Harem

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Harem

Harem is the album by the female singer Sarah Brightman. The album has 13 tracks and was produced by Frank Peterson.

1 About
2 Trivia
3 Shop
4 Song Meanings
5 Reviews
6 External Links

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About

Harem was released on May 20, 2003 under Angel Record. The album hit the no.1 spot on the U.S. Billboard Top Classical Crossover Albums and no.7 on the Canada Top Albums chart. The hit single in the album "Harem" peaked no.1 on the Billboard dance/club charts. Other songs included in the album are "What a Wonderful World" which was originally sung by Louis Armstrong and "Free" which reached no.3 on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts. In this song violinist Nigel Kennedy was featured in the last four stanzas of the song.

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Tracks

Track	Title	Duration
1	Harem	5:45
2	What a Wonderful World	3:40
3	It's a Beautiful Day	3:56
4	What You Never Know	3:24
5	The Journey Home	4:56
6	Free	3:45
7	Mysterious Days	5:17
8	The War Is Over / Kazem Al Saher	5:15
9	Misere Mei	0:54
10	Beautiful	4:35
11	Arabian Nights: Scimitar Moon/Voyage/Promise/Hamesha/Alone	8:50
12	Stranger in Paradise	4:27
13	Until the End of Time	4:32
14	You Take My Breath Away Bonus Track	6:50

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Chart Toppers

Year	Title	Hot Dance Music/Club Play	Album
2003	Harem	1	Harem
2004	Free (Remixes)	40	Harem

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Credits

Performance Credits

Sarah Brightman Primary Artist, Keyboards, Vocals, Background Vocals

London Symphony Orchestra Track Performer

Nigel Kennedy Violin, Soloist

Chris Thompson Vocal Ad-Libs

Natacha Atlas Vocals

Martin Frosty Beedle Drums

Jaz Coleman Vocals

Peter Weihe Guitar, Sitar

Trevor Barry Bass

Frank Peterson Percussion, Keyboards, Background Vocals

Abdel Al Aboud Violin, Soloist

Gunther Laudahn Background Vocals

Rony Barrak Percussion

Dr. Reda Bedaire Nay

Michael Soltau Piano, Keyboards

Matthias Meissner Keyboards

The Prague Symphony Orchestra Track Performer

Jonathan Penton Choir, Chorus

Lukas Hilbert Background Vocals, Electric Sitar

Nina Bromham Choir, Chorus

Jiri Burda Mandolin

Adam Klemens Conductor

Ibrahim Fathie Kavala

Chiara Ferrau Narrator

Sarah Leatherbarrow Choir, Chorus

Adrian Partington Conductor

Amir Abdel Magid Kanoon

Stephan Moccio Piano

Andrew Playfoot Choir, Chorus

Anna Samant Choir, Chorus

Shweta Shetty Vocals, Vocal Ad-Libs

Mike Reed Conductor

Technical Credits

Sarah Brightman Producer, Adaptation

Jaz Coleman Orchestration

Bob Ludwig Mastering

Rob O'Connor Art Direction

Lubos Novacek Engineer

Frank Peterson Programming, Producer, Engineer, Adaptation

Niall Acott Engineer

Paul Bateman Orchestration

Sue Mallett Contributor

Michael Soltau Programming, Engineer

Christopher Von Deylen Adaptation

Andrew Dudman Engineer

Matthias Meissner Programming

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Trivia

There are 6 bonus tracks in the album "You Take My Breath Away", "Gueri de Toi", "Tout Ce Que Je Sais", "Sarahbande", "Namida: When Firebirds Cry" and "Where Eagles Fly".

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