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Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind Audio CD

A fair review of the Gordon Lightfoot "If You Could Read My Mind" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Gordon Lightfoot reviews here, or go back to the Gordon Lightfoot tabs.

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Title: If You Could Read My Mind
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Release Date: 1990-10-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Minstrel of the Dawn 2: Me and Bobby McGee 3: Approaching Lavender 4: Saturday Clothes 5: Cobwebs & Dust 6: Poor Little Allison 7: Sit Down Young Stranger 8: If You Could Read My Mind 9: Baby It's Allright 10: Your Love's Return (Song for Stephen Foster) 11: Pony Man

Great Stories in Song
I love the songs and singing of Gordon Lightfoot. I grew up listening to this album first on 8-track and then cassette. I can't really be more specific about the music. It's just a part of my childhood and I love it.


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As an adult, I have sung 'Pony Man' to my children; as a teenager, I lay in the dark with headphones on, immersed in the layers and colors of 'Your loves return' and 'Cobwebs and Dust'. I received this 'album' for my 13th birthday, and that was a long time ago - it was a new release then! I have listened to it so many times since, at so many different stages in my life. 'If you could read my mind' threaded its way through so many times and places, and many times, I stood in the night wind with 'Poor Little Alison' echoing in my ears. In short, I cannot imagine the last 40 years without these songs. That's a pretty good tribute to good music!.


Beautiful Songs, Melancholy and Enduring
Some of the people close to me used to make fun of the music, and I still don't understand why. I've loved this album for 35 years. His songs touch me in a different way from other music. Some people I've known have been just as involved with listening to his music as I, so he doesn't seem to affect people in a middle of the road way - you love his music, or you don't care much for it. "The Pony Man" lullaby, one of my favorites, was a big reason to buy this CD, which I also have on vinyl. The "Pony Man" CD version isn't available for download anywhere I've found. Moody, pensive and poignant tunes to fill your soul with what you hunger for.


Classic Lightfoot
If You Could Read My Mind is one of those recordings that, like many of Dylan's and James Taylor's, has aged like a fine wine. Gordon Lightfoot really came of age as a singer/songwriter in the late sixties and early seventies. I honestly had forgotten just how good this record was until I started filling in some of my old 33's with CD's. The entire album is beautifully written and makes you feel like you're visiting an old friend. I am now in the process of replacing all of my Lightfoot albums with the CD versions. It also helped that I saw Gordon perform in Indianapolis this past October. He's older now (like we all are) but is still one of those performers who moves your soul.


Mellifluous melodies
This is Gordon Lightfoot's first album with Reprise after five with United Artists(later renamed Liberty)Records. I've had this CD for almost ten years and it's still one of my favorite albums. The title track was a big hit and is now a classic. Here he is augmented by Randy Newman, John Sebastian of The Lovin' Spoonful and Van Dyke Parks. This album is almost entirely acoustic with one track, "Baby It's Allright" featuring drums. The only track not written by Lightfoot,"Me And Bobby McGee" became a hit for Janis Joplin. The album as a whole is a great listen with great instrumentation. When you play this album,sit back, close your eyes and enjoy the ride.
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