Water Bearer Explained

Water Bearer
Type:	studio
Artist:	Sally Oldfield
Cover:	Water Bearer cover.jpg
Released:	1978
Recorded:	May 1978
Genre:	British folk rock, progressive rock, new age, folk pop, progressive folk
Label:	Bronze (UK) Chrysalis (US)
Producer:	Sally Oldfield
Next Title:	Easy
Next Year:	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

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

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^[3])

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, Moog Taurus, harpsichord, Hammond organ, mandolin, marimba, glockenspiel, vibraphone, percussion
• Frank Ricotti – percussion, vibraphone, marimba
• Dave Lawson – synthesizer
• Trevor Spencer – synth drums
• 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

External links

• The Widening Eye review
• Ground and Sky review

Notes and References

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