Harmonium (Harmonium album)

Harmonium is the eponymous 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 Quebec. 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.

Harmonium
Studio album by Harmonium
Released	February 20, 1974 (1974-02-20)
Recorded	4–10 January 1974
Studio	Studio Tempo, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genre	Folk rock
Length	47:08
Language	French
Label	Atlantic Celebration Gamma Polydor Quality Universal
Producer	Robert A. Morten
Harmonium chronology
Harmonium (1974) Les cinq saisons (1975)
Singles from Harmonium
"Pour un instant / 100,000 raisons" Released: 1974 "Harmonium" Released: 1975

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". It features nowhere near as exotic instrumentation as on their later albums, mostly sticking to simple guitar and bass arrangements, with occurrences of drums on a few songs.

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Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Harmonium" / "Harmonium (Suite)"	Fiori Normandeau	Fiori Normandeau	6:30
2.	"Si doucement"	Fiori	Fiori	4:20
3.	"Aujourd'hui, je dis bonjour à la vie"	Fiori	Fiori	5:45
4.	"Vieilles courroies"	Fiori Normandeau	Fiori	5:40
Total length:				22:15

CD reissue bonus track

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
5.	"100,000 raisons" (taken from the B-side of "Pour un instant" single.)	Fiori Normandeau	Fiori Normandeau	3:42
Total length:				25:57

Side two

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Attends-moi"	Normandeau	Fiori	4:29
2.	"Pour un instant"	Normandeau	Fiori Normandeau	3:16
3.	"De la chambre au salon"	Fiori	Fiori	5:35
4.	"Un musicien parmi tant d'autres"	Fiori	Fiori	7:02
Total length:				20:22

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)	Peak position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[1]	67