Necessary Evil (Deborah Harry album)

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Necessary Evil
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 17, 2007
Recorded2007
Genre
Length48:29
LabelEleven Seven
Producer
Deborah Harry chronology
Most of All: The Best of Deborah Harry
(1999)
Necessary Evil
(2007)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic50/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Digital Spy[3]
Robert Christgau(1-star Honorable Mention)[4]
Rolling Stone

Necessary Evil, is the fifth solo album by the American singer Deborah Harry. Released in September 2007, it was 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 No. 86. In the US, it debuted at No. 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.[5]

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Debbie Harry, Barbara Jean Morrison, Charles W. Nieland, exceptions were noted

Necessary Evil track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Two Times Blue" 3:56
2."School for Scandal" 3:09
3."If I Had You"Morrison, Nieland3:18
4."Deep End" 3:11
5."Love with a Vengeance" 4:41
6."Necessary Evil" 3:31
7."Charm Redux" 1:15
8."You're Too Hot" 3:41
9."Dirty and Deep"Harry, Morrison, Nieland, Sean Travis Dempsey3:16
10."What Is Love?" 4:32
11."Whiteout" 4:30
12."Needless to Say" 4:15
13."Heat of the Moment" 4:09
14."Charm Alarm"Harry, Morrison, Nieland, Guy Furrow5:02
Total length:48:29
Necessary Evil US bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
15."Jen Jen"Chris SteinChris Stein5:15
16."Naked Eye"Harry, SteinStein4:28
17."Paradise"Roy Nathanson, Bill WareBill Ware6:20
Total length:64:22

Personnel[edit]

  • Deborah Harry – vocals, guitar (track 8), percussion (track 10)

With

  • Tracks 1–14
    • Super Buddha – all instruments, except as noted
    • Mark Marone – drums (tracks 2–4, 14)
    • Sean Travis Dempsey – keyboards and drum programming (track 9)
    • Miss Guy – additional vocals (track 14)
  • Tracks 15–16
  • Track 17

Charts[edit]

Chart performance for Necessary Evil
Chart (2007) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[6] 86
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[7] 37

Release history[edit]

Release history and formats for Necessary Evil
Region Date
United Kingdom September 17, 2007
United States October 9, 2007
Germany October 26, 2007

References[edit]