Summertime Dream
Summertime Dream | ||||
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Released | June 1976 | |||
Recorded | December 1975 - January 1976 | |||
Studio | Eastern Sound Studios, Toronto | |||
Genre | Folk | |||
Length | 37:26 | |||
Label | Reprise | |||
Producer | Lenny Waronker, Gordon Lightfoot | |||
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Summertime Dream is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot's twelfth original album, released on the Reprise Records label in 1976. It peaked at #1 on the Canadian RPM national album chart, and #12 on the US Billboard pop chart.[4]
The album marked Lightfoot's commercial zenith in a remarkable period of popularity which had begun with the 1970 hit, "If You Could Read My Mind". He has not since achieved 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 SS Edmund Fitzgerald which had sunk on Lake Superior in November 1975. The song remains popular to this day and has been credited with making the sinking of 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.[5] In the US, it peaked at #2 on the pop chart and #50 on the country chart while "Race Among the Ruins" peaked at #65 on the pop chart.
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | link |
Rolling Stone | (not rated) link |
Track listing[]
All songs composed by Gordon Lightfoot.
Side 1[]
- "Race Among the Ruins" – 3:21
- "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" – 6:30
- "I'm Not Supposed to Care" – 3:31
- "I'd Do It Again" – 3:14
- "Never Too Close" – 3:04
- "Betty Called Me In" – 2:39 (1999 release bonus)
Side 2[]
- "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
Chart performance[]
Chart (1976) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] | 63 |
Canadian RPM Top Albums | 1 |
U.S. Billboard 200 | 12 |
Personnel[]
- Gordon Lightfoot - vocals, six and twelve-string guitars
- Terry Clements - lead acoustic and electric guitars
- Pee Wee Charles - pedal steel guitar
- Rick Haynes - bass guitar
- Barry Keane - drums, percussion
Additional personnel[]
- Gene Martynec - Moog synthesizer
- Jim Gordon - drums on "The House You Live In"
References[]
- ^ http://www.45cat.com/record/rep14442
- ^ http://www.45cat.com/record/rep1369
- ^ http://www.45cat.com/record/rps1380
- ^ List of Canadian number-one albums of 1976
- ^ List of RPM number-one singles of 1976
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 177. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
External links[]
- Gordon Lightfoot albums
- 1976 albums
- Albums produced by Lenny Waronker
- Reprise Records albums