Harem Scarem | ||||
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Released | August 6, 1991 [1] | |||
Recorded | 1991 | |||
Studio | Sounds Interchange Studios, Cabin Fever Studios, and Phase One Studios [1] | |||
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Length | 40:45 | |||
Label | WEA | |||
Producer | Kevin Doyle, Harry Hess, and Pete Lesperance. | |||
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Harem Scarem is the 1991 debut album by the Canadian hard rock band of the same name. Music videos were shot for the songs; "Slowly Slipping Away", "Honestly", and "With a Little Love". The album charted at No. 68 on the Canadian charts. However two singles from the album, "Honestly" and "Something to Say", were big hits in Indonesia and the Philippines.
The album includes guest appearances by fellow Canadian stars such as Ray Coburn of Honeymoon Suite, Carl Dixon of Coney Hatch and Paul MacAusland of Haywire. It also boasted a co-writing credit by award-winning songwriter Christopher Ward of "Black Velvet" fame.
In 1992, Harem Scarem was able to gain some notoriety when 8 songs from their debut album were predominantly featured in the Canadian teen series Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High's farewell TV movie, School's Out .
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Hard to Love" | Christopher Ward, Harry Hess, Pete Lesperance | 4:28 |
2. | "Distant Memory" | Hess, Lesperance, Marc Ribler | 4:29 |
3. | "With a Little Love" | Hess, Lesperance | 4:00 |
4. | "Honestly" | Hess | 4:02 |
5. | "Love Reaction" | Hess, Lesperance, Ray Coburn | 3:53 |
6. | "Slowly Slipping Away" | Hess, Ribler | 3:45 |
7. | "All Over Again" | Hess | 3:07 |
8. | "Don't Give Your Heart Away" | Hess, Lesperance | 3:29 |
9. | "How Long" | Hess, Lesperance, Dean McTaggart | 5:03 |
10. | "Something to Say" | Hess, Lesperance | 4:42 |
Year | Chart | Position |
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1992 | Canada | 68 |
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1991 | "Slowly Slipping Away" | Canada | 25 |
1991 | "Love Reaction" | Canada | 55 |
1992 | "Honestly" | Canada | 68 |
1992 | "With a Little Love" | Canada | — |
1992 | "Something to Say" | Canada | — |
Honeymoon Suite is a Canadian rock band formed in 1981 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. The band's name was a nod to the fact that Niagara Falls is the unofficial honeymoon capital of the world.
Peter Robert Jones was an English-born Australian musician. He replaced Paul Hester on drums for Crowded House in mid-1994. After the band split up in June 1996, he played in Deadstar with Caroline Kennedy and Nick Seymour, but did not return to Crowded House when they re-formed in 2006 about a year after Hester's death. Jones worked as a secondary teacher in Melbourne and on 18 May 2012, he died from brain cancer, aged 49.
Haywire is a Canadian rock band, originally from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Christopher John Wilson was an Australian blues musician who sang and played harmonica, saxophone and guitar. He performed as part of the Sole Twisters, Harem Scarem and Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls, and fronted his band Crown of Thorns. Wilson's solo albums are Landlocked, The Long Weekend, Spiderman (2000), King for a Day, Flying Fish (2012) and the self titled Chris Wilson (2018).
Patti LaBelle is the debut solo album by American singer Patti LaBelle, released in 1977. The first album LaBelle recorded after sixteen years fronting the band Labelle, it is notable for the dance hit, "Joy to Have Your Love", the classic gospel-inspiring ballad, "You Are My Friend" and the Angelo "Funky Knuckles" Nocentelli mid-tempo number, "I Think About You".
Pete Lesperance is a Canadian guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer best known as the lead guitarist for the Canadian hard rock band Harem Scarem. Lesperance was born October 13, 1968, in Scarborough, Ontario. Lesperance was a guitarist in the Oshawa metal band Minotaur before forming Harem Scarem with Blind Vengeance vocalist Harry Hess in 1987.
