jmjiloveyou - Daylight Katy

jmjiloveyou
Jul 18, 2025 08:11am
<p><strong><em>Endless Wire</em></strong> is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadians" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Canadian</a> singer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Lightfoot" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gordon Lightfoot</a>'s twelfth studio album, released in 1978 on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Warner Bros. Records</a> (#3149).</p><p>The closing track, "The Circle Is Small", was a re-recording of a song from Lightfoot's fourth album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_Here_on_Earth" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Back Here on Earth</em></a> (1968).</p><p>In the USA, <em>Endless Wire</em> peaked at #22 on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Billboard</em> 200</a> chart and #14 on the country album chart. In Canada it reached #2 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>RPM</em></a> album chart, while in Australia it reached #56 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Music_Report" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kent Music Report</a>.</p><p>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.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endless_Wire_(Gordon_Lightfoot_album)#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[1]</sup></a> "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.</p><h2>Critical reception</h2><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Globe_and_Mail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Globe and Mail</em></a> called the album "a collection of soft melodies, impeccably sung and harmonized and backed up with only the most tasteful instrumentation."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endless_Wire_(Gordon_Lightfoot_album)#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[4]</sup></a></p><h2>Track listing</h2><p>All songs composed by Gordon Lightfoot</p><ol><li>"Daylight Katy" – 4:18</li><li>"Sweet Guinevere" – 3:16</li><li>"Hangdog Hotel Room" – 2:35</li><li>"If There's a Reason" – 4:52</li><li>"Endless Wire" – 4:07</li><li>"Dreamland" – 2:53</li><li>"Songs the Minstrel Sang" – 2:49</li><li>"Sometimes I Don't Mind" – 2:53</li><li>"If Children Had Wings" – 3:50</li><li>"The Circle Is Small (I Can See It in Your Eyes)" – 4:03</li></ol><p><br></p>