You Were Here

Infobox Album |
Name = You Were Here
Type = Album
Artist = Sarah Harmer


Released = August 29, 2000
Recorded = 1999-2000
Genre = Rock
Length = 46:30
Label = Cold Snap Records/Universal Music Canada
Producer = Peter Prilesnik, Sarah Harmer
Reviews =
*Allmusic rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4266mpmh9foo~T1 link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/sarahharmer/albums/album/243360/review/5943036/you_were_here link]
Last album = "Songs for Clem"
(1999)
This album = "You Were Here"
(2000)
Next album = "All of Our Names"
(2004)

"You Were Here" is a 2000 album by Sarah Harmer.

It was her 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 big 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".

The album was also warmly received by critics in the United States. "TIME" ranked "You Were Here" in its year-end Top Ten list, calling it the year's best debut album. Harmer also appeared on "The Late Show with David Letterman", in a famous appearance in which stage manager Biff Henderson jumped in to sing impromptu backing vocals.

The album's title track is a tribute to her former Weeping Tile bandmate Joe Chithalen, who died in 1999.

"You Were Here" was named the 24^th greatest Canadian album of all time in Bob Mersereau's 2007 book "The Top 100 Canadian Albums".

Track listing

All songs written by Harmer, except "Everytime" by David Hodge.

#"Around This Corner" – 3:15
#"Basement Apt." – 4:08
#"The Hideout" – 4:01
#"Capsized" – 3:57
#"Lodestar" – 5:28
#"Weakened State" – 2:53
#"Don't Get Your Back Up" – 3:54
#"Open Window (The Wedding Song)" – 4:09
#"Uniform Grey" – 3:43
#"Coffee Stain" – 2:56
#"You Were Here" – 4:53
#"Everytime" – 3:12

Personnel

*Sarah Harmer - vocals, guitar, organ, harmonica, tambourine, Wurlitzer
*Benji Perosin - trumpet
*Al Cross - drums
*Jason Euringer - background vocals
*Spencer Evans - clarinet
*Maury LaFoy - bass, upright bass
*Kevin Fox - cello
*Damon Richardson - drums
*Jenny Whiteley - background vocals
*Luther Wright - guitar

Production

*Produced by Peter Prilesnik and Sarah Harmer
*Mixed by Eric Ratz
*Engineered by Pete Prilesnik
*Mastered by Brett Zilahi
*Editing by Blair Robb, Steve Webster and Brett Zilahi
*Cover photo by Yael Staav
*Photography by Luther Wright
*Design by Greg Hall