(2023) Debbie Harry - KooKoo [Deluxe Edition]


Review:
KooKoo was recorded while Debbie Harry and boyfriend Chris Stein were taking a break from the band Blondie. The album was produced by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards of the R&B band Chic, who had just had major success working with Diana Ross on her 1980 album Diana. Harry and Stein first met the pair at the Power Station recording studio in New York while Blondie were recording their 1979 album Eat to the Beat, and they remained good friends in the intervening years. KooKoo was one of three albums to be (co)written and produced by Rodgers and Edwards in 1981, the other two being Chic’s fifth album Take It Off and Johnny Mathis’ I Love My Lady, which remained unreleased until 2017. KooKoo showcased the early fusion of funk, rock and dance music that would become the trademark of Rodgers and Edwards, and this style would later be evident on albums such as David Bowie’s Let’s Dance, Duran Duran’s Notorious, The Power Station’s self-titled debut album, and Robert Palmer’s Riptide. Backing vocals were provided by Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale of Devo, credited as Spud and Pud Devo. KooKoo reached number six on the UK Albums Chart and spent seven weeks on the chart, being certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for shipments in excess of 60,000 copies. The album reached number 25 on the US Billboard 200 and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting shipments in excess of 500,000 copies. — Wikipédia


   


Track List:
01 - Jump Jump
02 - The Jam Was Moving
03 - Chrome
04 - Surrender
05 - Inner City Spillover
06 - Backfired
07 - Now I Know You Know
08 - Under Arrest
09 - Military Rap
10 - Oasis
11 - Backfired (Extended Version)
12 - The Jam Was Moving (Extended Version)
13 - Inner City Spillover (Extended Version)
14 - Backfired (Bruce Forrest & Frank Heller Remix)
15 - The Jam Was Moving (Chris Stein & Debbie Harry Remix)


Media Report:
Genre: new wave, pop, rock
Country: Miami, Flórida, USA
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits
Compression mode: Lossless
Writing library: libFLAC 1.2.1 (UTC 2007-09-17)


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