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.

Acadie
Original cover art by Lynn Goldsmith
Studio album by
Daniel Lanois
ReleasedSeptember 26, 1989
June 14, 2005
Recorded1989 in New Orleans, Louisiana
GenreRock
Length41:03
LabelOpal/Warner Bros.
ProducerDaniel Lanois
Daniel Lanois chronology
Acadie
(1989)		 For the Beauty of Wynona
(1993)
2005 cover
2005 reissue cover art
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chicago Sun-Times[2]
Chicago Tribune[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Los Angeles Times[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]
The Village VoiceB−[7]

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) 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

Charts

Album
Year Chart Position
1990 Billboard 200 166

References
  1. Gottlieb, Bob. "Acadie – Daniel Lanois". AllMusic. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
  2. McLeese, Don (October 9, 1989). "Daniel Lanois, 'Acadie' (Opal/Warner Bros.)". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on September 26, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
  3. Kot, Greg (October 19, 1989). "Daniel Lanois: Acadie (Opal)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
  4. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
  5. Snowden, Don (October 29, 1989). "Daniel Lanois, 'Acadie,' Opal/Warner Bros". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
  6. Kot, Greg (2004). "Daniel Lanois". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 475–76. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  7. Christgau, Robert (March 13, 1990). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
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