Necessary Evil (Deborah Harry album)

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Necessary Evil
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Studio album by Deborah Harry
Released September 15, 2007
Recorded 2007
Genre Pop rock
Label Eleven Seven Records
Producer Barb Morrison, Charles Nieland, Chris Stein, Bill Ware
Deborah Harry chronology
Most of All: The Best of Deborah Harry
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Necessary Evil, is the fifth solo album by the American singer Deborah Harry. Released in September 2007, it is her first solo album in fourteen years. The album contains fourteen tracks (seventeen in some territories), including the first single "Two Times Blue", released on the iTunes Store on June 6, 2007. Harry promoted the album on Cyndi Lauper's True Colors Tour 2007, performing a number of songs from the album. Upon its release in the UK, it debuted at #86. In the US, it debuted at #37 on the Independent Chart.

In several interviews, Harry said the album was recorded slowly. At first, the project was just a handful of songs from over a few years that she had never intended to develop into a full album. Then, before she knew it, she was working with Barb Morrison and Charles Nieland of production team Super Buddha and found herself on the Eleven Seven Music label.

On January 18, 2008, an official music video for "If I Had You" was released.[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2.5/5 stars[2]
Digital Spy 3/5 stars[3]
Robert Christgau (1-star Honorable Mention)[4]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "Two Times Blue
<phonos file="Debbie Harry - Two Times Blue.ogg">Listen</phonos>"  		 Debbie Harry, Barbara Jean Morrison, Charles W. Nieland Super Buddha  
2. "School for Scandal"   Harry, Morrison, Nieland Super Buddha  
3. "If I Had You"   Morrison, Nieland Super Buddha  
4. "Deep End"   Harry, Morrison, Nieland Super Buddha  
5. "Love with a Vengeance"   Harry, Morrison, Nieland Super Buddha  
6. "Necessary Evil"   Harry, Morrison, Nieland Super Buddha  
7. "Charm Redux"   Harry, Morrison, Nieland Super Buddha  
8. "You're Too Hot"   Harry, Morrison, Nieland Super Buddha  
9. "Dirty and Deep"   Harry, Morrison, Nieland, Sean Travis Dempsey Super Buddha  
10. "What Is Love"   Harry, Morrison, Nieland Super Buddha  
11. "Whiteout"   Harry, Morrison, Nieland Super Buddha  
12. "Needless to Say"   Harry, Morrison, Nieland Super Buddha  
13. "Heat of the Moment"   Harry, Morrison, Nieland Super Buddha  
14. "Charm Alarm"   Harry, Morrison, Nieland, Guy Furrow Super Buddha  

Additional tracks

The following tracks also appear on the US CD release
No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
15. "Jen Jen"   Chris Stein Chris Stein  
16. "Naked Eye"   Harry, Stein Stein  
17. "Paradise"   Roy Nathanson, Bill Ware Bill Ware  

Musicians

With

Release history

Region Date
Ireland September 15, 2008[5]
United Kingdom September 17, 2008
United States October 9, 2007
Germany October 26, 2008

Notes

  1. ↑ Debbie Harry - If I Had You - Free Music Videos on ARTISTdirect Network
  2. ↑ Allmusic review
  3. ↑ Digital spy review
  4. ↑ Robert Christgau review
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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