Gordon Lightfoot is an absolute must for anyone who would learn about Canada by listening. His preoccupation with the images of summer is a Northern predilection. His songs such as Love and Maple Syrup and Redwood Hill are specifically concerned with both Northern and country folk hardware. Outdoor imagery … predominates in his lyrics, and his melodies are purified and refined country melodies. His perspective is reminiscent of that of rural people in the States twenty years ago—a bit defensively testy when any country-vs.-city comparisons come up, and always putting in a plug for the country when they don't…. (p. 74)

Noel Coppage, "I Hear Canada Singing," in Stereo Review (copyright © 1973 by Ziff-Davis Publishing Company), Vol. 31, No. 2, August, 1973, pp. 72-4.∗