Acadie (album)

Acadie
Original cover art by Lynn Goldsmith
Studio album by Daniel Lanois
Released	September 26, 1989 June 14, 2005
Recorded	1989 in New Orleans, Louisiana
Genre	Rock
Length	41:03
Label	Opal/Warner Bros. Daniellanois.com
Producer	Daniel Lanois
Daniel Lanois chronology
Acadie (1989) For the Beauty of Wynona (1993)
Alternative cover
2005 reissue cover art

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	B−[2]

Acadie is the debut album by record producer and singer-songwriter Daniel Lanois. It was largely written and recorded in the city of New Orleans. Lanois sings on it in both French and English, sometimes even on the same track.

The album was originally released in 1989 (see 1989 in music) on Opal Records and Warner Bros. Records. It was reissued in 2005 (see 2005 in music) on Daniellanois.com, 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.

1. "Still Water"  – 4:29
2. "The Maker"  – 4:13
3. "O Marie"  – 3:13
4. "Jolie Louise"  – 2:41
5. "Fisherman's Daughter"  – 2:47
6. "White Mustang II" (Lanois, Brian Eno)  – 2:54
7. "Under A Stormy Sky"  – 2:20
8. "Where The Hawkwind Kills"  – 3:51
9. "Silium's Hill"  – 3:00
10. "Ice"  – 4:26
11. "St. Ann's Gold" (Malcolm Burn, Lanois)  – 3:31
12. "Amazing Grace" (Traditional, arranged by Lanois, John Newton)  – 3:47

With some more songs on the 2005 reissue ;

1. "The Maker" (Early bass and lyrics)
2. "The Maker" (Calypso demo)
3. "Still Water" (From Eno's House)
4. "Jolie Louise" (Before Dublin)
5. "Early Dourado Sketch"
6. "The Source of Fisherman's Daughter" (Instrumental version)

"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 ", " Jolie Louise "
• Larry Mullen, Jr. – drums on " Still Water ", " 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 – backvocals on " The Maker " and vocals on " Amazing Grace "
• Bill Dillon – guitar

Charts

Album

References

External links

• Liner notes
• Lyrics