Necessary Evil (Deborah Harry album)

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 #86. In the US, it debuted at #37 on the Independent Chart.

Necessary Evil
Studio album by Deborah Harry
Released	September 17, 2007
Recorded	2007
Genre	Pop rock 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 (1999) Necessary Evil (2007)

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

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	50/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
Digital Spy	[4]
Robert Christgau	[5]
Rolling Stone

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Two Times Blue"	Debbie Harry, Barbara Jean Morrison, Charles W. Nieland	3:56
2.	"School for Scandal"	Harry, Morrison, Nieland	3:09
3.	"If I Had You"	Morrison, Nieland	3:18
4.	"Deep End"	Harry, Morrison, Nieland	3:11
5.	"Love with a Vengeance"	Harry, Morrison, Nieland	4:41
6.	"Necessary Evil"	Harry, Morrison, Nieland	3:31
7.	"Charm Redux"	Harry, Morrison, Nieland
8.	"You're Too Hot"	Harry, Morrison, Nieland	3:41
9.	"Dirty and Deep"	Harry, Morrison, Nieland, Sean Travis Dempsey	3:16
10.	"What Is Love?"	Harry, Morrison, Nieland	4:32
11.	"Whiteout"	Harry, Morrison, Nieland
12.	"Needless to Say"	Harry, Morrison, Nieland	4:15
13.	"Heat of the Moment"	Harry, Morrison, Nieland	4:09
14.	"Charm Alarm"	Harry, Morrison, Nieland, Guy Furrow	5:02

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	5:15
16.	"Naked Eye"	Harry, Stein	Stein	4:28
17.	"Paradise"	Roy Nathanson, Bill Ware	Bill Ware	6:20

Personnel

• 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
  • Chris Stein – all instruments
• Track 17
  • Roy Nathanson – saxophone
  • Bill Ware – all other instruments

Release history

Region	Date
United Kingdom	September 17, 2007
United States	October 9, 2007
Germany	October 26, 2007

References

1. Debbie Harry – If I Had You – Free Music Videos on ARTISTdirect Network
2. Metacritic
3. Allmusic review
4. Digital spy review
5. Robert Christgau review