Summer Side of Life

Infobox Album |
Name = Summer Side of Life
Type = Album
Artist = Gordon Lightfoot


Released = May, 1971
Recorded = December, 1970 - April, 1971
Genre = Folk
Length = 38:21
Label = Reprise Records
Producer = Joseph Wissert
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jjfpxqt5ldse link]
*"Rolling Stone" (not rated) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/gordonlightfoot/albums/album/105471/review/5944494/summer_side_of_life link] |
Last album = "Sit Down Young Stranger"
(1970)
This album = "Summer Side of Life"
(1971)
Next album = "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. The singles reached #21 and #19 respectively in Canada.

Track listing

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

All compositions by Lightfoot.

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

External links

* [http://www.lightfoot.ca/sumsdlst.htm Album lyrics and chords]