Album · Daniel Lanois
Acadie by Daniel Lanois
Acadie is an album by Daniel Lanois, released in 1989. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 2 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “The Maker”, on 2 lists with a best position of #907.
Acadie, Daniel Lanois's debut studio album, arrived in 1989 on Opal and Warner Bros., and it's the sound of the man behind the board for U2's The Joshua Tree finally stepping up to the microphone. He wrote and recorded most of it in New Orleans, and the swampy, humid air of the place seeps into every track, while Lanois sings in French and English, sometimes switching tongues within the same song.
It's music as much about atmosphere as about songs, from a producer whose client list runs through Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Peter Gabriel. The record has had a long afterlife: reissued with new cover art in 2005, then again in 2021 as Acadie (Gold Top Edition). Bob Mersereau's 2007 book The Top 100 Canadian Albums ranked it 20th.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Acadie on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Maker | 2 | #907 | – | 1991–2026 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.