Necessary Evil (Deborah Harry album)

Necessary Evil
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 (1999)Most of All: The Best of Deborah Harry1999 Necessary Evil (2007)

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
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)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Two Times Blue  Listen "	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

Musicians

• 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

References

Debbie Harry
Studio albums	KooKoo (1981) Rockbird (1986) Def, Dumb & Blonde (1989) Debravation (1993) Necessary Evil (2007)
Compilations	Once More into the Bleach (1988) The Complete Picture: The Very Best of Deborah Harry and Blondie (1991) Most of All: The Best of Deborah Harry (1999)
Singles	"Backfired" "The Jam Was Moving" "Chrome" "Rush Rush" "Feel the Spin" "French Kissin" "In Love with Love" "Free to Fall" "Liar, Liar" "I Want That Man" "Kiss It Better" "Brite Side" "Sweet and Low" "Maybe for Sure" "Well, Did You Evah!" (with Iggy Pop) "I Can See Clearly" "Strike Me Pink" "New York, New York" (with Moby) "Two Times Blue" "If I Had You" "Fit Right In"
Related articles	Discography Blondie The Wind in the Willows Chris Stein
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