East of Midnight

East of Midnight
Studio album by Gordon Lightfoot
Released	July 1986
Recorded	January, June, December 1985 and March 1986
Studio	Eastern Sound, Toronto, Canada Lion Share, Los Angeles Lighthouse Recorders, Los Angeles
Genre	Folk, Adult Contemporary
Length	37:25
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Gordon Lightfoot, David Foster ("Anything for Love" only)
Gordon Lightfoot chronology
Salute (1983) East of Midnight (1986) Waiting for You (1993)

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East of Midnight is Canadian musician Gordon Lightfoot's sixteenth studio album, released in 1986 on the Warner Bros. Records label. The album reached #165 on the Billboard 200.

Lightfoot enlisted keyboardist and producer David Foster on the song "Anything for Love", which reached #13 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #71 on the Country chart.

Track listing

All compositions by Gordon Lightfoot, except as indicated

1. "Stay Loose" – 3:53
2. "Morning Glory" – 3:24
3. "East of Midnight" – 3:58
4. "A Lesson in Love" – 4:05
5. "Anything for Love" – 3:43 (Lightfoot, David Foster)
6. "Let it Ride" – 3:40
7. "Ecstasy Made Easy" – 4:05
8. "You Just Gotta Be" – 3:34
9. "A Passing Ship" – 3:55
10. "I'll Tag Along" – 3:08

Personnel

• Gordon Lightfoot - vocals, guitar
• Bob Mann - guitar, rhythm guitar
• Michael Landau - guitar
• Tom Szczesniak - bass, keyboards, synthesizer
• David Foster - keyboards, synthesizer
• James Newton Howard - keyboards, synthesizer, percussion
• Mike Heffernan - keyboards
• Lou Pomanti - Hammond organ
• Vern Dorge - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Sheree Jeacocke - harmony vocals
• Richard Marx - harmony vocals
• Vesta Williams - harmony vocals
• Barry Keane - drums, percussion
• Lenny Castro - percussion

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)	Gold	50,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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• Album lyrics and chords