Harmony (Anne Murray album)

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.

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

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.