Name: Sundown
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SKU: 322250
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Sundown

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Album: Sundown
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Somewhere U.S.A.	More Info...
2)	High And Dry	More Info...
3)	Seven Island Suite	More Info...
4)	Circle Of Steel	More Info...
5)	Is There Anyone Home	More Info...
6)	The Watchman's Gone	More Info...
7)	Sundown	More Info...
8)	Carefree Highway	More Info...
9)	The List	More Info...
10)	Too Late For Prayin'	More Info...

Album: Sundown
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Somewhere U.S.A.	More Info...
2)	High And Dry	More Info...
3)	Seven Island Suite	More Info...
4)	Circle Of Steel	More Info...
5)	Is There Anyone Home	More Info...
6)	The Watchman's Gone	More Info...
7)	Sundown	More Info...
8)	Carefree Highway	More Info...
9)	The List	More Info...
10)	Too Late For Prayin'	More Info...

Performer Notes

Composer: Gordon Lightfoot.
Personnel: Gordon Lightfoot (vocals, guitar, piano, bells, chimes); Catherine Smith (vocals); Terry Clements (guitar, acoustic guitar); Red Shea (guitar, dobro); Nick DeCaro (strings, accordion, horns, piano); Jack Zaza (recorder, English horn); Gene Martynec (synthesizer); Jim Gordon (drums, percussion); Milt Holland (percussion).
Recording information: Eastern Sound Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Photographer: John Reeves.
By the mid-1970s, Gordon Lightfoot had become a full-fledged pop star, a staple of AM radio, and a regular denizen of the Billboard charts. While his production sensibilities at the time had expanded a bit by the time of SUNDOWN, he was never a folk purist to begin with, and it's a superficial distinction at best. What's important is that Lightfoot's songwriting acumen actually grew with his fame. "Circle of Steel," for example, is a cutting sociopolitical commentary that he probably wouldn't have been able to turn out a few years earlier. On the other side of the fence, the casual sensuality of the title track would have stuck out like a sore thumb on Lightfoot's earliest, more mannered albums. The easy blend of folk and pop on the hit "Carefree Highway" represents the unique paradigm that was always at the heart of both Lightfoot's gift and his wide appeal.

Professional Reviews

Q (7/93, p.109) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...By 1974, and SUNDOWN, Lightfoot was an international draw...all [songs] lyrically acute and tuneful to a fault, in places warmly embracing country..."