Harem (album)

Harem
Studio album by Sarah Brightman
Released Canada: May 13, 2003
USA, Japan: May 20, 2003
Europe: June 6, 2003
UK :September 29, 2003
Recorded 2003
Genre Classical Crossover
Length 66:06
Label Angel Records
Producer Frank Peterson
Sarah Brightman chronology
Encore
(2002)		 Harem
(2003)		 The Harem Tour CD
(2003)
Singles from Harem
  1. "Harem"
    Released: 2003
  2. "It's a Beautiful Day"
    Released: 2003
  3. "What You Never Know"
    Released: 2003
  4. "Free"
    Released: 2004
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
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Harem is a 2003 album by English singer Sarah Brightman. It mixes her operatic voice with Middle-Eastern and Indian rhythms and vocals. Thanks to an idea of Frank Peterson, the producer of this album, in the song "Mysterious Days", they included the vocals of the late singer Ofra Haza, who worked with Peterson in 1997 on her eponymous album.

Following the release of Harem, Brightman launched the Harem World Tour and the DVD The Harem World Tour: Live from Las Vegas.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Harem" – 5:45 (cover of "Canção do Mar" by Amália Rodrigues and Dulce Pontes)
  2. "What a Wonderful World" – 3:40 (originally sung by Louis Armstrong)
  3. "It's a Beautiful Day" – 3:56 (adapted from the Un Bel Di Vedremo aria from Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly) (Cover of "Ein Schöner Tag" by Schiller)
  4. "What You Never Know" – 3:24
  5. "The Journey Home" – 4:56 (cover of song from Bombay Dreams by A.R.Rahman)
  6. "Free" – 3:45
  7. "Mysterious Days" – 5:17 (featuring Israeli singer Ofra Haza)
  8. "The War is Over" (featuring Iraqi singer Kadim Al Sahir and English violinist Nigel Kennedy) – 5:15
  9. "Misere Mei" – 0:54 (from Gregorio Allegri's "Miserere")
  10. "Beautiful" – 4:35 (cover of "Beautiful" by Mandalay)
  11. "Arabian Nights: Scimitar Moon/Voyage/Promise/Hamesha/Alone" – 8:50 (featuring Natacha Atlas)
  12. "Stranger in Paradise" – 4:27 (adapted from Alexander Borodin's Polovetsian Dances)
  13. "Until the End of Time" – 4:32

Bonus/Unreleased tracks

  1. "You Take My Breath Away" (American version) - 6:50 (originally released on Brightman's 1995 album, Fly)
  2. "Guéri De Toi" (International version) - 3:50 (French version of "Free")
  3. "Tout Ce Que Je Sais" (Canadian version) - 3:28 (French version of "What You Never Know")
  4. "Sarahbande" (Japanese version) - 3:60
  5. "Namida: When Firebirds Cry" (Harem Ultimate Edition) - 4:10
  6. "Where Eagles Fly" (unreleased song with Eric Adams from Manowar) - 3:53

Note: This album has been released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions.

Charts, sales and certifications

Charts

Chart (2003) Peak
Position
U.S. Billboard Top Classical Crossover Albums 1
Swedish Album Chart 1
Canada Top Albums 7
Japan Oricon Top Albums 8
Mexico Top 100 Albums Chart 10
Portugal Albums Top 30[2] 12
Germany Media Control Albums Top 100 12
Australia Albums Top 50s[2] 16
Hungary MAHASZ Top 40 Album 20
Austria Albums Top 75[2] 22
Finland Albums Top 50[2] 25
Dutch Albums Top 100[2] 27
New Zealand Albums Top 40[2] 29
U.S. Billboard Top 200 Albums 29
U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums 29
Denmark Albums Top 40[2] 35
Norway Albums Top 40[2] 36
Swiss Albums Top 100[2] 53
UK Albums Chart 172

Sales and certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)[3] Gold 50,000^
Germany (BVMI)[4] Gold 150,000^
Japan (RIAJ)[5] Gold 100,000^
United States 333,000[6]

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ^ Latham, Aaron. Harem at Allmusic
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Sarah Brightman - Harem - Music Charts". acharts.us. http://acharts.us/album/12896. Retrieved 9 August 2011. 
  3. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Sarah Brightman – Harem". Music Canada. http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=Harem&sa=Sarah+Brightman&smt=0. 
  4. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Sarah Brightman; 'Harem')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=Harem&strInterpret=Sarah+Brightman&strTtArt=alben&strAwards=checked. 
  5. ^ "Japanese album certifications – Sarah Brightman – Harem" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200307.html. 
  6. ^ Ault, Susanne (10 April 2004). "Brightman's Harem Tour A Welcome Surprise". Billboard 116 (15): 17. ISSN 0006-2510. http://books.google.com/books?id=KhAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA17. 
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"A Timeless Evening With Sarah Brightman" (UK and Germany) 1997 • "One Night In Eden Tour" 1999 • "La Luna World Tour" 2000–2001  • "Harem World Tour" 2004–2005 (2004/2005) • "The Symphony World Tour" 2008–2009 (North America, Asia) • "Sarah Brightman In Concert" 2009 (Mexico and South America)
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