This Album Really Soothes Me To The Bone

I can remember a time in my life when I would hear If You Could Read My Mind, and I'll be quite honest with you, it was when I was about 8 or 9 years old, and I thought it was Neil Diamond, cause he had the same sounding voice, well almost. Well almost twenty years later this cd was given to me for Christmas, by my now ex, and I can say this album really helped me out during my divorce, thank you Gordon Lightfoot, that's the name. And I can say in all respect, this is the most soothing folk album/contemporary album in my collection, well besides Bread of course. And interesting enough every song on this album makes you feel like you're away from the real material world that can downright beat you to a pulp. Here's a list I would prescribe in my own analogy on this particular album:

His best Greatest hits package

Gordon Lightfoot has had many great songs in his career.

Solid Gold

There are other Gordon Lightfoot's anthologies and greatest hits albums but this one is perfect because it includes all of his greatest tunes. When a Canadian icon is known across the border in the U. S. he must be doing something right. I grew up in the 70's so my personal favourites were cuts such as the bittersweet" If You Could Read my Mind, Talking in Your Sleep, Beautiful, Sundown, Carefree Highway, Rainy Day People", and the haunting "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald". The last time that I saw Mr. Lightfoot was at the "Live 8" concert from Barrie Ontario. He looked a little out of place with all of the rockers that were playing that day and especially at the end of the concert. Especially so when he was on stage en mass with Neil Young singing "Rockin' in the Free World". But we could have lost him through illness a year or so before so thats one of the reasons he was invited. An icon. To be appreciated. And he was. And thankfully still is.