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Gordon Lightfoot
Songbook
(Warner Archives/Rhino R2 75802 ) ©1999
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Canadian folk troubadour
Gordon Lightfoot may have disappeared from the pop cultural map in 1977 (with his last
splash sea shanty smash "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald") but he has quietly
put together a career that has spanned five decades. His hitmaking days are long
behind him, but a strong live following and steady recording have sandwiched his
relatively short stint on the pop singles charts in the seventies. |
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What's
Good About It? |
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Lightfoot's music has
pretty much disappeared from the radio, and it is nice to get a refresher course on his
sturdy folk ballads. His striking hits, like the lovely "Sundown" and
"If You Can Read My Mind" are still the high points of his career. But
many less remembered songs like "Beautiful" and "Did She Mention My
Name?" deserve to be recalled. And, finally, there is a Gordon Lightfoot
collection that isn't missing just enough hits to make you buy yet another. |
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What's
Bad About It? |
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Four
disks and 87 songs of Gordon Lightfoot? I doubt even Lightfoot knows more than
fifteen of his songs. |
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What's
Missing? |
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Not a single thing.
If you are looking for all the Gordon Lightfoot you will ever need, this is it.
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Popentertainment.com
final grade:
C |
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There is some really terrific music on this box set... but there's
also a lot of stuff that only a fanatic would be familiar with. There really can be
too much of a good thing when it comes to Gordon Lightfoot. This box set is complete
proof. This would have been a killer two-disk set, but four disks is just too much.
Dave Strohler |
