Gordon Lightfoot

No matter how intense he looks on the cover photograph, Gordon Lightfoot is a wonderful
name for Gordon Lightfoot. His voice sounds so much like a guitar that syllables are
frequently heard just as notes, and the purity of the voice conspires with over-refined
production to divert attention from lyrics: the ear tends to skim them, following a phrase
but not a sentence. Strings are used more conservatively than on his last album, ... More >