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Water Bearer

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Released
  
1978

Length
  
42:37

Producer
  
Sally Oldfield

Recorded
  
May 1978

Label
  
Bronze

Genre
  
Electric folk, progressive rock

Water Bearer is the début studio album by British singer-songwriter Sally Oldfield, released in 1978.

Contents

The song "Mirrors" was released as a single, and reached #19 in the UK charts.

Track listing

All songs written by Sally Oldfield. Quotations in "Songs Of The Quendi" by J. R. R. Tolkien.

Side 1

  1. "Water Bearer" — 6:25
  2. "Songs of the Quendi" — 12:46
    • "Night Theme"
    • "Wampum Song"
    • "Nenya"
    • "Land of the Sun"
  3. "Mirrors" — 3:29 (This track, also released as a single, is missing from some versions)

Side 2

  1. "Weaver" — 3:38
  2. "Night of the Hunter's Moon" — 3:26
  3. "Child of Allah" — 3:19
  4. "Song of the Bow" — 3:37
  5. "Fire and Honey" — 2:30
  6. "Song of the Healer" — 3:19

Personnel

  • Sally Oldfield - vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer, harpsichord, pipe organ, mandolin, marimba, glockenspiel, vibraphone, banjo, percussion
  • Frank Ricotti - percussion, vibraphone, marimba
  • Dave Lawson - string synthesizer
  • Trevor Spencer - syndrum
  • Tim Wheater - cymbal
  • Jean Price - harp
  • Brian Burrows - vocals

    • Also:

  • Art Direction - Martin Poole
  • Engineer - Ashley Howe, Dave Grinstead, Mark Dearnley
  • Mixed By - Ashley Howe, Sally Oldfield
  • Mixed By (Assistant) - John Gallen, Julian Cooper
  • Photography - Paul Wakefield
  • Typography - Mike Pratley
  • Writer, Arranger and Producer - Sally Oldfield

    • References

    Water Bearer Wikipedia
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