Domestic Harmony

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Domestic Harmony

| type = studio

| artist = Do-Ré-Mi

| cover = DomesticHarmonyAlbumCover01.jpg

| alt =

| released = 23 August 1985

| recorded = January/February 1985

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Rock, pop

| length =

| label = Virgin

| producer = Gavin Mackillop

| prev_title = The Waiting Room

| prev_year = 1982

| next_title = The Happiest Place in Town

| next_year = 1988

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Domestic Harmony

| type = studio

| single1 = Man Overboard

| single1date = May 1985

| single2 = Idiot Grin

| single2date = August 1985

| single3 = Warnings Moving Clockwise

| single3date = November 1985

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r35503|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

}}

Domestic Harmony is the debut studio album by Australian rock/pop group Do-Ré-Mi which was released by Virgin Records in August 1985.{{cite web | title=Do-Ré-Mi | last=Nimmervoll | first=Ed | author-link=Ed Nimmervoll | publisher=HowlSpace – The Living History of Our Music (Ed Nimmervoll) |archiveurl=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20120726191200/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/14231/20120727-0512/www.howlspace.com.au/en2/doremi/doremi.htm |url=http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/en2/doremi/doremi.htm | archivedate=26 July 2012 |accessdate=10 February 2014 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The album has ten tracks, which were written by lead vocalist Deborah Conway, drummer Dorland Bray, bass guitarist Helen Carter and guitarist Stephen Philip.{{ cite web|title=Australasian Performing Right Association |publisher=APRA |url=http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch |accessdate=2008-10-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071205184453/http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch |archivedate=2007-12-05 }} Note: requires user to input song title e.g. MAN OVERBOARD{{cite web | title = Do-Ré-Mi | last1 = Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | publisher = Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren) | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131105161246/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/d/doremi.html | url=http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/d/doremi.html | archivedate = 5 November 2013 | url-status = usurped | accessdate = 16 March 2014 }}

The single "Man Overboard" had made its first appearance on 1982's The Waiting Room EP, but was re-worked and released as a single from this album to become a top 5 hit,{{cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970-1992|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.{{cite web | title= Once more with feeling | last= Kruger |first=Debbie|author-link=Debbie Kruger |date = 14–20 July 2004 |publisher= Melbourne Weekly Bayside Magazine |url=http://www.debbiekruger.com/writer/freelance/conway.html | accessdate= 2008-10-14 }} it included lyrics referring to anal humour, penis envy and pubic hair; and had no chorus.{{cite web | title=Long Way To The Top article on Helen Carter | publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation | url=http://www.abc.net.au/longway/artist_index/helencarter.htm | accessdate=2008-10-14 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090812213226/http://www.abc.net.au/longway/artist_index/helencarter.htm | archive-date=2009-08-12 | url-status=dead }}

At the 1985 Countdown Music Awards, the album won Best Debut Album.{{Cite web | url = http://users.ncable.net.au/~ronjeff/top40/oz_king.htm | title = Australian Music Awards | publisher = Ron Jeff | accessdate = 16 December 2010 | archive-date = 30 June 2012 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120630220831/http://users.ncable.net.au/~ronjeff/top40/oz_king.htm | url-status = dead }}

The album was released in different forms for UK, German and North American markets and the Australian 1988 CD version had five bonus tracks.