Daniel Lanois
Acadie
WB 25969
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This stunning debut album by an artist that had hitherto been known only as a producer is priceless, and stands up well to repeated listening. It is a blend of New Orleans rhythm, rock, new age mysticism, and folk. It is not mushy but it is as caressing to the ear as to the mind. It has the very distinctive ethereal sound of the albums he produced for among others The Neville Brothers and Robbie Robertson. All the songs with the exception of the traditional AMAZING GRACE , which is done in an untraditional manner (sung by Aaron Neville), are written or co-written by him. The songs affect a rural and uncomplicated yet very complete and full sound that beckons, summons, or maybe seduces is more applicable, the listener into their mood. Swing into the full lilting joy of UNDER A STORMY SKY, and feel the haunting and ominous WHERE THE HAWKWIND KILLS. His sound is a distinctive signature, that holds well with each different song and with each artist for whom he has fashioned albums. There is a way that he gets to the essence of the artist or material and demonstrates many different views of the same ‘apple’. This is an artist you can't wait to hear again. You want new material from him immediately. One of the true stunning discs to stand way high above all the others that had been released in what has been a good year for music.
Players
Daniel Lanois - guitar, omni chord, vocals
Malcolm Burn - keyboards, guitars, treatments, background vocal
Brian Eno - keyboards, vocal
Tony Hall - bass
Willie Green - drums
Adam Clayton - bass
Larry Mullen Jr. - drums
Pierre Marchand - keyboards
Mason Ruffner - guitar
Roger Eno - piano
Ed Roth - accordion
James May - trumpet
Cyril Neville - percussion
Art Neville - piano
Aaron Neville - vocals
Bill Dillon - guitar
Tracks
Still Water
The Maker
O Marie
Jolie Louise
Fisherman's Daughter
White Mustang II
Under A Stormy Sky
Where the Hawkwind Kills
Silium's Hill
Ice
St. Ann's Gold
Amazing Grace