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Endless Wire
Studio album by Gordon Lightfoot
Released	January 1978
Recorded	August, November 1977
Studio	Eastern Sound Studios, Toronto
Genre	Folk, soft rock
Length	35:36
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Lenny Waronker, Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Lightfoot chronology
Summertime Dream (1976) Endless Wire (1978) Dream Street Rose (1980)

Endless Wire is the Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot's twelfth studio album, released in 1978 on Warner Bros. Records (#3149).

The closing track, "The Circle Is Small", was a re-recording of a song from Lightfoot's fourth album, Back Here on Earth (1968).

In the USA, Endless Wire peaked at #22 on Billboard 200 chart and #14 on the country album chart. In Canada it reached #2 on the RPM album chart, while in Australia it reached #56 on the Kent Music Report.

Three singles were released from the album. In the US, "The Circle Is Small" peaked at #3 on the adult contemporary chart, #33 on the pop chart and #92 on the country chart. In Canada, it reached #1 on the adult contemporary chart, #6 on the pop chart, and #9 on the country. "Dreamland" peaked at #100 on the US country chart and #24 on the Canadian adult contemporary chart. "Daylight Katy" reached #16 on the US adult contemporary chart, #25 on the Canadian adult contemporary chart, #44 on the Canadian pop chart, and #41 on the UK pop chart.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Rolling Stone	(not rated)

The Globe and Mail called the album "a collection of soft melodies, impeccably sung and harmonized and backed up with only the most tasteful instrumentation."

Track listing

All songs composed by Gordon Lightfoot

1. "Daylight Katy" – 4:18
2. "Sweet Guinevere" – 3:16
3. "Hangdog Hotel Room" – 2:35
4. "If There's a Reason" – 4:52
5. "Endless Wire" – 4:07
6. "Dreamland" – 2:53
7. "Songs the Minstrel Sang" – 2:49
8. "Sometimes I Don't Mind" – 2:53
9. "If Children Had Wings" – 3:50
10. "The Circle Is Small (I Can See It in Your Eyes)" – 4:03

Chart performance

Personnel

• Gordon Lightfoot - vocals, six and twelve-string guitar, high-string guitar, electric guitar
• Terry Clements - lead guitar
• Rick Haynes - bass guitar
• Tom Szczesniak - bass guitar
• Pee Wee Charles - steel guitar
• Red Shea - guitar
• Barry Keane - drums, percussion
• Doug Riley - orchestration, piano
• Jack Zaza - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, shakers, baritone sax, bass clarinet, English horn, alto flute, harmonica, harmonium
• Mitch Clarke - bassoon

References

1. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1978-04-15. Retrieved 2019-02-07.
2. Endless Wire at AllMusic
3. "Gordon Lightfoot: Endless Wire : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. March 9, 1978. Archived from the original on January 18, 2008. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
4. McGrath, Paul (25 Jan 1978). "Gordon Lightfoot". The Globe and Mail. p. F8.
5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 177. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
6. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 5484a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
7. "Gordon Lightfoot Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
8. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 0069". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved January 2, 2025.

External links

• Album lyrics and chords

• Gordon Lightfoot albums
• 1978 albums
• Albums produced by Lenny Waronker
• Reprise Records albums