Songbook is a career retrospective album released by Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot on the Rhino label in 1999. The album contains 88 songs on four CDs covering Lightfoot's career, and includes 16 previously unreleased tracks. The only material not covered are the albums Harmony and Solo, which were released after Songbook.
Track listing
All compositions by Gordon Lightfoot.
Disc 1
(Remember Me) I'm the One**
It's Too Late, He Wins**
For Lovin' Me
Early Morning Rain
The Way I Feel
Steel Rail Blues
A Message to the Wind*
Song For a Winter's Night
Canadian Railroad Trilogy
Go-Go Round
Crossroads
You'll Still Be Needing Me*
The Mountains And Maryann
The Last Time I Saw Her
Did She Mention My Name
Pussywillows Cat-Tails
Boss Man
Something Very Special
Bitter Green
Affair on Eighth Avenue
I'm Not Sayin'/Ribbon of Darkness
Softly
Mama Said*
Station Master*
Disc 2
Sit Down Young Stranger
If You Could Read My Mind
Poor Little Allison
The Pony Man
Cobwebs And Dust
Too Much to Lose*
Summer Side of Life
Cotton Jenny
Ten Degrees And Getting Colder
Nous Vivons Ensemble
Same Old Loverman
Heaven Don't Deserve Me*
Don Quixote
Alberta Bound
Beautiful
Ode to Big Blue
Stone Cold Sober*
Old Dan's Records
That Same Old Obsession
Lazy Morning
Hi'way Songs
Can't Depend on Love
Disc 3
Sundown
Carefree Highway
Seven Island Suite
Borderstone*
Cold on the Shoulder
Now and Then
Rainy Day People
Fine as Fine Can Be
All the Lovely Ladies
Summertime Dream
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Never Too Close
Betty Called Me In*
Endless Wire
The Circle is Small
Sea of Tranquility
Make Way For the Lady
Dream Street Rose
Ghosts of Cape Horn
Keepin' On Yearnin'*
Canary Yellow Canoe*
Disc 4
Shadows
She's Not the Same
14 Karat Gold
Baby Step Back
In My Fashion
Never Say Trust Me*
Why Should I Feel Blue*
Someone to Believe In
Romance
Broken Dreams
Always on the Bright Side*
Forgive Me Lord*
Lifeline*
East of Midnight
Morning Glory
A Lesson In Love
A Passing Ship
Waiting For You
Drink Yer Glasses Empty
I'll Prove My Love
A Painter Passing Through
*Indicates previously unreleased track. **Indicates a track that was previously only available on a 45 RPM vinyl single.
Gordon Lightfoot albums
1999 greatest hits albums
Albums produced by Elliot Mazer
Albums produced by John Simon (record producer) Albums produced by Russ Titelman Albums produced by Lenny Waronker Albums produced by Joe Wissert Rhino Records compilation albums