Album Review: Sarah Brightman -- "Harem"
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matrixrefugee((This refers to my latest trip to the Tewksbury library, on Tuesday))
My buddy Twink from the "A.I." RP has had only good things to say about Sarah Brightman's "Harem" CD, plus she's been raving about the "Harem" concert, so when I spotted this disk at the library, I picked it up.
Wow! Okay, so it *does* have some Arabian Nights cliches to it, but I love the Arabian Nights, so it quickly got past whatever mild inhibitions (inhibitions like "Real harems aren't really lovers' paradises") I may have had! Plus, the arrangements sound oddly like Enigma ("It's a Beautiful Day" reminded me of Enigma's "Callas Went Away", only better; "What a Wonderful World" has the same bass line as "Return to Innocence"; the title track reminds me of a somewhat louder version of "I Love You, I'll Kill You" -- not the lyrics, but the... ambience). I remember Twink telling me that Sarah Brightman's boyfriend, who produces her albums, had worked with Enigma, so this might be a cross-influence. But it's a cross-influence I love!!
My buddy Twink from the "A.I." RP has had only good things to say about Sarah Brightman's "Harem" CD, plus she's been raving about the "Harem" concert, so when I spotted this disk at the library, I picked it up.
Wow! Okay, so it *does* have some Arabian Nights cliches to it, but I love the Arabian Nights, so it quickly got past whatever mild inhibitions (inhibitions like "Real harems aren't really lovers' paradises") I may have had! Plus, the arrangements sound oddly like Enigma ("It's a Beautiful Day" reminded me of Enigma's "Callas Went Away", only better; "What a Wonderful World" has the same bass line as "Return to Innocence"; the title track reminds me of a somewhat louder version of "I Love You, I'll Kill You" -- not the lyrics, but the... ambience). I remember Twink telling me that Sarah Brightman's boyfriend, who produces her albums, had worked with Enigma, so this might be a cross-influence. But it's a cross-influence I love!!
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Indeed you are right...
Date: 2004-11-18 04:39 am (UTC)Sarah loved the feel and sound of the album, "MCMXC a.D" and sought Frank out to see what he could do to to help her out in her solo career. They clicked and the rest is history ... Frank Peterson has produced every album of hers since starting with Fly right down to Harem. Thus, the very Enigmatic feel to her music.
Apprently Sarah and Frank are not dating anymore, however they still extremely close and work together.
(her current heartthrob is Eneas, whom I shook hands with, one of the light and sound engineers for her show ... it's sad all the info a fan like me knows)
-MA