Don Quixote (album)
Appearance
Don Quixote | ||||
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North Hollywood, California) | ||||
Genre | Folk | |||
Length | 41:41 | |||
Label | Reprise | |||
Producer | Lenny Waronker | |||
Gordon Lightfoot chronology | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Don Quixote is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot's seventh studio album, released in 1972 on the Reprise Records Label. The album reached #42 on the Billboard album chart.
The album contains little innovation on Lightfoot's trademark
Cervantes
’ half-mad hero.
"Beautiful" was released as a single and peaked at #13 in Canada[2] and #58 on the Billboard singles chart. The album itself was on the Canadian charts from March 11, 1972, to January 27, 1973.
On February 13, 1988, Lightfoot performed "Alberta Bound" in
Ian and Sylvia
.
Track listing
All compositions by Gordon except as indicated. Lightfoot was 34 at the time of the release.
Side 1
- "Don Quixote" – 3:41
- "Christian Island (Georgian Bay)" – 4:02
- "Alberta Bound" – 3:07
- "Looking at the Rain" – 3:40
- "Ordinary Man" – 3:19
- "Brave Mountaineers" – 3:36
Side 2
- "Ode to Big Blue" – 4:48
- "Second Cup of Coffee" – 3:03
- "Beautiful" – 3:23
- "On Susan's Floor" (Shel Silverstein, Vince Matthews) – 2:58
- "The Patriot's Dream" – 6:04
Personnel
- Gordon Lightfoot - 6- & 12-string guitar
- Red Shea - hi-string guitar, classical guitar, dobro
- Terry Clements - lead acoustic guitar
- Rick Haynes - bass
- Ry Cooder - mandolin
- Bob Thompson - string arrangements "Don Quixote" and "The Patriot's Dream"
- Nick DeCaro - all other string arrangements
Chart positions
Year | Chart | Position |
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1972 | Canadian RPM 100 [3] | 1 |
US Billboard 200 | 42 | |
UK | 44 |