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Summertime Dream

~ Lightfoot*Gordon (Artist)
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
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If you owned only one in the series of superlative albums Gordon Lightfoot recorded for Reprise in the '70s, chances are this was it. It's still a great choice. Summertime Dream became his biggest U.S. seller thanks to the success of "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"--a song chronicling the 1975 sinking of a giant ore carrier in Lake Superior and surely one of the least likely radio hits of all time. Lightfoot created a haunting, peculiarly Canadian tale of the struggle of human will against a natural world that could be as savage as it was beautiful. Perhaps his most famous song, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" tends to overshadow Summertime Dream's other strengths. Though he shakes his fist at militarists on "Protocol," the disc also includes some of Lightfoot's most poignant songs of love gone wrong, including "I'm Not Supposed to Care" and "Race Among the Ruins." Pee Wee Charles's evocative pedal steel guitar playing makes "Spanish Moss" another highlight, even if it's hard to know exactly what Lightfoot means when he sings "I like you more than half as much as I love your Spanish moss." None of this is loud enough to rouse a sleeping babe thanks to Lightfoot's buttery crooning and the typically tasteful production by Lenny Waronker and Lightfoot himself. --Jason Anderson

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5.0 out of 5 stars Only Lightfoot Could Create a "Dream" Like This, April 16 2004
By Bud (Seminole, Texas, USA) - See all my reviews
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Shipwrecks, old seadogs who would storm the gates of hell, a room full of ghosts and desolation, and an ocean of ruins are not exactly the things one would find in a summertime dream, a reference so pure that the listener finds that they've been wonderfully misled once they dive into this, one of Gordon Lightfoot's greatest albums. Irony is something that has always drifted into Lightfoot's music, and has always made it all the more unique. Unfortunately, an ironic fact here is that "Summertime Dream," released in 1976, was the last album of the singer/songwriter's wave of popularity.
In characteristic fashion, Lightfoot ends his era of commercial popularity with a bang, and "Summertime Dream" boasts a body of some of the most solid, conscious songs ever produced in the 70s. Most of the songs here contain some reference to the ocean, a metaphorical symbol that would be cliched with any other artist, but Lightfoot keeps his lyrical prowess flowing like the waters he describes. The first notes of "Summertime Dream" are misleading, as an upbeat tune describes a 'Race Among the Ruins,' one of many Lightfoot songs that should have been more commercially successful than it actually was. The album's biggest hit, the harrowing true story 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald' remains popular to this day, and is a lasting example of the soft-spoken folk era gritting its teeth and unleashing a powerful, ominous tale that defies the old acoustic formula. But it doesn't end there, as some of Lightfoot's most stirring imagery unveils itself in 'Too Many Clues in This Room,' and 'Protocol,' but the title track seems to be an honest, lyrically whistful song set amidst such deep tunes as these. There's even some old wisdom appearing in the nearly 40 year old Lightfoot (as of 1976) in 'The House You Live In,' seemingly reflecting New Testament teachings ("And the house you live in will never fall down if you pity the stranger who stands at your gate").
Like most of Gordon Lightfoot's material, this album is more dense and meaningful than his associations with the "folk" genre allow people to realize. "Summertime Dream" may have been among the last of Lightfoot's commercially successful releases, but it certainly wasn't the last breath of his poignancy and musical determination.
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5.0 out of 5 stars This is so stupid, Oct 31 2003
Come on!!!!!!! How can anyone listen?????????It is 7:00am and I still can't listenby real player to the songWreck of the edmund Fitzgerald.EVERYTIME HERE LATELY ITS THE SAME.Windows Media is NOT COOL.Why can't this problem be solved?Better to get told then never comeback.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Oct 25 2003
By William.E.Pinnington (Todmorden,England) - See all my reviews
I first heard this track,The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,in a ducumentry on the Discovery channel.It struck a cord with me to the battle the crew made to save their ship in the worst storm the great lake had seen.The words and tune stuck in my mind,it is trully a great track and album.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Sounds better than ever
This album is vintage Lightfoot, and the bard's lyrics, always honest and searching (and sometimes inscrutable and open to multiple interpretations) shine here. Read more
Published on Jul 6 2003 by The Don Wood Files

4.0 out of 5 stars Stands the Test of Time
To the eternal frustration of casual Lightfoot fans, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" was recorded a year too late to make it onto "Gord's Gold. Read more
Published on April 1 2003 by Greg Cleary

5.0 out of 5 stars great music
Fans of folk music as well as Rock and Roll will enjoy this. I purchased this CD for "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", but enjoy the entire cd! Read more
Published on Oct 30 2002 by Shaun C. Grenan

5.0 out of 5 stars It Doesn't Get Much Better
This is one of Gordon Lightfoot's most enduring albums. In an era of heavily produced pop albums, Lightfoot jettisoned the strings and production touches of his previous release... Read more
Published on Jun 28 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars I am a Great Lakes Ship Lover so this was a must have
When I went looking for a Gordon Lightfoot CD with "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" on it this was the only one the store had so I bought it. Read more
Published on April 16 2002 by purplebubba

5.0 out of 5 stars Because I'm an Old Softie?
No, that's not it. Sure, there is some sentimental stuff here ("Spanish Moss" and "I'm Not Supposed to Care" leap to mind) but this album is better than that - and the sentimental... Read more
Published on April 7 2002 by Tom

2.0 out of 5 stars What Was He Dreaming About?
I have been a fan of Gord since EDMOND FITZGERALD was played all over the radio in '76 or '77. At the time either I was not aware of all this other stuff on the album, or I didn't... Read more
Published on Jan 10 2002 by Scott Johnson

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy it for Fitzgerald, keep it for everything else
Some of my earliest memories included background music of Gordon Lightfoot, whose songs rarely missed AM radio in the mid- to late seventies. Read more
Published on Nov 13 2001 by Aaron Smith

5.0 out of 5 stars Another classic Lightfoot album
This Gordon Lightfoot album from 1976 is one of his best albums by far. Not only does it include the major hit "Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald" in its original form... Read more
Published on Nov 8 2001 by Bradley Olson

5.0 out of 5 stars How does he do it?
I used to think I hated folk music - until I discovered Gordon Lightfoot. He might not be as well known as Bob Dylan but he can sing a lot better than Dylan (especially with no... Read more
Published on Jun 5 2001 by 3rdeadly3rd

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