Harmonium was the eponymous debut album by Québécois band Harmonium

Harmonium (band)

Harmonium was a Canadian progressive rock band from Montreal, Quebec.-History:Lead vocalist and guitarist Serge Fiori met Michel Normandeau in a theatre music meeting on November 1972. Later on in 1973 they met bassist Louis Valois and became Harmonium. In November 1973 the group performed their...

 released in 1974

1974 in music

-January–April:*January 3 – Bob Dylan and The Band kick off their 40-date concert tour at Chicago Stadium. It's Dylan's first time on the road since 1966.*January 17...

. It was their most folk driven album, and features the song that made them famous "Pour un instant

Pour Un Instant

"Pour Un Instant" is the first and one of the best known singles from the Quebec band Harmonium. It was released on a vinyl and contained two songs....

". 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.

Side one

1. "Harmonium" (Serge Fiori
   Serge Fiori
   Serge Fiori was the lead vocalist and guitarist for Harmonium, an influential progressive rock band from Quebec. After Harmonium broke up he pursued a minor solo career.- Biography :...
   
   , Michel Normandeau) – 6:36
2. "Si doucement" (Fiori) – 4:25
3. "Aujourd'hui, je dis bonjour à la vie" (Fiori) – 5:44
4. "Vieilles courroies" (Fiori, Normandeau) – 5:47
5. "100,000 raisons" (Fiori, Normandeau) – 3:42
   • Not on the original vinyl, it was introduced in the reedited CD.

Side two

1. "Attends-moi" (Fiori, Normandeau) – 4:40
2. "Pour un instant
   Pour Un Instant
   "Pour Un Instant" is the first and one of the best known singles from the Quebec band Harmonium. It was released on a vinyl and contained two songs....
   
   " (Fiori, Normandeau) – 3:21
3. "De la chambre au salon" (Fiori) – 5:43
4. "Un musicien parmi tant d'autres" (Fiori) – 7:05

Personnel

• Serge Fiori
  Serge Fiori
  Serge Fiori was the lead vocalist and guitarist for Harmonium, an influential progressive rock band from Quebec. After Harmonium broke up he pursued a minor solo career.- Biography :...
  
   – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
  An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
  
  
• Michel Normandeau – backing vocals, acoustic guitar
• Louis Valois – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....