Dream Street Rose Explained

Dream Street Rose
Type:Album
Artist:Gordon Lightfoot
Cover:Album_Dream_Street_Rose.jpg
Released:1980
Recorded:November 1979
Studio:WB Recording, Los Angeles, CA
Genre:Folk, Country folk
Length:33:44
Label:Warner Bros.
Producer:Gordon Lightfoot, Lenny Waronker & Russ Titelman
Prev Title:Endless Wire
Prev Year:1978
Next Title:Shadows
Next Year:1982

Dream Street Rose is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot's thirteenth studio album, released in 1980 on the Warner Brothers Records label (#3426). The album peaked at #58 on the country chart and at #60 on the pop chart. It was the last album that would see Lightfoot collaborate with long-time producer Lenny Waronker.

The album continues in the style of Summertime Dream (1976) and Endless Wire (1978), with a mix of faster-paced, country-style songs, and introspective folk ballads. Lightfoot's penchant for seafaring songs was again evident with three songs featuring an ocean theme.

Track listing

All composition by Gordon Lightfoot; except as indicated

  1. "Sea of Tranquility" – 3:17
  2. "Ghosts of Cape Horn" – 4:09
  3. "Dream Street Rose" – 2:58
  4. "On the High Seas" – 3:18
  5. "Whisper My Name" – 3:12
  6. "If You Need Me" – 2:50
  7. "Hey You" – 2:53
  8. "Make Way for the Lady" – 3:43
  9. "Mister Rock of Ages" – 3:33
  10. "The Auctioneer" (Leroy Van Dyke, Buddy Black) – 3:51

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (1980)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[1] 76
Canadian RPM Country Albums1
Canadian RPM Top Albums9
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums58
U.S. Billboard 20060

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 177.