''Acadie'' is the debut album by record producer and singer-songwriter

Daniel Lanois Daniel Roland Lanois ( , ; born September 19, 1951) is a Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He has produced albums by artists including Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, Robbie Robertson, Emmylou Harris, Willie ...

. 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

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) 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

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Track listing

All tracks written by

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 Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (; born Brian Peter George Eno, 15 May 1948) is a British musician, composer, record producer and visual artist best known for his contributions to ambient music and work in rock, pop a ...

) – 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 "Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn published in 1779 with words written in 1772 by English Anglican clergyman and poet John Newton (1725–1807). It is an immensely popular hymn, particularly in the United States, where it is used for both ...

" (Traditional, arranged by Lanois,

John Newton John Newton (; – 21 December 1807) was an English evangelical Anglican cleric and slavery abolitionist. He had previously been a captain of slave ships and an investor in the slave trade. He served as a sailor in the Royal Navy (after forc ...

) – 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 The Omnichord is an electronic musical instrument introduced in 1981 by the Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation. It typically features a touch plate known as "Sonic Strings", preset rhythms, auto-bass line functionality, and buttons for ...

* Malcolm Burn – keyboards, guitars, backing vocals *

– keyboards, vocals * Tony Hall – bass * Willie Green – drums ;Additional personnel *

Adam Clayton Adam Charles Clayton (born 13 March 1960) is an English-born Irish musician who is the bass guitarist of the rock band U2. He has resided in County Dublin, Ireland since his family moved to Malahide in 1965, when he was five years old. C ...

– bass on "Still Water" and "Jolie Louise" *

Larry Mullen, Jr. Laurence Joseph Mullen Jr. (; born 31 October 1961) is an Irish musician, best known as the drummer and co-founder of the rock band U2. Mullen was born in Dublin, where he attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School. In 1976, he co-founded U ...

– drums on "Still Water" and "Jolie Louise" * Pierre Marchand – keyboards *

Mason Ruffner Mason Ruffner (born 1947) is an American blues and rock singer, guitarist and songwriter. He has worked with many musicians including Bob Dylan, Daniel Lanois, Robert Ealey, Memphis Slim, John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Page and Ringo Starr. From 198 ...

– guitar on "Under a Stormy Sky" * Roger Eno – piano and synth on "St Ann's Gold" * Ed Roth –

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a ree ...

* James May – trumpet on "White Mustang II" *

Cyril Neville Cyril Garrett Neville (born October 10, 1948) is an American percussionist and vocalist who first came to prominence as a member of his brother Art Neville's funky New Orleans-based band, The Meters. He joined Art in the Neville Brothers band u ...

– percussion *

Art Neville Arthur Lanon Neville Jr. (December 17, 1937 – July 22, 2019) was an American singer, songwriter and keyboardist from New Orleans. Neville was a staple of the New Orleans music scene for over five decades. He was the founder of the funk band ...

– piano *

Aaron Neville Aaron Joseph Neville (born January 24, 1941) is a retired American R&B and soul singer. He has had four platinum albums and four Top 10 hits in the United States, including three that reached number one on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. ...

– 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

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