Summertime Dream

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Summertime Dream
Studio album by Gordon Lightfoot
Released	June, 1976
Recorded	Eastern Sound Studios, Toronto, December, 1975 - January, 1976
Genre	Folk
Length	37:26
Label	Reprise
Producer(s)	Lenny Waronker and Gordon Lightfoot
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone (not rated) link
Gordon Lightfoot chronology
Cold on the Shoulder (1975)	Summertime Dream (1976)	Endless Wire (1978)

Summertime Dream is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot's 12th original album, released on the Reprise Records label in 1976. The album peaked at #12 on the Billboard pop chart.

The album marked Lightfoot's commercial zenith after a remarkable period of popularity which began with the 1970 hit, "If You Could Read My Mind". He would never again achieve 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 the SS Edmund Fitzgerald which sank on Lake Superior in November 1975. The song remains popular to this day and has been credited with making the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald the most famous maritime incident in the history of the Great Lakes.

However, the album was not carried by this song. It is generally regarded as one of Lightfoot's better albums, if not his best. He blends slick, country style songs ("Race Among the Ruins") with his traditional folk ballads ("I'm Not Supposed to Care"). This is backed up by some excellent musicianship and production.

"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" peaked at #2 on the pop chart and at #50 on the country chart while "Race Among the Ruins" peaked at #65 on the pop chart.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Race Among the Ruins" – 3:21
2. "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" – 6:32
3. "I'm Not Supposed to Care" – 3:31
4. "I'd Do it Again" – 3:14
5. "Never too Close" – 3:04
6. "Protocol" – 4:02
7. "The House You Live In" – 2:55
8. "Summertime Dream" – 2:30
9. "Spanish Moss" – 3:51
10. "Too Many Clues in this Room" – 4:49

All songs composed by Lightfoot.

[edit] Credits

• Gordon Lightfoot - Main performer, 6- & 12-string guitar, Piano
• Terry Clements - Lead guitar
• Rick Haynes - Bass
• Pee Wee Charles - Pedal steel guitar
• Barry Keane - Drums, Percussion
• Jim Gordon - Drums on "The House You Live In"

[edit] External links

• Album lyrics and chords

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)