Songbook (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Songbook
Type = Compilation album
Artist = Gordon Lightfoot


Released = June 15, 1999
Recorded = 1962 - 1998
Genre = Folk, Soft Rock, Adult contemporary
Length = 302:03
Label = Rhino
Producer = Gordon Lightfoot, Elliot Mazer, John Simon, Russ Titelman, Lenny Waronker, Joseph Wissert, Thane Leith George Tierney
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kk5gtq8z9u48~T2 link]

"Songbook" is a career retrospective album released by Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot on the Rhino label in 1999. The album contains 88 songs covering Lightfoot's career, 16 of which are previously unreleased tracks. The only material not covered is the album "Harmony" which was released after "Songbook".

Track listing

Disc 1

# Remember Me (I'm The One)**
# It's Too Late, He Wins**
# For Lovin' Me
# Early Morning Rain
# The Way I Feel
# Steel Rail Blues
# A Message to the Wind*
# Song For a Winter's Night
# Canadian Railroad Trilogy
# Go-Go Round
# Crossroads
# You'll Still Be Needing Me*
# The Mountains And Maryann
# The Last Time I Saw Her
# Did She Mention My Name
# Pussywillows Cat-Tails
# Boss Man
# Something Very Special
# Bitter Green
# Affair on Eighth Avenue
# I'm Not Sayin'/Ribbon of Darkness
# Softly
# Mama Said*
# Station Master*

Disc 2

# Sit Down Young Stranger
# If You Could Read My Mind
# Poor Little Allison
# The Pony Man
# Cobwebs And Dust
# Too Much to Lose*
# Summer Side of Life
# Cotton Jenny
# Ten Degrees And Getting Colder
# Nous Vivons Ensemble
# Same Old Loverman
# Heaven Don't Deserve Me*
# Don Quixote
# Alberta Bound
# Beautiful
# Ode to Big Blue
# Stone Cold Sober*
# Old Dan's Records
# That Same Old Obsession
# Lazy Morning
# Hi'way Songs
# Can't Depend on Love

Disc 3

# Sundown
# Carefree Highway
# Seven Island Suite
# Borderstone*
# Cold on the Shoulder
# Now and Then
# Rainy Day People
# Fine as Fine Can Be
# All the Lovely Ladies
# Summertime Dream
# The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
# Never Too Close
# Betty Called Me In*
# Endless Wire
# The Circle is Small
# Sea of Tranquility
# Make Way For the Lady
# Dream Street Rose
# Ghosts of Cape Horn
# Keepin' On Yearnin'*
# Canary Yellow Canoe*

Disc 4

# Shadows
# She's Not the Same
# 14 Karat Gold
# Baby Step Back
# In My Fashion
# Never Say Trust Me*
# Why Should I Feel Blue*
# Someone to Believe In
# Romance
# Broken Dreams
# Always on the Bright Side*
# Forgive Me Lord*
# Lifeline*
# East of Midnight
# Morning Glory
# A Lesson In Love
# A Passing Ship
# Waiting For You
# Drink Yer Glasses Empty
# I'll Prove My Love
# A Painter Passing Through

All compositions by Lightfoot.
*Indicates previously unreleased track.**Indicates a track that was previously only available on a 45 RPM vinyl single.