Harmonium is the debut album by Québécois folk rock band Harmonium. It was originally released on February 20, 1974, by Celebration Records, a subsidiary of Quality Records in Québec. The release received numerous reissues over the years via such labels as Atlantic Records, Polydor Records, Gamma Records, and Quality Records proper, across the rest of Canada and in France.
In celebration of its 45th anniversary in 2019, the album was remastered and reissued as a deluxe edition under the title Harmonium XLV via Universal Music Canada. The reissue contains newly re-recorded material.
It remains the band's most folk-driven album, and features the song that made them famous, "Pour un instant". Its instrumentation is nowhere near as exotic as that of their later albums, mostly sticking to simple guitar and bass arrangements with occurrences of drums on a few songs.
Track listing
Personnel Harmonium Serge Fiori – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic twelve-string guitar, acoustic six-string guitar, flute Michel Normandeau – backing vocals, acoustic twelve-string guitar, acoustic six-string guitar, harmonica Louis Valois – bass guitar, acoustic piano, electric piano
Studio musicians Réjean Émond – drums Alan Penfold – flugelhorn Robert A. Morten – congas
Production Robert A. Morten – producer Michel Lachance – engineer Fred Torak – musical direction and arrangements Robert Lussier – photography Yves Ladouceur – artistic direction
Charts Chart (1975) Peakposition
Certifications
References