''The Water Sprite'' is the debut album by the

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. Along with a standard single-CD version, the album was also released in a digipak 2-CD version.

Track listing

# "The Watersprite" - 6:33 # "T.B.'s Notion" - 5:05 # "Strange Mountain" - 7:01 # "How Fortunate the Man with None" - 7:51 # "The Fiery Flower" - 5:01 # "Moonface is Dead" - 4:28 # "The Riddle Seeker" - 10:24 *"T.B.'s Notion" has lyrics by

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. *"How Fortunate the Man with None" is a cover of a song by Dead Can Dance. {{DEFAULTSORT:Water Sprite 2005 debut albums Noekk albums