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Acadie is the debut album by record producer
Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
 and singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter

File:Joan Baez Bob Dylan crop.jpgSinger-songwriter is a term that refers to performers who Lyricist, composer and singing their own Musical piece including lyrics and melody....
 Daniel Lanois
Daniel Lanois

Daniel Lanois is a Canada record producer, guitarist and singer-songwriter. He has released a number of albums of his own work and has produced albums for a wide variety of artists, including Bob Dylan, Parachute Club , U2, Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel, Emmylou Harris, Scott Weiland, Sin?ad O'Connor, Robbie Robertson, the Neville Brothers, Chris...
. 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
1989 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1989....
) on Opal Records. It was reissued in 2005 (see 2005 in music
2005 in music

Events*In the course of the year 2005, 12 rock albums reached the number 1 spot in America. This was the first time even ten albums have reached the top spot since 1996....
) on ANTI-
ANTI-

ANTI- is an American record label founded in 1999 in music as a sister label of Epitaph Records.While Epitaph's focus is mostly on punk rock, ANTI- has a more diverse roster, ranging from hip hop , reggae , comedy , country music to indie rock , among other genres....
, with new cover art (but otherwise identical to the original.)

Acadie was named the 20th greatest Canadian album of all time in Bob Mersereau
Bob Mersereau

Bob Mersereau is a Canada arts journalist.Mersereau is a music columnist and long-time arts reporter for CBC Television in New Brunswick. Since 1982, he's been reporting on the East Coast music scene for CBC Radio, CBC Television, and the Telegraph-Journal....
's 2007 book The Top 100 Canadian Albums
The Top 100 Canadian Albums

The Top 100 Canadian Albums is a book by Bob Mersereau, published in 2007 by Goose Lane Editions.Mersereau acknowledged that the list will cause heated debate among music fans across the country....
.

tracks written by Daniel Lanois
Daniel Lanois

Daniel Lanois is a Canada record producer, guitarist and singer-songwriter. He has released a number of albums of his own work and has produced albums for a wide variety of artists, including Bob Dylan, Parachute Club , U2, Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel, Emmylou Harris, Scott Weiland, Sin?ad O'Connor, Robbie Robertson, the Neville Brothers, Chris...
 unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Still Water" – 4:29
  2. "The Maker" – 4:13
  3. "O Marie" – 3:13
  4. "Jolie Louise" – 2:41
  5. "The Fisherman's Daughter" – 2:47
  6. "White Mustang II" (Lanois, Brian Eno
    Brian Eno

    Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno , is an England musician, composer, record producer, music theory and singer, who, as a solo artist, is best known as the People known as the father or mother of something of ambient music....
    ) – 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.






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    Acadie is the debut album by record producer
    Record producer

    In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
     and singer-songwriter
    Singer-songwriter

    File:Joan Baez Bob Dylan crop.jpgSinger-songwriter is a term that refers to performers who Lyricist, composer and singing their own Musical piece including lyrics and melody....
     Daniel Lanois
    Daniel Lanois

    Daniel Lanois is a Canada record producer, guitarist and singer-songwriter. He has released a number of albums of his own work and has produced albums for a wide variety of artists, including Bob Dylan, Parachute Club , U2, Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel, Emmylou Harris, Scott Weiland, Sin?ad O'Connor, Robbie Robertson, the Neville Brothers, Chris...
    . 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
    1989 in music

    This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1989....
    ) on Opal Records. It was reissued in 2005 (see 2005 in music
    2005 in music

    Events*In the course of the year 2005, 12 rock albums reached the number 1 spot in America. This was the first time even ten albums have reached the top spot since 1996....
    ) on ANTI-
    ANTI-

    ANTI- is an American record label founded in 1999 in music as a sister label of Epitaph Records.While Epitaph's focus is mostly on punk rock, ANTI- has a more diverse roster, ranging from hip hop , reggae , comedy , country music to indie rock , among other genres....
    , with new cover art (but otherwise identical to the original.)

    Acadie was named the 20th greatest Canadian album of all time in Bob Mersereau
    Bob Mersereau

    Bob Mersereau is a Canada arts journalist.Mersereau is a music columnist and long-time arts reporter for CBC Television in New Brunswick. Since 1982, he's been reporting on the East Coast music scene for CBC Radio, CBC Television, and the Telegraph-Journal....
    's 2007 book The Top 100 Canadian Albums
    The Top 100 Canadian Albums

    The Top 100 Canadian Albums is a book by Bob Mersereau, published in 2007 by Goose Lane Editions.Mersereau acknowledged that the list will cause heated debate among music fans across the country....
    .

    Track listing

    All tracks written by Daniel Lanois
    Daniel Lanois

    Daniel Lanois is a Canada record producer, guitarist and singer-songwriter. He has released a number of albums of his own work and has produced albums for a wide variety of artists, including Bob Dylan, Parachute Club , U2, Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel, Emmylou Harris, Scott Weiland, Sin?ad O'Connor, Robbie Robertson, the Neville Brothers, Chris...
     unless otherwise noted.

