Endless Wire (Gordon Lightfoot album)

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Endless Wire
Warner Bros.
ProducerLenny Waronker, Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Lightfoot chronology
Summertime Dream
(1976) 		Endless Wire
(1978) 		Dream Street Rose
(1980)

Endless Wire is the

Warner Bros. Records
(#3149).

The closing track, "The Circle Is Small", was a re-recording of a song from Lightfoot's fourth album, Back Here on Earth (1968).

In the USA, Endless Wire peaked at #22 on Billboard 200 chart and #14 on the country album chart. In Canada it reached #2 on the RPM album chart, while in Australia it reached #56 on the Kent Music Report.

Three singles were released from the album. In the US, "The Circle Is Small" peaked at #3 on the adult contemporary chart, #33 on the pop chart and #92 on the country chart. In Canada, it reached #1 on the adult contemporary chart, #6 on the pop chart, and #9 on the country.[1] "Dreamland" peaked at #100 on the US country chart and #24 on the Canadian adult contemporary chart. "Daylight Katy" reached #16 on the US adult contemporary chart, #25 on the Canadian adult contemporary chart, #44 on the Canadian pop chart, and #41 on the UK pop chart.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Rolling Stone(not rated)[3]

The Globe and Mail called the album "a collection of soft melodies, impeccably sung and harmonized and backed up with only the most tasteful instrumentation."[4]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Gordon Lightfoot.

  1. "Daylight Katy" – 4:18
  2. "Sweet Guinevere" – 3:16
  3. "Hangdog Hotel Room" – 2:35
  4. "If There's a Reason" – 4:52
  5. "Endless Wire" – 4:07
  6. "Dreamland" – 2:53
  7. "Songs the Minstrel Sang" – 2:49
  8. "Sometimes I Don't Mind" – 2:53
  9. "If Children Had Wings" – 3:50
  10. "The Circle Is Small (I Can See It in Your Eyes)" – 4:03

Chart performance

Chart (1978) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 56
Canadian RPM Top Albums 2
U.S. Billboard 200 22

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1978-04-15. Retrieved 2019-02-07.
  2. AllMusic
  3. ^ "Gordon Lightfoot: Endless Wire : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. March 9, 1978. Archived from the original on January 18, 2008. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
  4. ^ McGrath, Paul (25 Jan 1978). "Gordon Lightfoot". The Globe and Mail. p. F8.
  5. ISBN 0-646-11917-6
    .

External links
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