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) and then issued again in 2021 as Acadie (Gold Top Edition) and only the 2021 edition is available for streaming. 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 Adam Clayton – bass on "Still Water" and "Jolie Louise" Larry Mullen, Jr. – drums on "Still Water" and "Jolie Louise" Pierre Marchand – keyboards Mason Ruffner – guitar on "Under a Stormy Sky" Roger Eno – piano and synth on "St Ann's Gold" Ed Roth – accordion James May – trumpet on "White Mustang II" Cyril Neville – percussion Art Neville – piano Aaron Neville – backing vocals on "The Maker" and vocals on" Amazing Grace" Bill Dillon – guitar Technical Mark Howard – recording, mixing Malcolm Burn – recording, mixing, music consultant Brian Eno, Paul Barrett – additional recording Lynn Goldsmith – front cover photography
Charts
Album YearChartPosition1990Billboard 200166
References
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