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Rob1956 · 03-14-2003, 07:20 PM

I think Gord approached this album like he has every other one: with complete professionalism and forethought. I believe that he took the lackluster response to Salute very hard. There was an article in USA Today when Salute came out that he had spent much time on the album making it sound different after Shadows kind of tanked. When Salute failed to do much on the charts, he really decided to do a changeup and so EOM was born. I may be wrong, but I think David Foster only produced (or co-produced) AFL, the rest was Gord producing himself. I wonder if there are any more songs he and David did together that are still in a vault somewhere...Gord only let one song appear on the album that they both did together. I think that says something by itself. I like the album alot..because I know that it was a Lightfoot product and therefore was a quality piece. AFL I think is the weakest song on the album but it's ok. Morning Glory is excellent, and it seems as if Gord wrote it with the knowledge that his voice now had a higher register and he was sort of experimenting with this new situation. Think about it, would MG have been as successful an endeavor if Gord's voice sounded like it did on the Sundown or Cold on the Shoulder albums? Just food for thought.

03-14-2003, 07:20 PM	#16
Rob1956 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hickory Hills, IL Posts: 454	I think Gord approached this album like he has every other one: with complete professionalism and forethought. I believe that he took the lackluster response to Salute very hard. There was an article in USA Today when Salute came out that he had spent much time on the album making it sound different after Shadows kind of tanked. When Salute failed to do much on the charts, he really decided to do a changeup and so EOM was born. I may be wrong, but I think David Foster only produced (or co-produced) AFL, the rest was Gord producing himself. I wonder if there are any more songs he and David did together that are still in a vault somewhere...Gord only let one song appear on the album that they both did together. I think that says something by itself. I like the album alot..because I know that it was a Lightfoot product and therefore was a quality piece. AFL I think is the weakest song on the album but it's ok. Morning Glory is excellent, and it seems as if Gord wrote it with the knowledge that his voice now had a higher register and he was sort of experimenting with this new situation. Think about it, would MG have been as successful an endeavor if Gord's voice sounded like it did on the Sundown or Cold on the Shoulder albums? Just food for thought.