| Endless Wire | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Gordon Lightfoot |
| Cover: | Album_Endless_Wire.jpg |
| Released: | January 1978 |
| Recorded: | August, November 1977 |
| Studio: | Eastern Sound Studios, Toronto |
| Genre: | Folk, soft rock |
| Length: | 35:36 |
| Label: | Warner Bros. |
| Producer: | Lenny Waronker, Gordon Lightfoot |
| Prev Title: | Summertime Dream |
| Prev Year: | 1976 |
| Next Title: | Dream Street Rose |
| Next Year: | 1980 |
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 fourth album, Back Here on Earth (1968).
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.[1] "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.
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."[2]
All songs composed by Gordon Lightfoot
| Chart (1978) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] | 56 | |
| Canadian RPM Top Albums | 2 | |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 22 |
