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Water Bearer

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Water Bearer
Studio album by
Released1978
RecordedMay 1978
GenreBritish folk rock, progressive rock, new age, folk pop, progressive folk
Length42:37
LabelBronze (UK)
Chrysalis (US)
ProducerSally Oldfield
Sally Oldfield chronology
Water Bearer
(1978)
Easy
(1979)

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

The song "Mirrors" was released as a single, and reached No. 19 in the UK charts.[1]

Track listing

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All songs written by Sally Oldfield. Quotations in "Songs of the Quendi" by J. R. R. Tolkien.[2]

Side 1

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  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[3])

Side 2

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  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

Charts

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Chart (1978/79) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 94

Personnel

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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

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  1. ^ "Sally Oldfield's Water Bearer – Review by Ken Levine". progarchives.com. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  2. ^ "Sally Oldfield – Water Bearer". discogs.com. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  3. ^ "Sally Oldfield – Water Bearer, Bronze 26-447-XOT Netherlands, 1978". discogs.com. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  4. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 223. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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