Gordon Lightfoot - Dream Street Rose

Title: Dream Street Rose Artist: Gordon Lightfoot Release Date: 1980 Re-Released On: 7/2/2002 Label: Rhino Duration: 33:19 Album Type(s): lyrics/libretto UPC: 081227816322 Genre: Folk Styles: Singer/Songwriter, Psychedelic, Soft Rock, Folk-Rock, Country-Folk Moods: Earnest, Gentle, Poignant, Reflective, Autumnal, Calm/Peaceful, Earthy, Intimate, Laid-Back/Mellow, Organic, Bittersweet, Literate, Plaintive, Wistful, Amiable/Good-Natured Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 4 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Sea of Tranquility
2. Ghosts of Cape Horn
3. Dream Street Rose
4. On the High Seas
5. Whisper My Name
6. If You Need Me
7. Hey You
8. Make Way for the Lady
9. Mister Rock of Ages
10. The Auctioneer

Year Type Label Catalog # 2002 CD Rhino 78163

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Dream Street Rose is an underrated album from the downside of Gordon Lightfoot's career, when his chart performance was sagging and his new albums began to appear after longer intervals. The excellent title track made a weak showing on the adult contemporary charts, and the album itself was his first collection of new songs to miss the Top 40 since the early '70s (although it outperformed everything that followed it). MIA on compact disc until 2002, Dream Street Rose is well worth hearing for loyal fans, particularly those who enjoyed his previous albums, Endless Wire and Summertime Dream. The three albums aren't very different with their occasional seafaring songs and characteristic folk-rock sound, but Dream Street Rose never rocks as hard as its predecessors sometimes did (Summertime Dream's "One Man Band," for instance). The old Leroy Van Dyke hit "The Auctioneer" is a fun closer on an otherwise somber outing, but the demanding lyric inadvertently spotlights Lightfoot's mumbled vocal delivery -- a problem that increasingly plagued his later albums. Despite Lightfoot's declining vocal abilities and uneven material, Dream Street Rose has several highlights that fans won't want to miss. ~ Greg Adams, All Music Guide

Name Credits Barry Keane Drums Bob Glaub Bass Bruce Cole Photography Bruce Good Autoharp Gayle LaVant Harp Gayle Levant Harp Gordon Lightfoot Vocals, Piano, Producer, Guitar Herb Pedersen Banjo JoAnn Tominaga Production Assistant Lee Herschberg Engineer, Mixing Lenny Castro Percussion Lenny Waronker Producer Marty Donald Design Michael Manoogian Lettering Michael Omartian Keyboards, Fender Rhodes, Synthesizer, Accordion Nick DeCaro Accordion, String Arrangements Pee Wee Charles Pedal Steel, Guitar (Steel) Red Shea Musical Consultant Richard Haynes Bass Rick Haynes Bass Russ Titelman Producer Stephen Hague Synthesizer Programming Terry Clements Guitar Tom Bert Cover Photo Vicki Fortson Production Assistant