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East of Midnight

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Released
  
July 1986

East of Midnight (1986)
  
Waiting for You (1993)

Release date
  
July 1986

Length
  
37:25

Artist
  
Gordon Lightfoot

Label
  
Warner Bros. Records

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Recorded
  
January, June, December 1985 and March 1986 at Eastern Sound, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Lionshare Recorders, Lighthouse Recorders, Los Angeles, CA

Genres
  
Folk music, Adult contemporary music

Producers
  
Gordon Lightfoot, David Foster

Similar
  
Endless Wire, A Painter Passing Through, Dream Street Rose, Summer Side of Life, Cold on the Shoulder

East of Midnight is Canadian musician Gordon Lightfoot's 17th original album, released in 1986 on the Warner Bros. Records label. The album reached #166 on the Billboard 200.

Contents

Lightfoot enlisted keyboardist and producer David Foster on the song "Anything for Love", which reached #13 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #71 on the Country chart.

Track listing

All compositions by Lightfoot except as indicated.

  1. "Stay Loose" – 3:53
  2. "Morning Glory" – 3:24
  3. "East of Midnight" – 3:58
  4. "A Lesson in Love" – 4:05
  5. "Anything for Love" – 3:43 (Lightfoot, David Foster)
  6. "Let it Ride" – 3:40
  7. "Ecstasy Made Easy" – 4:05
  8. "You Just Gotta Be" – 3:34
  9. "A Passing Ship" – 3:55
  10. "I'll Tag Along" – 3:08

Personnel

  • Gordon Lightfoot - main vocals, guitar
  • Lenny Castro - percussion
  • Vern Dorge - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • David Foster - synthesizer, keyboards
  • Mike Heffernan - keyboards
  • James Newton Howard - synthesizer, percussion, keyboards
  • Sheree Jeacocke - harmony vocals
  • Barry Keane - percussion, drums
  • Michael Landau - guitar
  • Bob Mann - Guitar, rhythm guitar
  • Richard Marx - harmony vocals
  • Lou Pomanti - Hammond organ
  • Tom Szczesniak - synthesizer, bass, keyboards
  • Vesta Williams - harmony vocals
  • Songs

    1Stay Loose3:56
    2Morning Glory3:28
    3East of Midnight4:04

    References

    East of Midnight Wikipedia