Cold on the Shoulder (Gordon Lightfoot album)

Cold on the Shoulder is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot's tenth studio album, released in 1975 on the Reprise Records label.[3][4]

Cold on the Shoulder
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1975
RecordedSeptember–December 1974
StudioEastern Sound, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
GenreFolk
Length43:12
LabelReprise
ProducerLenny Waronker
Gordon Lightfoot chronology
Sundown
(1974)
Cold on the Shoulder
(1975)
Summertime Dream
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2](not rated)

Track listing

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All compositions by Gordon Lightfoot

Side 1

  1. "Bend in the Water" – 2:59
  2. "Rainy Day People" – 2:48
  3. "Cold on the Shoulder" – 3:00
  4. "The Soul Is the Rock" – 5:49
  5. "Bells of the Evening" – 3:56
  6. "Rainbow Trout" – 2:51

Side 2

  1. "A Tree Too Weak to Stand" – 3:22
  2. "All the Lovely Ladies" – 3:35
  3. "Fine as Fine Can Be" – 2:58
  4. "Cherokee Bend" – 5:02
  5. "Now and Then" – 3:09
  6. "Slide on Over" – 3:43


Chart performance

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Chart (1975) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 44
Canadian RPM Top Albums 3
U.S. Billboard 200 10

Personnel

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  • Gordon Lightfoot - main performer, 6- and 12-string acoustic guitars, piano, vocals
  • Terry Clements - acoustic guitar
  • Red Shea - classical guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Pee Wee Charles - steel guitar
  • Rick Haynes - bass
  • John Stockfish - bass
  • Jim Gordon - drums, percussion
  • Milt Holland - percussion
  • Nick DeCaro - accordion, celesta, orchestral arrangements
  • Jack Zaza - wind
  • Suzie McCune - vocals
  • Jackie Ward Singers - vocals

References

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  1. ^ Cold on the Shoulder at AllMusic
  2. ^ Scoppa, Bud (May 8, 1975). "Gordon Lightfoot: Cold on the Shoulder". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 2, 2007.
  3. ^ "Dig out the Canadian music". By David Reed, Belleville Intelligencer, June 27, 2014
  4. ^ "Release "Cold on the Shoulder" by Gordon Lightfoot". MusicBrainz. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  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.
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