Endless Wire (Gordon Lightfoot album)
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Endless Wire is Canadian
singer Gordon Lightfoot
's 13th original album, released in 1978 on Warner Bros. Records
(#3149). It peaked at #22 on the Billboard pop chart and at #14 on the country chart.
Although the album continued in the musical and writing style of Summertime Dream
(1976) it marked the beginning of the end of Lightfoot's commercial success, although he would remain a prolific songwriter and recording artist and popular as a live act.
The album is generally regarded as one of Lightfoot's weaker efforts. This has often been attributed to his battle with alcoholism
and the breakdown of his marriage.
"The Circle is Small" peaked at #3 on the adult contemporary chart, #33 on the pop chart and #92 on the country chart. "Dreamland" peaked at #100 on the country chart. "Daylight Katy" reached #41 in the UK charts, but was not released as a single in the USA.
All songs written and composed by Gordon Lightfoot.
NOTE: The version of "The Circle Is Small" heard on this album is not the first; he had originally written and composed it in 1968, and it was originally featured on his fourth studio album, Back Here on Earth
, which he had released in November of that year.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
singer Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr. is a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music, and has been credited for helping define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s...
's 13th original album, released in 1978 on Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...
(#3149). It peaked at #22 on the Billboard pop chart and at #14 on the country chart.
Although the album continued in the musical and writing style of Summertime Dream
Summertime Dream
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...
(1976) it marked the beginning of the end of Lightfoot's commercial success, although he would remain a prolific songwriter and recording artist and popular as a live act.
The album is generally regarded as one of Lightfoot's weaker efforts. This has often been attributed to his battle with alcoholism
Alcoholism
Alcoholism is a broad term for problems with alcohol, and is generally used to mean compulsive and uncontrolled consumption of alcoholic beverages, usually to the detriment of the drinker's health, personal relationships, and social standing...
and the breakdown of his marriage.
"The Circle is Small" peaked at #3 on the adult contemporary chart, #33 on the pop chart and #92 on the country chart. "Dreamland" peaked at #100 on the country chart. "Daylight Katy" reached #41 in the UK charts, but was not released as a single in the USA.
Track listing
- "Daylight Katy" – 4:18
- "Sweet Guinevere" – 3:16
- "Hangdog Hotel Room" – 2:35
- "If There's a Reason" – 4:52
- "Endless Wire" – 4:07
- "Dreamland" – 2:53
- "Songs the Minstrel Sang" – 2:49
- "Sometimes I Don't Mind" – 2:53
- "If Children Had Wings" – 3:50
- "The Circle is Small" – 4:03
All songs written and composed by Gordon Lightfoot.
NOTE: The version of "The Circle Is Small" heard on this album is not the first; he had originally written and composed it in 1968, and it was originally featured on his fourth studio album, Back Here on Earth
Back Here on Earth
Back Here On Earth is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot's fourth studio album, released in 1968 on the United Artists label.Apart from his eponymous debut album, it is Lightfoot's only studio album not to derive its title from a song on the album...
, which he had released in November of that year.
Personnel
- Gordon Lightfoot - Main performer, 6- & 12-string guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, Hi-string guitar and Electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker... - Terry Clements - Lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
- Rick Haynes - BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Tom Szczesniak - Bass
- Pee Wee Charles - Steel guitarSteel guitarSteel guitar is a type of guitar or the method of playing the instrument. Developed in Hawaii in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a steel guitar is usually positioned horizontally; strings are plucked with one hand, while the other hand changes the pitch of one or more strings with the use...
s - Red Shea - Guitar
- Barry Keane - DrumDrumThe drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
s and PercussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration... - Doug RileyDoug RileyDoug Riley, CM was a Canadian musician. Born in Toronto, Ontario and informally referred to as "Doctor Music", he spent two decades with the Famous People Players as its musical director, besides his participation on over 300 album projects in various genres...
- Orchestration and PianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal... - Jack Zaza - SaxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
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