Gordon Lightfoot Sit Down Young Stranger Songs
If you could read my mind 9.
Gordon lightfoot sit down young stranger songs. My thoughts are all in spin mon sit down young stranger and tell us where you been son well ive been up to the mountain. If you could read my mind became a huge hit and forced the album to be renamed. Your loves return is simply beautiful sit down young stranger as effective a war protest song as any and his rendition of kristoffersons me bobby mcgee for me is by far the best version sorry janis.
Renamed if you could read my mind after that tracks top five success sit down young stranger provided gordon lightfoot with his first commercial success as a performer. The original title song sit down young stranger remains one of lightfoots most compelling topical ballads and one of a handful of anti war songs that he wrote back in the 60s and early 70s. The album itself reached number 12 on the billboard 200 chart.
Sit down young stranger is canadian singer gordon lightfoots sixth original album and also his best selling original album. Me and bobby mcgee 3. Poor little allison 7.
The album was renamed if you could read my mind shortly after release after the song of that title reached number 1 on the rpm top singles chart in canada and number 5 on the billboard hot 100 in the us. The album is full of gems. Sit down young stranger 8.
Augmenting his basic trio with musical luminaries and labelmates like ry cooder john sebastian and van dyke parks and with string arrangements by nick decaro and randy newman lightfoot produced an album filled with. In canada the album was on the charts from april 18. It was released in 1970 on the reprise records label.
The album was first released in april 1970 and includes the massive hit if you could read my mind which the title of the album was quickly changed to on the reissue. Minstrel of the dawn 2. Cobwebs dust 6.
Sit down young stranger was gordon lightfoots first album for reprise records after leaving united artist records.