Sit Down Young Stranger

by Gordon Lightfoot

Sit Down Young Stranger cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: April 1970
  • Label: Reprise
  • Country: Canada
  • Community rating: 3.66/5 from 6 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Transitioning to Reprise Records, the Canadian folk icon achieved his commercial zenith with this exceptionally pristine, acoustic-driven collection. The record eventually had its title changed to 'If You Could Read My Mind' following the massive international success of that devastatingly orchestrated, introspective ballad.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, melodic, nature, male-vocals, acoustic, folk, storytelling, orchestral

Tracklist

  1. Minstrel Of The Dawn
  2. Me And Bobby McGee
  3. Approaching Lavender
  4. Saturday Clothes
  5. Cobwebs & Dust
  6. Poor Little Allison
  7. Sit Down Young Stranger
  8. If You Could Read My Mind
  9. Baby It's Allright
  10. Your Love's Return (Song For Stephen Foster)
  11. The Pony Man

Credits

  • Gordon Lightfoot - primary artist, guitar, vocals [uncredited], written-by
  • Rick Haynes - bass
  • Red Shea - guitar
  • Fred Foster - written-by
  • Kris Kristofferson - written-by
  • Randy Newman - arranged by [string arr. by]
  • Ry Cooder - slide guitar [bottleneck guitar], mandolin
  • John Sebastian - autoharp, electric guitar, harmonica

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