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.

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.

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