorded | January, June, December 1985 and March 1986 at Eastern Sound, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Lionshare Recorders, Lighthouse Recorders, Los Angeles, CA | |||
| Genre | Folk, Adult Contemporary | |||
| Length | 37:25 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Gordon Lightfoot, David Foster ("Anything for Love" only) | |||
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East of Midnight is Canadian musician Gordon Lightfoot's 17th original album, released in 1986 on the Warner Bros. Records label. The album reached #165 on the Billboard 200.
Lightfoot enlisted keyboardist and producer David Foster on the song "Anything for Love", which reached #13 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #71 on the Country chart.
Track listing
All compositions by Lightfoot except as indicated.
- "Stay Loose" – 3:53
- "Morning Glory" – 3:24
- "East of Midnight" – 3:58
- "A Lesson in Love" – 4:05
- "Anything for Love" – 3:43 (Lightfoot, David Foster)
- "Let it Ride" – 3:40
- "Ecstasy Made Easy" – 4:05
- "You Just Gotta Be" – 3:34
- "A Passing Ship" – 3:55
- "I'll Tag Along" – 3:08
Personnel
- Gordon Lightfoot - main vocals, guitar
- Lenny Castro - percussion
- Vern Dorge - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
- David Foster - synthesizer, keyboards
- Mike Heffernan - keyboards
- James Newton Howard - synthesizer, percussion, keyboards
- Sheree Jeacocke - harmony vocals
- Barry Keane - percussion, drums
- Michael Landau - guitar
- Bob Mann - Guitar, rhythm guitar
- Richard Marx - harmony vocals
- Lou Pomanti - Hammond organ
- Tom Szczesniak - synthesizer, bass, keyboards
- Vesta Williams - harmony vocals