Harem Scarem is a Canadian hard rock/melodic hard rock band from Toronto, Ontario. Harem Scarem initially achieved popularity in their native Canada and Japan. The band was active from 1987 to 2008, and again from 2013 after reforming. Throughout their career, they have released 15 studio albums, plus numerous live and compilation albums, and a re-record of Mood Swings in 2013. Totals record sales are in excess of one million worldwide.
Urgency is the debut album from the Canadian alternative rock band Low Level Flight, released on March 27, 2007. The album spawned three singles: "Change for Me", "Say" and "Turnaround".
Rubber is an album by the Canadian hard rock band Rubber. The band released the album in 1999 under the name Harem Scarem in Japan, and in 2000 in Canada they released it as Rubber. After this release, drummer Darren Smith left and was replaced with Creighton Doane. The song "Sunshine" was produced and mixed by Canadian producer Arnold Lanni.
Higher is a 2003 album by the Canadian hard rock band Harem Scarem.
Overload is a 2005 album by the Canadian hard rock band Harem Scarem. It is the tenth Harem Scarem studio album. The Japanese version contains the song "You Shook Me All Night Long" as a bonus track, while the European CD comes with "Wishing" which was previously released on the Japanese version of Higher.
Human Nature is a 2006 album by the Canadian hard rock band Harem Scarem.
Hope is a 2008 album by the Canadian hard rock band Harem Scarem. This was to be the band's twelfth and final studio album, but they re-formed in 2013 to release Mood Swings II. The European version of the album contains an acoustic version of "Higher", which was originally from their 2003 album Higher.
"Slowly Slipping Away" is the debut single by Canadian glam metal band Harem Scarem, released in 1991 from their self-titled debut album. "Slowly Slipping Away" is Harem Scarem's biggest hit, reaching No. 25 on the Canadian singles chart. The song also had a music video shot in Ottawa for it.
"Honestly" is the title of a power ballad by Canadian glam metal band Harem Scarem. The song appears on their 1991 self-titled debut album. The song charted at #68 on the Canadian singles chart and also had a music video shot for it. The music video starred American actor Judge Reinhold as the male love interest. The song garnered popularity in Asian countries mainly the Philippines and Indonesia, and to this day the song is still played constantly in radio stations and bars.
Mood Swings is a 1993 album by the Canadian hard rock band Harem Scarem. A music video was shot for the song "No Justice". The album charted at No. 85 on the Canadian charts.
Last Live is a live album released by the hard rock band Harem Scarem. The album features two studio songs and was originally released only in Japan. It had a domestic release in 2010.
Live at the Gods 2002 is a live video album released by the hard rock band Harem Scarem, issued in Europe and Japan in 2002. The album was also released as a live CD. In Canada the DVD and CD were published in May 2004 under the name Rubber.
Raw and Rare is a double DVD package released by the Canadian hard rock band Harem Scarem in 2008. It was recorded live at the Firefest IV festival held at Rock City in Nottingham and consists of the final Harem Scarem live performance before their disbandment. The second DVD contains live clips from the Mood Swings tour of 1994 recorded in Canada. A limited edition of Raw and Rare featured also a bonus audio CD with the live performance of 2007.
Harem Scarem were an Australian blues rock group which formed in 1982. They issued two studio albums, Pilgrim's Progress on Au Go Go Records (1986) and Lo & Behold on Citadel Records (1988) before disbanding in 1989. The early line-up was fronted by Christopher Marshall on lead vocals and included his brother, Charlie Marshall first on bass guitar, then rhythm guitar and, when fronting the group from 1987, was also on lead vocals. By September 1985 they had been joined by Peter Jones on drums and percussion; Barry Palmer on lead guitar; Glen Sheldon first on rhythm guitar and then on bass guitar; and Chris Wilson on harmonica and saxophone. Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, felt that "Few alternative bands of the day could ever hope to match that line-up for muscular bravado and sheer instrumental firepower". On 18 May 2012 Peter Jones died of brain cancer, aged 45.