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Harmony (Anne Murray album)

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Harmony
Studio album by
Released1987 (1987)
RecordedEastern Sound, Toronto
GenreCountry
Length40:09
LabelCapitol
ProducerJack White, Mark Spiro[1]
Anne Murray chronology
Something to Talk About
(1986)
Harmony
(1987)
As I Am
(1988)
Singles from Harmony
  1. "Are You Still in Love with Me"
    Released: May 1987
  2. "Anyone Can Do the Heartbreak"
    Released: September 1987
  3. "Perfect Strangers"
    Released: 1988

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]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Are You Still in Love with Me"Jack White, K. C. Porter, Mark Spiro4:21
2."Anyone Can Do the Heartbreak"Amanda McBroom, Tom Snow4:00
3."The Great Divide"J. D. Martin, Gary Harrison3:44
4."Tonight (I Want to Be in Love)"Marti Sharron, Albert Hammond, Peter Rafelson4:09
5."Perfect Strangers" (featuring Doug Mallory)Jonas Fjeld, Astor Anderson, Johnny Sareussen, M. Spiro4:17
6."Give Me Your Love"M. Spiro, Leslie Spiro, Porter4:16
7."It Happens All the Time"Van Stephenson, Bob Farrell, Dave Robbins4:20
8."Harmony"M. Spiro, Tony Marty, White3:21
9."Natural Love"Snow, Cynthia Weil3:41
10."Without You"White, M. Spiro4:00

Personnel

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  • 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

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  • 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

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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

References

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  1. ^ "Anne Murray – Harmony (1987, CD)". Discogs.
  2. ^ "Harmony charts". Allmusic. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 212. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.