{{Infobox album | name = Lightfoot! | type = studio | artist = Gordon Lightfoot | cover = GL_Lightfoot!.jpg | alt = | released = January 1966<ref name="Lightfoot Chronology">{{cite web |author=William R. Weiss |url=http://www.lightfoot.ca/chron02.htm |title=Gordon Lightfoot Chronology |publisher=Lightfoot.ca |date= |accessdate=2015-09-26 |archive-date=2015-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151013031915/http://www.lightfoot.ca/chron02.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> | recorded = December 1964<br>New York City | venue = | studio = | genre = Folk | length = 38:13 | label = United Artists | producer = John Court | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = The Way I Feel | next_year = 1967 }} {{Album ratings |rev1 = Allmusic |rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Richie Unterberger|author-link=Richie Unterberger|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/lightfoot%21-mw0000856582 |title=Lightfoot! - Gordon Lightfoot &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2015-09-26}}</ref> }}

'''''Lightfoot!''''' is the debut album by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. Although it was recorded in December 1964,<ref name="Lightfoot Chronology" /> the album was not released until January 1966 on the United Artists label.<ref name="mocm.ca"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Release "Lightfoot!" by Gordon Lightfoot|url=https://musicbrainz.org/release/9517fee5-3c5c-47ac-a1c0-135463b335b5|website=MusicBrainz|accessdate=11 April 2017}}</ref>

At the 2017 Polaris Music Prize, the album won the public vote for the Heritage Prize in the 1960–1975 category.<ref name=heritage>[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2017/10/24/tragically-hip-album-makes-polaris-heritage-prize-list.html "Tragically Hip album makes Polaris Heritage Prize list"]. ''Toronto Star'', October 25, 2017.</ref>

==Track listing==

{{Track listing | headline = Side one | extra_column = | total_length = | all_writing = Gordon Lightfoot, except where noted | title1 = Rich Man's Spiritual | length1 = 2:44

| title2 = Long River | length2 = 2:46

| title3 = The Way I Feel | length3 = 3:43

| title4 = For Lovin' Me | length4 = 2:25

| title5 = The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face | writer5 = Ewan MacColl | length5 = 3:10

| title6 = Changes | writer6 = Phil Ochs | length6 = 2:30

| title7 = Early Morning Rain | length7 = 3:04 }} {{Track listing | collapsed = | headline = Side two | title1 = Steel Rail Blues | length1 = 2:48 | title2 = Sixteen Miles (To Seven Lakes) | length2 = 2:05 | title3 = I'm Not Sayin' | length3 = 2:28 | title4 = Pride of Man | writer4 = Hamilton Camp | length4 = 2:41 | title5 = Ribbon of Darkness | length5 = 2:39 | title6 = Oh, Linda | length6 = 3:09 | title7 = Peaceful Waters | length7 = 2:01 }}

==Personnel== *Gordon Lightfoot - guitar, piano, vocals *David Rea - second guitar *Bruce Langhorne - second guitar ("Long River" and "Peaceful Waters") *Bill Lee - bass

Cover photography by Barry Feinstein

==References== {{Reflist | colwidth = | refs = <ref name="mocm.ca"> {{cite web |url=http://www.mocm.ca/Music/Title.aspx?TitleId=288282 |title=Lightfoot, Gordon / Lightfoot! |author= |date= |work= |publisher=Museum of Canadian Music |accessdate=16 February 2011 }} </ref> }}

==External links== *[http://www.lightfoot.ca/lighlist.htm Album lyrics and chords] * {{Discogs master|143682}}

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Category:Gordon Lightfoot albums Category:1966 debut albums Category:United Artists Records albums Category:Canadian Folk Music Award–winning albums Category:Polaris Heritage Prize–winning albums