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Artist: Gordon Lightfoot
Label: Rhino / Wea
Category: Music

List Price: ~~$18.98~~
Buy New: $13.99
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Format: Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.3

MPN: 78287
UPC: 081227828721
EAN: 0081227828721
ASIN: B00005YW4N

Release Date: April 2, 2002
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Hits from the 70's July 28, 2008
This is a great CD,takes me back to the good ole times. If you are a GORDON LIGHTFOOT fan, this is a Great CD to add to your collection.

5 out of 5 stars

grew up on gordon May 16, 2008
I grew up listening to gordon lightfoot. my father taught himself to play guitar and sing by playing and singing gordon lightfoot songs. I know almost every single song he ever recorded, and love all of them. this CD is one of my favorites, and I have it on my ipod and listen to it quite often. I am 22 years old, born in 1985 and I am a huge gordon lightfoot fan. my sister and I will listen to it over and over perfectly content- she is a year and a half older than me. I may be one of his youngest fans, but I love him!

5 out of 5 stars

The best of Gordon May 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

In a word, the music of Gordon Lightfoot is nostalgic. Songs like If You Could Read My Mind make you think of the seemingly perfect relationship you once had which somehow didn't quite work out. br /br /His music defies any easy categorization. The best way to describe it would be to say his songs are a hybrid of very light rock, country folk songs. Does not sound like a winning combination, but it certainly works for Lightfoot!br /br /His songs are saturated with pastoral scenes of countrysides, trains, rivers and boats. His music frequently makes me think of the late Autumn when the leaves are turning and the temperature is dropping (especially Restless). br /br /The gem of his songs is his stirring requiem, The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald. Being a Michigander, they play the song on the radio every November 10th to commemorate the loss of the freighter on Lake Superior. No matter what type of music you like, you can't help but feel the hair stick up on the back of your neck whenever you hear him strum that sad tune.br /br /If you like Gordon Lightfoot at all, this album is a "must have" as it really does include all of his very best songs. If you're unfamiliar w/Lightfoot, then this is a terrific place to start!

5 out of 5 stars

You need to go deeper than this April 27, 2008
The 5 stars are obligatory - after all this is a collection of great songs by one of the greatest artists of the last 50 years. But if you really love Gordon's music, or are thinking of buying this for someone who does, this is NOT the package for you. You must dig deeper. He's been too good for too long to settle for a greatest hits collection. (Besides, how will you know if they're really the greatest until you've heard the others?) My recommendation would be to buy the following: 1) "The United Artists Collection" - a 2-disk set including his complete first four albums from 1966-1968, before he achieved stardom outside Canada; 2) If You Could Read My Mind (1970); 3) Don Quixote (1972); 4) Sundown (1973); 5) Shadows (1982) and 6) Harmony (2004). Each of these includes numerous songs that qualify as "greatest" but are not included here. This list still leaves a lot on the table (notably his most famous song, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"), but you'll be off to a great start. Just decide right now that this is one artist who deserves a little more of your time and money to be fully appreciated.

5 out of 5 stars

All the songs that you love to hear are on this CD!! April 14, 2008
All the songs you love to hear are on this CD! Listen to samples and you'll see what I mean. Worth every penny!! Thanks Gordon!

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