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1989 studio album by Daniel Lanois
Acadie is the debut studio album by record producer and singer-songwriter
Daniel Lanois , originally released in 1989 by Opal Records and
Warner Bros. Records . It was largely written and recorded in the city of New Orleans. Lanois sings on it in both French and English, sometimes on the same track. It was reissued in 2005 with new cover art (but otherwise identical to the original). Acadie was named the 20th greatest Canadian album of all time in
Bob Mersereau 's 2007 book
The Top 100 Canadian Albums .
Track listing
All tracks written by
Daniel Lanois unless otherwise noted.
"Still Water" – 4:29
"The Maker" – 4:13
"O Marie" – 3:13
"Jolie Louise" – 2:41
"Fisherman's Daughter" – 2:47
"White Mustang II" (Lanois,
Brian Eno ) – 2:54
"Under a Stormy Sky" – 2:20
"Where the Hawkwind Kills" – 3:51
"Silium's Hill" – 3:00
"Ice" – 4:26
"St. Ann's Gold" (
Malcolm Burn , Lanois) – 3:31
"
Amazing Grace " (Traditional, arranged by Lanois,
John Newton ) – 3:47
With some more songs on the 2005 reissue;
"The Maker" (Early bass and lyrics)
"The Maker" (Calypso demo)
"Still Water" (From Eno's House)
"Jolie Louise" (Before Dublin)
"Early Dourado Sketch"
"The Source of Fisherman's Daughter" (Instrumental version)
"Jolie Louise", "Still Water" and "The Maker" were released as singles.
Personnel
Daniel Lanois – guitar (steel, electric and acoustic), bass, vocals,
omnichord
Malcolm Burn – keyboards, guitars, backing vocals
Brian Eno – keyboards, vocals
Tony Hall – bass
Willie Green – drums
Additional personnel
Technical
Mark Howard - recording, mixing
Malcolm Burn - recording,mixing, music consultant
Brian Eno, Paul Barrett - additional recording
Lynn Goldsmith - front cover photography
Charts
Album
References
^ Gottlieb, Bob.
"Acadie – Daniel Lanois" .
AllMusic . Retrieved March 28, 2013 .
^ Guterman, Jimmy (October 6–12, 1989).
"Off the Record" .
The Boston Phoenix . Vol. 18, no. 40. sec. 3, p. 45. Retrieved May 28, 2022 .
^ McLeese, Don (October 9, 1989).
"Daniel Lanois, 'Acadie' (Opal/Warner Bros.)" .
Chicago Sun-Times . Retrieved September 26, 2017 .
^
Kot, Greg (October 19, 1989).
"Daniel Lanois: Acadie (Opal)" .
Chicago Tribune . Retrieved September 26, 2017 .
^ Woodard, Josef (April 1990). "Daniel Lanois: Acadie".
DownBeat . Vol. 57, no. 4. pp. 34–35.
^ Snowden, Don (October 29, 1989).
"Daniel Lanois, 'Acadie,' Opal/Warner Bros" .
Los Angeles Times . Retrieved September 26, 2017 .
^
Quantick, David (October 14, 1989). "Daniel Lanois: Acadie".
NME . p. 40.
^ "Daniel Lanois: Acadie".
Q . No. 37. October 1989.
^
Kot, Greg (2004). "Daniel Lanois". In
Brackett, Nathan ;
Hoard, Christian (eds.).
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.).
Simon & Schuster . pp.
475–476 .
ISBN
0-7432-0169-8 .
^
Christgau, Robert (March 13, 1990).
"Consumer Guide" .
The Village Voice . Retrieved September 26, 2017 .
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