(2019) Gordon Lightfoot – The Complete Singles 1970-1980





Review:

Real Gone Music’s 2019 compilation The Complete Singles 1970-1980 fills a gap in the Gordon Lightfoot catalog, a gap that wasn’t immediately apparent. For years, the 1975 double-LP compilation Gord’s Gold seemed to be the standard bearer for Lightfoot compilations, containing most of his biggest hits among its 22 tracks, with the smash “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” — a Top Ten hit from 1976 — conspicuously absent. “The Wreck” showed up on Gord’s Gold, Vol.2 — a sequel delivered a mere 13 years later — and Rhino’s comprehensive 2002 set Complete Greatest Hits seemed to solve the problem by offering 20 of Lightfoot staples, beginning with “Early Morning Rain” and ending with “Restless.” The latter song was pulled from 1993’s Waiting for You, an album that falls outside of the scope of The Complete Singles 1970-1980, which focuses squarely on the decade in which Lightfoot was an adult contemporary hitmaker in addition to being a sturdy, stout troubadour. It’s a subtle difference but an important one, one that is driven home by the B-sides — songs that were often not much more than deep album cuts — but in the context of this set, they add depth to the smoother, softer side of Lightfoot. As such, The Complete Singles 1970-1980 may be the choice compilation for listeners who are as infatuated with how Lightfoot seamlessly blended folk, pop, and rock into a distinctive aural blend, as they are by his expert songcraft.











Track Listing:

Disc 1

01.Me and Bobby McGee

02.The Pony Man

03.If You Could Read My Mind

04.Poor Little Allison

05.Talking in Your Sleep

06.Nous Vivons Ensemble

07.Summer Side of Life

08.Love & Maple Syrup

09.Beautiful

10.Don Quixote

11.That Same Old Obsession

12.You Are What I Am

13.Can’t Depend on Love

14.It’s Worth Believin’

15.Sundown

16.Too Late for Prayin’

17.Carefree Highway

18.Seven Island Suite



Disc 2

01.Rainy Day People

02.Cherokee Bend

03.The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

04.The House You Live In

05.Race Among the Ruins

06.Protocol

07.The Circle Is Small (I Can See It in Your Eyes)

08.Sweet Guinevere

09.Daylight Katy

10.Hangdog Hotel Room

11.Dreamland

12.Songs the Minstrel Sang

13.Dream Street Rose

14.Make Way for the Lady

15.If You Need Me

16.Mister Rock of Ages





Media Report:

Genre: folk-rock, soft rock

Country: Canada

Format: FLAC

Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM

Bit rate mode: Variable

Channel(s): 2 channels

Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz

Bit depth: 16 bits


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