''Shadows'' is

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singer

Gordon Lightfoot Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. (born November 17, 1938) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music. He is credited with helping to define the folk-pop sound of the 1960 ...

's fifteenth original album, released in 1982 on the

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label. It peaked at #87 on the

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. The album marked another significant turning point in Lightfoot's musical evolution. He moves further away from his acoustic roots through greater use of synthesizers and

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. The album is softer in composition than its immediate predecessors with a return to slower, more introspective ballads as compared to the faster,

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style of Lightfoot's mid-1970s albums. Although a commercial failure (Lightfoot referred to it as "the music industry's best-kept secret"), the critical reception of the album was positive. "Baby Step Back" peaked at number 17 on the US Adult Contemporary chart and #50 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It also reached number six on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart.

Track listing

All songs composed by

. #"14 Karat Gold" – 3:56 #"In My Fashion" – 3:05 #"Shadows" – 3:02 #"Blackberry Wine" – 3:05 #"Heaven Help the Devil" – 3:14 #"Thank You For the Promises" – 2:53 #"Baby Step Back" – 3:59 #"All I'm After" – 3:23 #"Triangle" – 4:10 #"I'll Do Anything" – 3:25 #"She's Not the Same" – 3:11

Personnel

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harmony vocals Vocal harmony is a style of vocal music in which a consonant note or notes are simultaneously sung as a main melody in a predominantly homophonic texture. Vocal harmonies are used in many subgenres of European art music, including Classical c ...

, rhythm guitar *Rick Haynes –

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

*Terry Clements –

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featu ...

*Barry Keane – drums,

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*Michael Heffernan –

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, synthesizer *Pee Wee Charles – steel guitar, dobro *

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–

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*Dennis Pendrith – bass guitar *Robbie Buchanan – synthesizer *

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– percussion *

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– harmony vocals *Patrick Miles – electric guitar

References

External links

Album lyrics and chords
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