    1. "Still Water" – 4:29
    2. "The Maker" – 4:13
    3. "O Marie" – 3:13
    4. "Jolie Louise" – 2:41
    5. "The Fisherman's Daughter" – 2:47
    6. "White Mustang II" (Lanois, Brian Eno
      Brian Eno

      Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno , is an England musician, composer, record producer, music theory and singer, who, as a solo artist, is best known as the People known as the father or mother of something of ambient music....
      ) – 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
      Malcolm Burn

      Malcolm Burn is a Canada-born Record producer, Audio engineering and musician.Burn grew up in Deep River, Ontario and became lead singer/keyboardist for the 1980s Canadian band Boys Brigade ....
      , Lanois) – 3:31
    12. "Amazing Grace
      Amazing Grace

      "Amazing Grace" is a well-known Christian hymn by Englishman John Newton and first appeared in print in Newton's Olney Hymns ....
      " (traditional, arranged by Lanois, John Newton
      John Newton

      John Henry Newton was an Englishman, Anglican clergyman and former slave-ship captain. He was the author of many hymns, including Amazing Grace....
      ) – 3:47


    "Still Water" and "The Maker" were released as singles.

    Personnel

    • Daniel Lanois
      Daniel Lanois

      Daniel Lanois is a Canada record producer, guitarist and singer-songwriter. He has released a number of albums of his own work and has produced albums for a wide variety of artists, including Bob Dylan, Parachute Club , U2, Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel, Emmylou Harris, Scott Weiland, Sin?ad O'Connor, Robbie Robertson, the Neville Brothers, Chris...
       – guitar
      Guitar

      The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
      , bass
      Bass guitar

      The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
      , vocals
      Singing

      Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the human voice, which is often contrasted with regular speech. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist....
      , omnichord
      Omnichord

      An Omnichord is an electronic musical instrument, introduced in 1981 and manufactured by the Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation. It typically features a touch plate, and buttons for Major chord, Minor chord, and diminished chords....
    • Malcolm Burn
      Malcolm Burn

      Malcolm Burn is a Canada-born Record producer, Audio engineering and musician.Burn grew up in Deep River, Ontario and became lead singer/keyboardist for the 1980s Canadian band Boys Brigade ....
       – keyboards
      Keyboard instrument

      A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include various types of organ s as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic musical instrument....
      , guitars, backing vocals
      Backing vocalist

      A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. In some cases, a backing singer may sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry....
    • Brian Eno
      Brian Eno

      Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno , is an England musician, composer, record producer, music theory and singer, who, as a solo artist, is best known as the People known as the father or mother of something of ambient music....
       – keyboards, vocals
    • Tony Hall – bass
      Bass guitar

      The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
    • Willie Greene – drums
      Drum kit

      A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbell s, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer....


    Additional personnel

    • Adam Clayton
      Adam Clayton

      Adam Charles Clayton , is the Bass guitar of the rock music band U2. Clayton has resided in County Dublin since the time his family moved to Malahide when he was five years old in 1965....
       – bass
    • Larry Mullen Jr.
      Larry Mullen Jr.

      Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Mullen, Jr. is the drummer for the Irish rock music band U2. He is the founder of U2, which was originally known as "The Larry Mullen Band" at its inception....
       – drums
    • Pierre Marchand – keyboards
    • Mason Ruffner – guitar
    • Roger Eno
      Roger Eno

      Roger Eugene Eno was born in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England in 1959. He is known primarily as an ambient music composer.He began euphonium lessons at twelve and at sixteen entered Colchester College to study music....
       – piano
    • Ed Roth – accordion
      Accordion

      The accordion is a portable box-shaped musical instrument of the hand-held bellows-driven free reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox....
    • James May – trumpet
      Trumpet

      The trumpet is a musical instrument with the highest Register in the brass instrument family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BC....
    • Cyril Neville
      Cyril Neville

      Cyril Neville , is a percussionist and vocalist who first came to prominence as a member of his brother Art Neville's funky New Orleans-based band, The Meters....
       – percussion
      Percussion instrument

      A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound by being hit with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration....
    • Art Neville
      Art Neville

      Art Neville is an United States singer and keyboardist from New Orleans. Neville is a part of one of the most famous musical families of New Orleans, the Neville Brothers....
       – piano
      Piano

      The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard instrument. Widely used in Western music for solo performance, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to musical composition and rehearsal....
    • Aaron Neville
      Aaron Neville

      Aaron Neville is an United States soul music and Rhythm and blues singer. He made his debut in 1966 with the hit single "Tell It Like It Is", a Number One hit on the Billboard R&B charts....
       – vocals
    • Bill Dillon – guitar


    Charts


    Album

    YearChartPosition
    1990Billboard 200
    Billboard 200

    The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling Albums and extended play in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine....
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