East of Midnight
1986 studio album by Gordon Lightfoot
East of Midnight | ||||
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Studio album by Gordon Lightfoot | ||||
Released | July 1986 | |||
Recorded | January, June, December 1985 and March 1986 | |||
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Genre | Folk, Adult Contemporary | |||
Length | 37:25 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Producer | Gordon Lightfoot, David Foster ("Anything for Love" only) | |||
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Allmusic | [1] |
East of Midnight is Canadian musician Gordon Lightfoot's sixteenth studio album, released in 1986 on the Warner Bros. Records label. The album reached #165 on the Billboard 200.
Lightfoot enlisted keyboardist and producer David Foster on the song "Anything for Love", which reached #13 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #71 on the Country chart.
Track listing
All compositions by Gordon Lightfoot, except as indicated
- "Stay Loose" – 3:53
- "Morning Glory" – 3:24
- "East of Midnight" – 3:58
- "A Lesson in Love" – 4:05
- "Anything for Love" – 3:43 (Lightfoot, David Foster)
- "Let it Ride" – 3:40
- "Ecstasy Made Easy" – 4:05
- "You Just Gotta Be" – 3:34
- "A Passing Ship" – 3:55
- "I'll Tag Along" – 3:08
Personnel
- Gordon Lightfoot - vocals, guitar
- Bob Mann - guitar, rhythm guitar
- Michael Landau - guitar
- Tom Szczesniak - bass, keyboards, synthesizer
- David Foster - keyboards, synthesizer
- James Newton Howard - keyboards, synthesizer, percussion
- Mike Heffernan - keyboards
- Lou Pomanti - Hammond organ
- Vern Dorge - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Sheree Jeacocke - harmony vocals
- Richard Marx - harmony vocals
- Vesta Williams - harmony vocals
- Barry Keane - drums, percussion
- Lenny Castro - percussion
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada)[2] | Gold | 50,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ "Canadian album certifications – Gordon Lightfoot – East of Midnight". Music Canada.
Review
External links
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- Lightfoot! (1966)
- The Way I Feel (1967)
- Did She Mention My Name? (1968)
- Back Here on Earth (1968)
- Sit Down Young Stranger (1970)
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- Old Dan's Records (1972)
- Sundown (1974)
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- Summertime Dream (1976)
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- Dream Street Rose (1980)
- Shadows (1982)
- Salute (1983)
- East of Midnight (1986)
- Waiting for You (1993)
- A Painter Passing Through (1998)
- Harmony (2004)
- Solo (2020)
- Gord's Gold (1975)
- Gord's Gold Volume II (1988)
- Songbook (1999)
- Sunday Concert (1969)
- All Live (2012)
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- Discography
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- Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind (2019)