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Welcoming you to Sarah's Harem!

Nocturnal Tigress | Pittsburgh, PA, USA | 11/24/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"These are wonderful remixes. There are 3 remixes of Harem and one of It's a Beautiful Day. These are lots of fun to listen to because they're so different from what Sarah usually does...The track list is this:
1-Hex Hector Vocal Mix (10:02)
2-Robbie Rivera Vocal Mix (6:32)
3-Manny Lehman Vocal Mix (11:05)
4-It's a Beautiful Day remixed by Groove Brothers (3:28)"

Could have been better, but then again...it's remixes

Anthony Morelli | Montreal, Canada | 11/04/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I'm really not crazy about this remix Cd single. First of all, the remix for "It's a beautiful Day" is really bad. The beat is okay, but Sarah's voice is really badly sped up, and it's made her sound like a warbling chipmunk. I don't like the way they edited the vocal parts, but left the instrumentation the same.
The vibrato leaves a lot be desired!I do like the other remixes, because they are well mixed, and a lot of the original parts of the song have been kept. My favourite of all is track 3, because it's got the most "original" parts from the song. This is the longest remix of Sarah, that I was always able to stand listening to.Hex Hector remixes pretty well, but I can see a lot of "been there, done that" in his remix. There's not really much "new" sound to his version of this remix. It's colorful, and I can see myself dancing to it, but it's not sensational.I bought the CD because it's collectible, and it's good to have a healthy collection of remixes of Sarah, as well as other artists. So, I gave it 4 stars. It's not excellent, but it's worth buying."

A must-have for Sarah B. fanatics only!

Clarissa | Ontario, California | 01/23/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Sarah Brightman's my favorite female vocalist so I couldn't pass up buying this single because I absolutely love remixes, even though they're usually never as good as the original, as is the case here, but they're certainly not bad. "The Whiter Shade Of Pale" remixes that came out a couple years ago are much better than these "Harem" remixes but this is still worth having if your a Sarah Brightman fanatic like me. The Hex Hector Vocal Mix has tablas and a big beat that keeps the entire song intact instead of breaking it up into certain parts, which is rare in remixes, and I find it stays the truest to the original format. I just wish it would have been shortened to about 8 instead of 10 minutes. - 4/5The Robbie Rivera Vocal Mix contains the usage of strings, which all the remixes luckily do, and has a highly addictive rhythm that's a perfect 6 minutes and 32 seconds long so it doesn't tread into repetitive waters. - 4/5The most interesting of the three has got to be the Manny Lehman Vocal Mix which is the longest in length, clocking in at a little over eleven minutes, but it surprisingly never becomes tiresome. This is a striking version for it includes drum machines and driving trance beats that blend in well to compliment the Middle Eastern strings and Sarah's soaring soprano. The Arabian male singing (minus any lyrics) towards the beginning is also very nice. - 5/5The bonus track "It's A Beautiful Day" is an uninspired remix by the Groove Brothers and it's a poor representation of the stunning original. The operatic part of Puccini's classic is softened for some reason and the singing parts are so rushed that she vaguely sounds like a chipmunk at times. - 2/5"