Shadows (Gordon Lightfoot album)

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Shadows
Shadows cover
Studio album by Gordon Lightfoot
Released January, 1982
Recorded Eastern Sound, Toronto March-April & June, 1981
Genre Folk
Length 37:23
Label Warner Bros Records
Producer(s) Gordon Lightfoot and Ken Friesen
Professional reviews
Gordon Lightfoot chronology
Dream Street Rose
(1980)		 Shadows
(1982)		 Salute
(1983)


Shadows is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot's 15th original album, released in 1982 on the Warner Brothers Records label. It peaked at #87 on the Billboard charts.

The album marked another significant turning point in Lightfoot's musical evolution. He moves further away from his acoustic roots through greater use of synthesisers and electric organ, marking his entry into the adult contemporary genre.

The album is softer in composition than its immediate predecessors with a return to slower, more introspective ballads as compared to the faster, country style of Lightfoot's mid-1970's albums.

Although a commercial failure, the album has received positive critical reviews.1

"Baby Step Back" peaked at #17 on the Adult Contemporary chart and at #50 on the Pop chart.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "14 Karat Gold" – 3:56
  2. "In My Fashion" – 3:05
  3. "Shadows" – 3:02
  4. "Blackberry Wine" – 3:05
  5. "Heaven Help the Devil" – 3:14
  6. "Thank You for the Promises" – 2:53
  7. "Baby Step Back" – 3:59
  8. "All I'm After" – 3:23
  9. "Triangle" – 4:10
  10. "I'll Do Anything" – 3:25
  11. "She's Not the Same" – 3:11

All songs composed by Lightfoot.

[edit] Credits

  • Gordon Lightfoot - Main Performer, Rhythm Guitar, Vocals, Harmony Vocals
  • Rick Haynes - Bass
  • Terry Clements - Lead Guitar
  • Barry Keane - Drums, Percussion
  • Michael Heffernan - Keyboards, Synthesizer
  • Pee Wee Charles - Steel Guitar, Dobro
  • Dean Parks - Electric guitar
  • Dennis Pendrith - Bass
  • Robbie Buchanan - Synthesizer
  • Victor Feldman - Percussion
  • Herb Pedersen - Harmony vocals

[edit] External links

Gordon Lightfoot discography
Main albums: Lightfoot! (1966) | The Way I Feel (1967) | Did She Mention My Name (1968) | Back Here on Earth (1968) | Sunday Concert (1969) | Sit Down Young Stranger (1970) | Summer Side of Life (1971) | Don Quixote (1972) | Old Dan's Records (1972) | Sundown (1974) | Cold on the Shoulder (1975) | Summertime Dream (1976) | Endless Wire (1978) | Dream Street Rose (1980) | Shadows (1982) | Salute (1983) | East of Midnight (1986) | Waiting for You (1993) | A Painter Passing Through (1998) | Harmony (2004)
Main Compilations: Gord's Gold (1975) | Gord's Gold, Vol. 2 (1988) | Songbook (1999) | Complete Greatest Hits (2002)
Notable Singles: "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" (1967) | "If You Could Read My Mind" (1970) | "Sundown" (1974) | "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (1976)
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