The Harem Tour is a limited edition album consisting of b-sides, demos, and other rarities by classical crossover soprano

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. It was released in CD format only and sold at Brightman's "The Harem World Tour" events and, after the tour concluded, from her web site. No label company, catalog number or copyright warning is mentioned on the CD packaging.

Track listing

*Tracks 2, 4, and 9 have been released previously on Gregorian Masters of Chant albums. *Track 6 and 12 were released on

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's album in 2003. *Track 8 was released on the brown Question of Honour single in 1995. *Track 11 was released on

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"S4" in 2002

Track Information

*Kama Sutra: originally slated for the opening song of the

Harem Harem (Persian: حرمسرا ''haramsarā'', ar, حَرِيمٌ ''ḥarīm'', "a sacred inviolable place; harem; female members of the family") refers to domestic spaces that are reserved for the women of the house in a Muslim family. A hare ...

album *Join Me: cover of song originally performed by the band HIM, previously released on Gregorian's 3rd album *My Imagination: recorded during the time between La Luna and Harem *Don't Give Up: Sarah's first collaboration with Gregorian, originally performed by

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and

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*Forbidden Colours: unfinished song recorded during the La Luna sessions. It has since been released on Sarah's 2008 album,

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, as a bonus track. *The Smile: recorded with Schiller *Pay No Mind: originally meant for inclusion on Eden *A Question of Honour: extended version from the first single release *Voyage Voyage: yet another collaboration with Gregorian, originally performed by

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*Colours of the Rainbow: recorded during the Harem sessions *The Secret Still Remains: guest vocalist on song by the group Sash! *I've Seen It All: recorded with the group Schiller *Watermark: vocalise version of the

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track originally slated for release on Timeless. Enya's label threatened to put an injunction on the album if this track was included, so it was left off.Sarah Brightman – "Sound & Vision". Sarah Brightman Official Web Site. Retrieved February 12, 2008.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Harem Tour CD Sarah Brightman albums Albums produced by Frank Peterson 2003 compilation albums