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Borderstone · 07-02-2003, 07:20 PM

I read all posts and just had to reply. I'm familiar with every album (CD) cover and I would put them in best to least order like this:Sundown/
Don Quixote/
Back Here On Earth/
Songbook/
Gord's Gold/Gord's Gold II/
Sit Down Young Stranger/Summertime Dream/Endless Wire/East Of Midnight/
Summer Side Of Life/Classic Masters/Lightfoot/Did She Mention My Name?/
Cold On The Shoulder/The Way I Feel/Old Dan's Records/Shadows/Dream Street Rose/
A Painter Passing Through/
Waiting For You and Salute.

I put Salute last because,to me,it's dull. Someone said it looks like Gordon before the show. I disagree,being 1983 when his popular status was on the wane,this picture makes it look as if no one showed up for the show! If he was wearing what he had on for the weather,that's okay.

...but if they were trying to update his look for the 80's they did not succeed. I put the Shadows cover higher because I feel the fact that it alters his look is kind of spooky in a somehow interesting way. (Actually,it makes him look like David Crosby!) The way his eyes look on Dream Street Rose,he looks as if he just stubbed his toe or something!

Sundown to Endless Wire,I like beacuse they are either outdoor locations or kind of look like Gord has the very late afternoon sun on his face. Those pictures are very elemental in saying what Gord's music is. Honest and open and right out there,without the profanity of today's music.

Gord sings about the Canadian outdoors,the ocean and sailing and other outdoor or country metaphores. The covers in black & white are after these because they are B&W and evoke a more serious mood."LIGHTFOOT" to "O.D's Rec."-they are kind of interesting but not spectacular to me.

"Waiting" should have put the back picture on the front and "Painter" looks like Gordon sitting somewhere with just the sun coming in through the window. That's kind of depressing to me for it's not the same as the other LP's that use daylight. Well,that's my LP cover revue,if you disagree,you have a right to. Catch ya on the flipside of Sundown!

[ August 03, 2005, 20:19: Message edited by: Borderstone ]

07-02-2003, 07:20 PM	#26
Borderstone Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Phoenix,Arizona -America Posts: 4,427	I read all posts and just had to reply. I'm familiar with every album (CD) cover and I would put them in best to least order like this:Sundown/ Don Quixote/ Back Here On Earth/ Songbook/ Gord's Gold/Gord's Gold II/ Sit Down Young Stranger/Summertime Dream/Endless Wire/East Of Midnight/ Summer Side Of Life/Classic Masters/Lightfoot/Did She Mention My Name?/ Cold On The Shoulder/The Way I Feel/Old Dan's Records/Shadows/Dream Street Rose/ A Painter Passing Through/ Waiting For You and Salute. I put Salute last because,to me,it's dull. Someone said it looks like Gordon before the show. I disagree,being 1983 when his popular status was on the wane,this picture makes it look as if no one showed up for the show! If he was wearing what he had on for the weather,that's okay. ...but if they were trying to update his look for the 80's they did not succeed. I put the Shadows cover higher because I feel the fact that it alters his look is kind of spooky in a somehow interesting way. (Actually,it makes him look like David Crosby!) The way his eyes look on Dream Street Rose,he looks as if he just stubbed his toe or something! Sundown to Endless Wire,I like beacuse they are either outdoor locations or kind of look like Gord has the very late afternoon sun on his face. Those pictures are very elemental in saying what Gord's music is. Honest and open and right out there,without the profanity of today's music. Gord sings about the Canadian outdoors,the ocean and sailing and other outdoor or country metaphores. The covers in black & white are after these because they are B&W and evoke a more serious mood."LIGHTFOOT" to "O.D's Rec."-they are kind of interesting but not spectacular to me. "Waiting" should have put the back picture on the front and "Painter" looks like Gordon sitting somewhere with just the sun coming in through the window. That's kind of depressing to me for it's not the same as the other LP's that use daylight. Well,that's my LP cover revue,if you disagree,you have a right to. Catch ya on the flipside of Sundown! [ August 03, 2005, 20:19: Message edited by: Borderstone ]