Harmony (Anne Murray album) explained
Harmony is the twenty-third studio album by Canadian country pop artist Anne Murray. It was released by Capitol Records in the summer of 1987.
The disc peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and sold approximately 350,000 copies in the United States.[2]
Personnel
- Anne Murray – lead and backing vocals
- Robbie Buchanan – pianos
- Kristian Schultze – keyboards, synthesizers, programming, bass, electronic drums, arrangements (1-8)
- Mark Spiro – keyboards, synthesizers, programming, bass, electronic drums, arrangements
- K. C. Porter – additional synthesizers
- Uva Schikora – additional synthesizers
- Dann Huff – electric guitars, acoustic guitars
- Bob Mann – additional guitars (2)
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion (9)
- Marc Russo – saxophones (9)
- Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (9)
- Gary Grant – trumpet (9)
- Jerry Hey – trumpet (9), horn arrangements (9)
- Ed Arkin – arrangements (10)
- Debbie Greimann – backing vocals
- Bruce Murray – backing vocals
- Joe Pizzulo – backing vocals
- Doug Mallory – lead vocals (5)
Production
- Balmur Ltd. – executive producer, management
- Jack White – producer
- Mark Spiro – associate producer
- Kristian Schultze – engineer
- Jon Van Nest – engineer
- Ken Friesen – lead vocal recording, mixing
- Jürgen Koppers – mixing
- Jan Krause – assistant engineer
- Stephen Krause – assistant engineer
- Scott Purdy – assistant engineer
- Rick Starks – assistant engineer
- Brian Gardner – mastering
- Paul Cade – art direction, design
- Shin Sugino – photography
- Lee Kinoshita-Bevington – wardrobe design
- Sheila Yakimov – hair stylist
- George Abbott – make-up
- Leonard T. Rambeau – management
Studios
- Recorded at D.I Musikstudio Kristian Schultze (Munich, Germany); Eastern Sound (Toronto, Ontario, Canada); Image Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California, USA).
- Mixed at Paradise Studio (Munich, Germany) and Manta Sound (Toronto, Ontario, Canada).
- Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California, USA).
Chart performance
| Chart (1987) | Peak
position |
|---|
| Canadian RPM Top Albums | 45 |
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] | 82 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 9 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 149 | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Anne Murray – Harmony (1987, CD). Discogs.
- Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=harmony-r93296/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} ''Harmony'' charts ]. . 1 March 2011.
- Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 212.
