You Were Here
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| Studio album by Sarah Harmer | ||||
| Released | August 29, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | 1999-2000, Toronto, Canada | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 46:30 | |||
| Label | Cold Snap Records/Universal Music Canada | |||
| Producer | Peter Prilesnik, Sarah Harmer | |||
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You Were Here is an album by Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah Harmer, released in 2000.
You Were Here was Harmer's commercial breakthrough in Canada after years of almost reaching the pop charts with Weeping Tile. Ironically, the album's first big hit, "Basement Apt.", had previously been a Weeping Tile song, appearing on that band's 1995 release eepee. Harmer also had a hit with "Don't Get Your Back Up", which she had previously recorded with The Saddletramps. Three other songs, "Weakened State", "Lodestar" and "Coffee Stain", had also been previously recorded by Weeping Tile, on 1998's This Great Black Night.
Harmer stated "“I always had kind of high expectations for You Were Here, but I was holding onto it for as long as I could, to find a proper, appropriate home.” She self-financed and self-released the album on her own Cold Snap Records label before it was licensed by Zoë Records and Universal Music Canada.
Harmer appeared in support of the album on the Late Show with David Letterman on October 2, 2001, in an appearance in which stage manager Biff Henderson jumped in to sing impromptu backing vocals. She had originally been scheduled to appear the previous week, but was bumped when Rudy Giuliani's first post-9/11 appearance ran overtime.
The album's title track is a tribute to her former Weeping Tile bandmate Joe Chithalen, who died in 1999.
The Art Of Time Ensemble featuring Sarah Slean recorded a Roberto Occhipinti arrangement of "Lodestar" on their 2009 album Black Flowers.
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