Shadows (Gordon Lightfoot album)

Shadows is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot's fourteenth studio album, released in 1982 on the Warner Bros. Records label. It peaked at #87 on the Billboard charts.

The album marked another significant turning point in Lightfoot's musical evolution. He moves further away from his acoustic roots through greater use of synthesizers and electric organ.

The album is softer in composition than its immediate predecessors with a return to slower, more introspective ballads as compared to the faster, country style of Lightfoot's mid-1970s albums.

Although a commercial failure (Lightfoot referred to it as "the music industry's best-kept secret"), the critical reception of the album was positive.

"Baby Step Back" peaked at number 17 on the US Adult Contemporary chart and #50 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also reached number six on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Track listing

All songs composed by Gordon Lightfoot

"14 Karat Gold" – 3:56
"In My Fashion" – 3:05
"Shadows" – 3:02
"Blackberry Wine" – 3:05
"Heaven Help the Devil" – 3:14
"Thank You For the Promises" – 2:53
"Baby Step Back" – 3:59
"All I'm After" – 3:23
"Triangle" – 4:10
"I'll Do Anything" – 3:25
"She's Not the Same" – 3:11

Personnel

Gordon Lightfoot – vocals, harmony vocals, rhythm guitar
Rick Haynes – bass guitar
Terry Clements – lead guitar
Barry Keane – drums, percussion
Michael Heffernan – keyboards, synthesizer
Pee Wee Charles – steel guitar, dobro
Dean Parks – electric guitar
Dennis Pendrith – bass guitar
Robbie Buchanan – synthesizer
Victor Feldman – percussion
Herb Pedersen – harmony vocals
Patrick Miles – electric guitar

References

"Image : RPM Weekly". Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/r107538

External links

Album lyrics and chords

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Studio albums	Lightfoot! (1966) The Way I Feel (1967) Did She Mention My Name? (1968) Back Here on Earth (1968) 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) Solo (2020)
Compilation albums	Gord's Gold (1975) Gord's Gold Volume II (1988) Songbook (1999)
Live albums	Sunday Concert (1969) All Live (2012)
Singles	"I'm Not Sayin'" (1965) "Ribbon of Darkness" (1965) "Early Morning Rain" (1966) "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" (1967) "Bitter Green" (1968) "Me and Bobby McGee" (1970) "If You Could Read My Mind" (1970) "Beautiful" (1972) "Sundown" (1974) "Carefree Highway" (1974) "Rainy Day People" (1975) "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (1976)
Related articles	Discography "Tears Are Not Enough" Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind (2019)

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