Salute (Gordon Lightfoot album)

Salute
Studio album by
Gordon Lightfoot
ReleasedJuly 1983
RecordedDecember 1982–February 1983
StudioEastern Sound, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
GenreFolk
Length36:16
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerDean Parks, Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Lightfoot chronology
Shadows
(1982)		 Salute
(1983)		 East of Midnight
(1986)
Singles from Salute
  1. "Salute (A Lot More Livin' to Do)"
    Released: August 1983
  2. "Without You"
    Released: November 1983
  3. "Whispers of the North"
    Released: 1983

Salute is the fifteenth studio album by Canadian musician Gordon Lightfoot, released in 1983 by Warner Brothers Records. It barely registered on the charts (#175) and is one of his least-known recordings. Consequently, songs from the album were rarely featured in Lightfoot's live performances.

The album completed Lightfoot's shift from acoustic folk/country compositions to a more sleek adult contemporary sound, a shift he had begun on Shadows. However, he had never wholly abandoned his folk roots, as "Whispers of the North," "Knotty Pine," and "Tattoo" show.

The album was generally more upbeat than its introspective predecessor and made greater use of electric guitar licks and synthesizers.

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