Released November 1968 Back Here on Earth
(1968) Sunday Concert
(1969) Release date November 1968 Producer Elliot Mazer | Length 35:06 Artist Gordon Lightfoot Label United Artists Records Genre Folk music | |
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Recorded Bradley's Barn in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, September 1968 Similar Did She Mention My Name?, Endless Wire, East of Midnight, Old Dan's Records, Summer Side of Life | ||
Back Here On Earth is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot's fourth studio album, released in 1968 on the United Artists label.
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Apart from his eponymous debut album, it is Lightfoot's only studio album not to derive its title from a song on the album. Back Here on Earth was Lightfoot's last studio recording on the United Artists label which he left after releasing the live album Sunday Concert in 1969.
Reception
In his Allmusic review, critic Richie Unterberger wrote of the album "It's not quite as outstanding as his first three albums, lacking highlights on the order of "Early Mornin' Rain" or "Black Day in July." Lightfoot never offered weak material on his United Artists efforts, however, and Back Here on Earth is still a very solid set, certainly worth acquiring if you like his other LPs for this label."
Track listing
All compositions by Gordon Lightfoot.
- "Long Way Back Home" – 3:02
- "Unsettled Ways" – 1:51
- "Long Thin Dawn" – 2:57
- "Bitter Green" – 2:42
- "The Circle Is Small (I Can See It in Your Eyes)" – 3:26
- "Marie Christine" – 2:54
- "Cold Hands from New York" – 5:16
- "Affair on 8th Avenue" – 3:25
- "Don't Beat Me Down" – 3:16
- "The Gypsy" – 2:45
- "If I Could" – 4:02
- "Spin, Spin" (Bonus Track on Bear Family CD re-release)
Personnel
Songs
1Long Way Back Home3:05
2Unsettled Ways1:52
3Long Thin Dawn2:59