Acadie (album)

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 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)

"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

References

External links

• Liner notes
• Lyrics

1. Acadie
2. Adam Clayton
3. Evangeline
4. Natasha St-Pier
5. Daniel Lanois
6. Ani Couni Chaouani
7. Teatro (Willie Nelson album)
8. Wilfred Le Bouthillier
9. Maker
10. Omnichord
11. Jacob wrestling with the angel
12. For the Beauty of Wynona
13. Lennie Gallant
14. Robbie Robertson
15. Larry Mullen Jr.
16. Bob Bissonnette
17. Cajuns
18. Feufollet
19. Malcolm Burn
20. Les Hôtesses d'Hilaire