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{{Infobox album
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| name = Waiting For You
{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Waiting For You
| type = [[Album]]
| Type = [[Album]]
| artist = [[Gordon Lightfoot]]
| Artist = [[Gordon Lightfoot]]
| cover = WaitingForYou.jpg
| Cover = WaitingForYou.jpg
| alt =
| Released = 1993
| released = April 13, 1993
| Recorded = ???
| recorded = March 1992
| Genre = [[Folk music|Folk]]
| venue =
| studio = Eastern Sound, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| Length = 36:04
| Label = [[Reprise Records|Reprise]]
| genre = [[Folk music|Folk]]
| Producer = Gordon Lightfoot
| length = 36:04
| label = [[Reprise Records|Reprise]]
| Reviews =
| producer = Gordon Lightfoot
*[[Starpulse]] {{Rating|3.5|5}} [http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Lightfoot,_Gordon/Discography/album/P2053/R169245/]
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| prev_title = [[East of Midnight]]
*[[Allmusic]] {{Rating|3|5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:efogtq5zbu45 link]
| prev_year = 1986
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| next_title = [[A Painter Passing Through]]
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| Last album = ''[[East of Midnight]]''<br />(1986)
| next_year = 1998
| This album = ''Waiting for You''<br />(1993)
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| Next album = ''[[A Painter Passing Through]]''<br />(1998)
}}
}}
{{Album ratings

| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
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'''''Waiting for You''''' is [[Canada|Canadian]] singer [[Gordon Lightfoot]]'s 18th original album, released in 1993 on the [[Reprise Records]] label.
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} <ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r169245|pure_url=yes}}</ref>
| rev2 = [[Starpulse]]
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Lightfoot,_Gordon/Discography/album/P2053/R169245/ |title=Waiting for You Album Review, Songs, Ratings |publisher=Starpulse.com |date= |accessdate=2012-02-24}}</ref>
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'''''Waiting for You''''' is [[Canada|Canadian]] singer [[Gordon Lightfoot]]'s seventeenth studio album, released in 1993 on the [[Reprise Records]] label.


It was his first album since 1986 and represented a comeback of sorts, since he had stated that ''[[East of Midnight]]'' would be his last. The album is dedicated to his wife Elizabeth and son Miles. Lightfoot produced the album himself.
It was his first album since 1986 and represented a comeback of sorts, since he had stated that ''[[East of Midnight]]'' would be his last. The album is dedicated to his wife Elizabeth and son Miles. Lightfoot produced the album himself.


It is considered a return to form after his previous two or three outings which had moved more in to the [[Adult contemporary music|adult contemporary]] genre with greater use of electric guitar and synthesizers.
It is considered a return to form after his previous two or three outings which had moved more into the [[Adult contemporary music|adult contemporary]] genre with greater use of electric guitar and synthesizers.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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All compositions by Gordon Lightfoot except as indicated
# "Restless" – 3:36
# "Restless" – 3:36
# "Ring Them Bells" – 2:56 ([[Bob Dylan]])
# "Ring Them Bells" – 2:56 ([[Bob Dylan]])
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# "Drink Yer Glasses Empty" – 3:16
# "Drink Yer Glasses Empty" – 3:16


==Personnel==
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All compositions by Gordon Lightfoot except as indicated.
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* Gordon Lightfoot - vocals, [[guitar]]
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* Terry Clements - [[lead guitar]]
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* Rick Haynes - [[Bass guitar|bass]]
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* Mike Heffernan - [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]]
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* Barry Keane - [[drum]]s, [[Percussion instrument|percussion]]


==Credits==
== References ==
<references />
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* Gordon Lightfoot - Vocals, [[Guitar]]
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* Terry Clements - [[Lead guitar]]
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* Rick Haynes - [[Bass guitar|Bass]]
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* Mike Heffernan - [[Keyboard instrument|Keyboards]]
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* Barry Keane - [[Drum]]s, [[Percussion instrument|Percussion]]


==External links==
==External links==
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Latest revision as of 21:03, 16 June 2024

Waiting For You
Studio album by
Gordon Lightfoot
ReleasedApril 13, 1993
RecordedMarch 1992
StudioEastern Sound, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
GenreFolk
Length36:04
LabelReprise
ProducerGordon Lightfoot
Gordon Lightfoot chronology
East of Midnight
(1986) 		Waiting For You
(1993) 		A Painter Passing Through
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Starpulse [2]

Waiting for You is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot's seventeenth studio album, released in 1993 on the Reprise Records label.

It was his first album since 1986 and represented a comeback of sorts, since he had stated that East of Midnight would be his last. The album is dedicated to his wife Elizabeth and son Miles. Lightfoot produced the album himself.

It is considered a return to form after his previous two or three outings which had moved more into the adult contemporary genre with greater use of electric guitar and synthesizers.

Track listing

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All compositions by Gordon Lightfoot except as indicated

  1. "Restless" – 3:36
  2. "Ring Them Bells" – 2:56 (Bob Dylan)
  3. "Fading Away" – 3:10
  4. "Only Love Would Know" – 4:18
  5. "Welcome to Try" – 4:03
  6. "I'll Prove My Love" – 3:10
  7. "Waiting for You" – 3:35
  8. "Wild Strawberries" – 4:17
  9. "I'd Rather Press On" – 3:43
  10. "Drink Yer Glasses Empty" – 3:16

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r169245
  2. ^ "Waiting for You Album Review, Songs, Ratings". Starpulse.com. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
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