Sundown
by Gordon Lightfoot

Album
Sundown by Gordon Lightfoot
Year: 1974
Release date: 1974-04-00
Overall rank: 6,728th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 80 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1974 (97th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (1,013th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,728th)

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Sundown track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Somewhere U.S.A.
Average Rating: 73 (17 votes)Comments: View 0
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High And Dry
Average Rating: 75 (19 votes)Comments: View 0
3.
Seven Island Suite
Average Rating: 75 (17 votes)Comments: View 0
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Circle Of Steel
Average Rating: 75 (21 votes)Comments: View 0
5.
Is There Anyone Home
Average Rating: 74 (17 votes)Comments: View 0
6.
The Watchman's Gone
Average Rating: 76 (20 votes)Comments: View 0
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Sundown
Average Rating: 86 (45 votes)Comments: View 2
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Carefree Highway
Average Rating: 84 (37 votes)Comments: View 0
9.
The List
Average Rating: 75 (18 votes)Comments: View 0
10.
Too Late For Prayin'
Average Rating: 72 (18 votes)Comments: View 1

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Sundown rankings

Sundown rankings summary
Overall rank: 6,728th | 1970s rank: 1,013th | 1974 rank: 97th  Overall chart history
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78/100 (from 80 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.7/100, a mean average of 77.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.4.


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Sundown forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 09/28/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5449): By junodog4
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s by junodog4 () 1. by (1971) 2. by (1971) 3. by (1973) 5. by (1972) 6. by (1975) 7. by (1970) 8. by (1972) 9. by (1973) 10. by (1970) 11. by (1972) 13. by by (1975) 15. by (1975) 16. by (1971) 17. by (1978) 18. by (1979) 19. by (1971) 20.…”
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From Romanelli 07/21/2024 14:49 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Mexican Moon
“2054 GORDON LIGHTFOOT SUNDOWN 1974 – REPRISE Produced By LENNY WARONKER 1. Somewhere U.S.A. 2. High And Dry 3. Seven Island Suite 4. Circle Of Steel 5. Is There Anyone Home 6. The Watchman’s Gone 7. Sundown 8. Carefree Highway 9. The List 10. Too Late For Prayin’ Gordon Lightfoot spent the 1960’s…”
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From 06/29/2012 04:26 | #45563 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Gordon Lightfoot writes poetry. Then he wraps it up in beautiful folk melodies that soothe your soul or stir your emotion. Pure genius, and should be noticed more.
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From 06/16/2023 04:56 | #297616 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Accessible listening singer-songwriter material is well presented. Sweet and heartfelt. Some very songs and one banger
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From 02/09/2016 12:32 | #159182 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This is his best record.
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2. On The Beach by Neil Young
3. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis
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