Endless Wire is the Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot's twelfth studio album, released in 1978 on Warner Bros. Records (#3149).

The closing track, "The Circle Is Small", was a re-recording of a song from Lightfoot's 1968 album, Back Here on Earth.

Commercial performance In the USA, Endless Wire peaked at #22 on Billboard 200 chart and #14 on the country album chart. In Canada it reached #2 on the RPM album chart, while in Australia it reached #56 on the Kent Music Report.

Three singles were released from the album. In the US, "The Circle Is Small" peaked at #3 on the adult contemporary chart, #33 on the pop chart and #92 on the country chart. In Canada, it reached #1 on the adult contemporary chart, #6 on the pop chart, and #9 on the country. "Dreamland" peaked at #100 on the US country chart and #24 on the Canadian adult contemporary chart. "Daylight Katy" reached #16 on the US adult contemporary chart, #25 on the Canadian adult contemporary chart, #44 on the Canadian pop chart, and #41 on the UK pop chart.

Critical reception

The Globe and Mail called the album "a collection of soft melodies, impeccably sung and harmonized and backed up with only the most tasteful instrumentation."

In a 1993 interview with Billboard, Lightfoot stated that some of the stuff on Endless Wire should have "been done over again."

Track listing All songs composed by Gordon Lightfoot

"Daylight Katy" – 4:18 "Sweet Guinevere" – 3:16 "Hangdog Hotel Room" – 2:35 "If There's a Reason" – 4:52 "Endless Wire" – 4:07 "Dreamland" – 2:53 "Songs the Minstrel Sang" – 2:49 "Sometimes I Don't Mind" – 2:53 "If Children Had Wings" – 3:50 "The Circle Is Small (I Can See It in Your Eyes)" – 4:03

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (1978) PeakpositionAustralia (Kent Music Report)56

Year-end charts Chart (1978) Position

Personnel Gordon Lightfoot - vocals, six and twelve-string guitar, high-string guitar, electric guitar Terry Clements - lead guitar Rick Haynes - bass guitar Tom Szczesniak - bass guitar Pee Wee Charles - steel guitar Red Shea - guitar Barry Keane - drums, percussion Doug Riley - orchestration, piano Jack Zaza - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, shakers, baritone sax, bass clarinet, English horn, alto flute, harmonica, harmonium Mitch Clarke - bassoon

References

External links Album lyrics and chords