Water Bearer

Water Bearer
Water Bearer
Studio album by Sally Oldfield
Released	1978
Recorded	May 1978
Genre	British folk rock, progressive rock, new age, folk pop, progressive folk
Length	42:37
Label	Bronze
Producer	Sally Oldfield
Sally Oldfield chronology

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]

"Water Bearer" – 6:25
"Songs of the Quendi" – 12:46
- "Night Theme"
- "Wampum Song"
- "Nenya"
- "Land of the Sun"
"Mirrors" – 3:29 (This track, also released as a single, is missing from some versions^[3])

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

Sally Oldfield – vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer, harpsichord, Hammond organ, mandolin, marimba, glockenspiel, vibraphone, banjo, percussion
Frank Ricotti – percussion, vibraphone, marimba
Dave Lawson – synthesizer
Herbie Flowers – double bass
Trevor Spencer – drums
Tim Wheater – cymbal
Jean Price – harp
Brian Burrows – vocals

Also:

^ "Sally Oldfield's Water Bearer – Review by Ken Levine". progarchives.com. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
^ "Sally Oldfield – Water Bearer". discogs.com. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
^ "Sally Oldfield – Water Bearer, Bronze 26-447-XOT Netherlands, 1978". discogs.com. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
^ 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.