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

Endless Wire
Studio album by Gordon Lightfoot
Released	January 1978
Recorded	August, November 1977
Studio	Eastern Sound Studios, Toronto
Genre	Folk
Length	35:36
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Lenny Waronker, Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Lightfoot chronology
Summertime Dream (1976) Endless Wire (1978) Dream Street Rose (1980)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	(not rated) [2]

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

In the USA, Endless Wire peaked at #22 on the Billboard pop chart and #14 on the country chart. "The Circle is Small" peaked at #3 on the adult contemporary chart, #33 on the pop chart and #92 on the country chart. It reached #1 on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart.[3] "Dreamland" peaked at #100 on the country chart. "Daylight Katy" reached #16 on the adult contemporary chart and also charted in the UK at #41.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Gordon Lightfoot.

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

Chart performance

Chart (1978)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4]	56
Canadian RPM Top Albums	2
U.S. Billboard 200	22

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 - saxophone

References

External links

• Album lyrics and chords

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