Summer Side of Life

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Summer Side of Life
Summer Side of Life cover
Studio album by Gordon Lightfoot
Released May, 1971
Recorded December, 1970 - April, 1971
Genre Folk
Length 38:21
Label Reprise Records
Producer Joseph Wissert
Professional reviews
Gordon Lightfoot chronology
Sit Down Young Stranger
(1970)		 Summer Side of Life
(1971)		 Don Quixote
(1972)

Summer Side of Life is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot's 7th original album, released in 1971 on the Reprise Records Label. The album continued the sound Lightfoot established on Sit Down Young Stranger and that would serve him well throughout the first half of the 1970's.

The album reached #38 on the pop chart. "Summer Side of Life" peaked at #98 on the pop singles chart while "Talking in Your Sleep" peaked at #64.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "10 Degrees and Getting Colder" – 2:43
  2. "Miguel" – 4:12
  3. "Go My Way" – 2:13
  4. "Summer Side of Life" – 4:05
  5. "Cotton Jenny" – 3:26
  6. "Talking in Your Sleep" – 2:56
  7. "Nous Vivons Ensemble" – 3:45
  8. "Same Old Loverman" – 3:21
  9. "Redwood Hill" – 2:48
  10. "Love and Maple Syrup" – 3:13
  11. "Cabaret" – 5:49

All compositions by Lightfoot.

[edit] Credits

  • Gordon Lightfoot - Guitar, Piano, Vocals
  • Red Shea - Guitar
  • Jerry Shook - Guitar
  • Chip Young - Guitar
  • Rick Haynes - Bass
  • Roy M. "Junior" Husky - Bass
  • James Rolleston - Bass
  • Henry Strzelecki - Bass
  • Kenneth A. Buttrey - Drums
  • Buddy Harmon - Drums
  • Jim Isbell - Drums
  • David Brown - Percussion
  • Farrel Morris - Percussion
  • Vassar Clements -Violin
  • Charlie McCoy - Harmonica
  • Hargus "Pig" Robbins - Piano

[edit] External links

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Gordon Lightfoot discography
Main albums
Lightfoot! (1966) • The Way I Feel (1967) • Did She Mention My Name (1968) • Back Here on Earth (1968) • Sunday Concert (1969) • Sit Down Young Stranger (1970) • Summer Side of Life (1971) • Don Quixote (1972) • Old Dan's Records (1972) • Sundown (1974) • Cold on the Shoulder (1975) • Summertime Dream (1976) • Endless Wire (1978) • Dream Street Rose (1980) • Shadows (1982) • Salute (1983) • East of Midnight (1986) • Waiting for You (1993) • A Painter Passing Through (1998) • Harmony (2004)
Main Compilations
Gord's Gold (1975) • Gord's Gold, Vol. 2 (1988) • Songbook (1999) • Complete Greatest Hits (2002)
Notable Singles