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Listening to HAREM, it's hard to believe that multifarious pop diva Sarah Brightman first came to fame as a proponent of musical theater (not counting her early stint with dance-pop group Hot Gossip). After going through a number of stylistic shifts over the years, she has arrived at an unusual point where her sound evokes a strange confluence of Charlotte Church, Enya, and Madonna. Given the "Arabian Nights" sub-theme of the album, you might even throw in a little "Desert Rose"-era Sting as well. HAREM veers between ethereal, almost New Age-like moments, operatic flurries, percolating dance beats, and some accessible Eastern-flavored exoticism. Through it all, Brightman's Broadway past occasionally pops up, as on her orchestra-accompanied version of the standard "Stranger in Paradise," which is itself based on a classical theme. In fact, the orchestra pops up throughout the album, playing arrangements by former Killing Joke member Jaz Coleman, who's surely ventured as far afield from his origins by this point as Ms.   ...See Full Description


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1Harem See All 8 Sarah Brightman HAREM Lyrics
Sarah Brightman
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2What a Wonderful World See All 6 Sarah Brightman WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD Lyrics
Sarah Brightman
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3It's A Beautiful Day (after Puccini's Un bel di) See All 11 Sarah Brightman ITS A BEAUTIFUL DAY Lyrics
Sarah Brightman
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4What You Never Know See All 9 Sarah Brightman WHAT YOU NEVER KNOW Lyrics
Sarah Brightman
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5Bombay Dreams, musical play: The Journey Home See All 2
Sarah Brightman
6Free See All 9 Sarah Brightman FREE Lyrics
Sarah Brightman
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7Mysterious Days See All 6 Sarah Brightman MYSTERIOUS DAYS Lyrics
Sarah Brightman
5:30 $1.29(Available)
8War Is Over Now See All 4 Sarah Brightman WAR IS OVER NOW Lyrics
Sarah Brightman
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9Misere Mei (after Alegri) See All 6 Sarah Brightman MISERE MEI Lyrics
Sarah Brightman
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10Beautiful See All 7 Sarah Brightman BEAUTIFUL Lyrics
Sarah Brightman
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11Arabian Nights See All 6 Sarah Brightman ARABIAN NIGHTS Lyrics
Sarah Brightman
8:00 $1.29(Available)
12Kismet, musical (after works by Alexander Borodin): Stranger In Paradise See All 2
Sarah Brightman
13Until the End of Time See All 6 Sarah Brightman UNTIL THE END OF TIME Lyrics
Sarah Brightman
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14You Take My Breath Away See All 7 Sarah Brightman YOU TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Lyrics
Sarah Brightman
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Harem Customer Reviews




Average Rating:4.5 stars
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-Amazing-
I love this album. It's such a different sound yet so Sarah at the same time.
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BEAUTIFUL & DIFFERENT SOUND FOR THE ANGEL OF MUSIC
Sarah Has Done it again! After La Luna I thought it could not be done again. At the first listen of this cd it is different from the classic and show voice of Sarah but ever so beautiful. The music is inspiring & uplifting. Sweet & Seductive in entrances you into her harem world.
By Jennifer (Atlantic City,NJ)
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Awesome Job!
This is by far Sarah's best album. I love Middle Eastern music so when I looked up my favorite singer Natacha Atlas, it said she was a backing vocal to this CD. I listened to it and it was amazing. I now own Harem and it will never be traded in.
By Mitchell Kissack (Dover, NH, USA)
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Friggin outstanding
Not being that familiar with Sarah, I stumbled across her on a PBS special. This is the music I have been waiting for. To describe it would be to add a mix of Loreena McKennitt, Sting's desert rose, a dash of Yanni (don't laugh), and a sprinkle of fantasy inspired by Arabian Nights (the classic movie) with a smooth transition back and forth between pop, opera and Bollywood (really a better mix than I can write words for). This disk will be in my player for quite some time.
By a reviewer (NAS Lemoore, CA)
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That's Sarah for ya!
Sarah Brightman is famous for having a uniquely and extremely beautiful voice. She is also well known for her eclectic repertory. Well this time Sarah has returned to pop after having ventured into rock (her album titled "Fly") and classical (TTSG, Eden, La Luna), and boy is this deliciously tasty pop! At first I did not enjoy Harem too much because I was getting used to Sarah's trademark "classical slant" repertoire, and was measuring it against those 3 albums. However when I stopped trying to think of it as an album succeeding the classical albums and started to view it as a new pop-genre effort, I began to enjoy Harem more and more with each listen. Each track is wonderful, from the dance/techno feel of "Harem", "The Journey Home" and "Mysterious Days" to the lyrical "What You Never Know", "Stranger in Paradise", and "Until the End of Time". There are also some selections that have a most gorgeous choir background, specifically the tracks "Free" and "Misere Mei"-"Beautiful".
By a reviewer (Honolulu, HI)
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Harem Product Details



LabelAngel Records
Orig Year2003
CD Universe Part number5774565
Catalog number37180
Discs1
Release DateJun 10, 2003
Studio/LiveStudio
ProducerFrank Peterson; Sarah Brightman
EngineerAndrew Dudman; Dennis Preiss; Sameh Hamandi; Frank Peterson; Lubos Novacek; Cenek Kotzman; Samuel Pospisil; John Timperly; Mat Bartrum; Michael Soltau; Niall Acott
Recording Time66 minutes
PersonnelSarah Brightman - vocals, keyboards
Peter Weihe - guitar, sitar
Michael Soltau - piano, keyboards, programming
Frank Peterson - keyboards, percussion, programming, background vocals
Gunther Laudahn - background vocals
Nigel Kennedy - violin
Natacha Atlas - vocals
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Rony Barrak - percussion
Martin "Frosty" Beedle - drums

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