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Gordon Lightfoot - Shadows Audio CD

A fair review of the Gordon Lightfoot "Shadows" 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: Shadows
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Release Date: 2002-08-20
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: 14 Karat Gold 2: In My Fashion 3: Shadows 4: Blackberry Wine 5: Heaven Help the Devil 6: Thank You for the Promises 7: Baby Step Back 8: All I'm After 9: Triangle 10: I'll Do Anything 11: She's Not the Same

The Kind of Stuff That Makes Life Nice
That's why we have the likes of Gordon Lightfoot. Music sometimes seems to lack talent and refinement. This is not the stuff that makes top 40 lists very often. It is timeless quality of the kind spoken in the Bible, "It is not the swift that win the race not the strong that win the battle". It is enjoyed by everyday. . . yet nevertheless sophisticated people lucky enough to have stumbled upon it and those who have something else on their minds besides failed shallow relationships and impulsive sexual urges. Unique people.
Enjoy Shadows while you can still find it. Like many of Lightfoot's albums, it will take you to a beautiful place-in this case a peaceful one somewhere in the 80's out of reach of Micheal Jackson and friends. Taste blackberry wine, sail the Bermuda Triangle, Fell the pride of being the quiet-yet-cool type and reflect on the nature of a determined woman. All in good harmony.
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14 KARAT GORD
The lyrics, voice, orchestration, and production all fall into place to create one tremendoucs work. This is one of Lightfoot's finest works, period.
The opening track 14 KARAT GOLD grips you instantly with it's tasty bass and soft studio accents. The next track holds you with the perfect balance of studio engineered sound and a clear acoustic guitar.
I could go on in detail for each track on this album, but I'll keep it short and sweet by saying this; this is Lightfoots best vocal output of all his albums. The voice is deep, strong, warm, and conveys the depth of how much he felt love, beauty, pain and loss. .


" Perfect "
" Perfect ", delivery was on time, great communication, i am very happy to do business with Osca Ltd, i recommend them highly to anyone who wishes to purchase from them, i had tried 3 other times to get this CD from other sellers, and there was always a problem, but Osca Ltd came through with flying colors, and i could not be happier, my collection is now complete, thanks again Osca Ltd.


Talk about a long-lost love re-kindled!
Years later, it was "Summertime Dream" that stole my attention and devotion, and I was on Gord's bandwagon in a big way. I was totally drawn to Lightfoot's voice back in 1971 with the release of "If You Could Read My Mind". It all culminated with the (vinyl) release of "Shadows", easily his most diverse recording at that point in his career. When I made the painful switch to CD's, this one was impossible to find until just a few years ago. It was one of the five most sought-after vinyl-to-CD re-issues I was just dying for.
Then the day came. I found it here and was overjoyed. Like most of his albums, there's a slight sag of a song, and on this one I feel it's "Triangle". Seemingly along the lines of ". . . Edmund Fitzgerald", this track is a little lame, but totally forgivable. There are SO many standout tracks (some of them truly ground-breaking even for Lightfoot), and it starts with the first song, "14-Carat Gold". "Keep your mind a mystery running hot and cold, she's more than money she's 14-carat gold". Priceless! The cutting-edge lyrics and music doesn't let up, as witnessed by the 2nd track, "In My Fashion". The intellectually-bent lyrics let up just a bit to allow some simple, foot-tapping to the catchy "Blackberry Wine" just after the title track, "Shadows", a deep lament enough to make your day completely bleak.
Lightfoot saves the best for the last two tracks, "I'll Do Anything" and "She's Not the Same". The latter has a lightly-thumping chorus that begs the song to continue as the music and his voice fade.
This is Lightfoot at his very best and comes with my highest recommendation.


Oops, missed one
Albums at home and 8 tracks (yes, Virginia, 8-tracks) in the car got worn out during that golden era. From Summerside of Life to Summertime Dream and every album chronologically in between, I was a huge Gordon Lightfoot fan. But, starting with Endless Wire, I became increasingly disgruntled with what I perceived to be a change in style and content of his music to the point that, when this album came out, I simply didn't bother to get it. Oops. This album is equal to any in the aforementioned "golden era". 14 Karat Gold, In My Fashion, She's not the Same and the title track are amongst the finest songs he's ever written, with the rest making this album as rich and deep as any from any era. Even the obligatory sea shanty, Triangle, was good. This album is a true delight and I've very happily added it to my golden era list. One other point-looking back, my disgruntlement to Lightfoot probably had more to do with changes in the music scene in the late '70's as it did to anything of Lightfoot's. Disco, favorite rock bands turning pop, punk and such made Lightfoot's occasional inclusion of an electric guitar (horrors!!) seem far more heretical than it does today. Ah, the wisdom of age.


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