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Gordon Lightfoot
"If You Could Read My Mind"
© Reprise Records
Year of Release: 1970
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track listing
Minstrel Of The Dawn
Me And Bobby McGee
Approaching Lavender
Saturday Clothes
Cobwebs and Dust
Poor Little Allison
Sit Down
Young Stranger
If You Could
Read My Mind
Baby It's Alright
Your Love's Return
(Song For
Stephen Foster)
The Pony Man
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Gordon Lightfoot
"If You Could Read My Mind"
Gordon Lightfoot's has always been grateful in his folk music, very relaxing
and rewriting folk music as traditional as fellow folk artists as Bob Dylan.
Yet both Dylan and Lightfoot's music are defined as folk, Lightfoot placed a
more gentle touch and adult style. 1970's If You Could Read My Mind
was his second release on Reprise, and launched his first big hit record, being
the title track.
"Minstrel Of The Dawn" and "Approaching Lavender" have the
common style of Lightfoot's popular easy listening hits, where his version of
Kris Kristofferson's "Me And Bobby McGee" features great accoustic
guitar, and has a more folkish/country sound than that of the most popular
version, by Janis Joplin.
"Saturday Clothes" is a great easy listening tune, showcasing
Lightfoot's voice as bright and relaxing with its accompaning music.
"Cobwebs and Dust" mixes both country with folk, likewise "Poor
Little Allison" has a more folkish sound, and is compared to Lightfoot's
folk style with future hits.
The accoustic guitar blends well with his voice on "Sit Down Young
Stranger," another great folk tune, in the style of a young Bob Dylan,
yet Lightfoot's voice would sound more exceptional. "Baby It's Alright"
has a more adult sound mixed with folk. "Your Love's Return (Song For
Stephen Foster)" is another great easy listening folk tune, with his
exceptional voice, acoustic guitar, and orchestration. Likewise, "The
Pony Man" combines with entertaining results, the acoustic guitar, harmonica
and Lightfoot's voice; very early Dylan-ish.
If You Could Read My Mind is a great easy listening, folk album.
Every song was written by Lightfoot, with the exception of Kris Kristofferson's
"Me And Bobby McGee." He also received help from fellow artists as
Randy Newman, John Sebastian, Ry Cooder, Van Dyke Parks, and Nick DeCaro on
instrument arrangements. For the folk and country fan alike, this album is
sure to be a favorite, and with the upcoming spring weather, this album is a
great album to listen to, on a warm spring day.
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