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Acadie (album)

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.

Acadie
Original cover art by Lynn Goldsmith
Studio album by
Daniel Lanois
ReleasedSeptember 26, 1989
June 14, 2005
Recorded1989
Studio
GenreRock
Length41:03
LabelOpal/Warner Bros.
ProducerDaniel Lanois
Daniel Lanois chronology
Acadie
(1989) 		For the Beauty of Wynona
(1993)
Alternative cover
2005 reissue cover art
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Boston Phoenix[2]
Chicago Sun-Times[3]
Chicago Tribune[4]
DownBeat[5]
Los Angeles Times[6]
NME7/10[7]
Q[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[9]
The Village VoiceB−[10]

Track listing

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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

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  • 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

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Album

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Year Chart Position
1990 Billboard 200[11] 166

References

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  1. ^ Gottlieb, Bob. "Acadie – Daniel Lanois". AllMusic. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
  2. ^ Guterman, Jimmy (October 6–12, 1989). "Off the Record". The Boston Phoenix. Vol. 18, no. 40. sec. 3, p. 45. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
  3. ^ McLeese, Don (October 9, 1989). "Daniel Lanois, 'Acadie' (Opal/Warner Bros.)". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
  4. ^ Kot, Greg (October 19, 1989). "Daniel Lanois: Acadie (Opal)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
  5. ^ Woodard, Josef (April 1990). "Daniel Lanois: Acadie". DownBeat. Vol. 57, no. 4. pp. 34–35.
  6. ^ Snowden, Don (October 29, 1989). "Daniel Lanois, 'Acadie,' Opal/Warner Bros". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
  7. ^ Quantick, David (October 14, 1989). "Daniel Lanois: Acadie". NME. p. 40.
  8. ^ "Daniel Lanois: Acadie". Q. No. 37. October 1989.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Christgau, Robert (March 13, 1990). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
  11. ^ "Daniel Lanois". Billboard. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
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