Debravation is the fourth solo album by Deborah Harry

Debbie Harry

Deborah Ann "Debbie" Harry is an American singer-songwriter and actress, best known for being the lead singer of the punk rock and new wave band Blondie. She has also had success as a solo artist, and in the mid-1990s she performed and recorded as part of The Jazz Passengers...

. Released in 1993, the album reached no. 24 in the UK. It was also the final album Harry made whilst signed to the Chrysalis label, thus ending a successful partnership that began with Blondie and had endured for over 15 years.

The first single from the album was the dance track "I Can See Clearly

I Can See Clearly

"I Can See Clearly" is a single released by Deborah Harry in 1993 and was the lead single from the album Debravation.-Song information:...

", which reached no.23 in the UK. The second single, ballad "Strike Me Pink

Strike Me Pink

"Strike Me Pink" is the second and final single from Deborah Harry's fourth solo album Debravation.-Song information:"Strike Me Pink" failed to chart in the US and peaked at #46 in the UK. It's Harry's last single to chart on the UK Singles Chart to date and the single didn't make any other major...

", had a controversial promotional video that was banned for being too disturbing - it featured a man in a glass tank filled with water, as Harry sits and watches him drown.

The U.S. version of the album contained two additional tracks, including "My Last Date (With You)" which featured instrumental backing from R.E.M.

R.E.M.

R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry. One of the first popular alternative rock bands, R.E.M. gained early attention due to Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style and Stipe's...

.

Debravation was re-issued in 2005 by Wounded Bird Records

Wounded Bird Records

Wounded Bird Records is a CD only, re-issue record label, that was founded in 1998 in Guilderland, New York. They re-release lesser known albums from both popular and lesser known artists, including Deborah Harry, Chic, David Blue, Marilyn Martin, Gordon Haskell, Jon Anderson, Adrian Belew, Ellen...

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Track listing

1. "I Can See Clearly
   I Can See Clearly
   "I Can See Clearly" is a single released by Deborah Harry in 1993 and was the lead single from the album Debravation.-Song information:...
   
   " (Arthur Baker
   Arthur Baker (musician)
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   , Tony McIlwaine) - 3:52
2. "Stability" (Franne Golde
   Franne Golde
   Franne Golde is a songwriter, musician, singer and writer. Her songs have appeared on more than 100 million records worldwideFranne has received BMI awards for singles with The Pussycat Dolls , Randy Travis’s "A Man Ain't Made of Stone", The Kinleys' "Somebody's Out There Watching" from the Touched...
   
   , Deborah Harry
   Debbie Harry
   Deborah Ann "Debbie" Harry is an American singer-songwriter and actress, best known for being the lead singer of the punk rock and new wave band Blondie. She has also had success as a solo artist, and in the mid-1990s she performed and recorded as part of The Jazz Passengers...
   
   , Chris Stein
   Chris Stein
   Christopher "Chris" Stein is co-founder and guitarist in the New Wave band, Blondie. He is also a producer and performer for the classic soundtrack of the hip hop film Wild Style....
   
   , Allee Willis
   Allee Willis
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   ) - 4:59
3. "Strike Me Pink
   Strike Me Pink
   "Strike Me Pink" is the second and final single from Deborah Harry's fourth solo album Debravation.-Song information:"Strike Me Pink" failed to chart in the US and peaked at #46 in the UK. It's Harry's last single to chart on the UK Singles Chart to date and the single didn't make any other major...
   
   " (Jonathan Bernstein, Anne Dudley
   Anne Dudley
   Anne Dudley is an English composer and pop musician, and was the first BBC Concert Orchestra's Composer in Association in 2001. She has worked in both the classical and pop genres. She is perhaps best known, however, as one of the core members of the synthpop band Art of Noise and also as a film...
   
   , Deborah Harry) - 4:02
4. "Rain" (Lee Foxx) - 4:13
5. "Communion" (Deborah Harry, Guy Pratt
   Guy Pratt
   Guy Pratt is a session bassist and also a songwriter, actor and comedian. He is the son of actor Mike Pratt. In Kensington and Chelsea, London, in 1996, Pratt married Gala Wright, the daughter of Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright...
   
   ) - 6:35
6. "Lip Service" (Toni C., Deborah Harry) - 3:32
7. "Mood Ring" (Deborah Harry, Chris Stein) - 4:29
8. "Keep on Going" (Jon Astley
   Jon Astley
   Jon Astley is a British record producer who also recorded and released two albums as a singer-songwriter in the late 1980s. His most commercially successful song was "Jane's Getting Serious", later popularized by a Heinz ketchup television commercial starring a pre-Friends cast member Matt...
   
   ) - 4:16
9. "Dancing Down the Moon" (Deborah Harry, Chris Stein) - 3:10
10. "Standing in My Way" (Lee Foxx, Deborah Harry) - 4:10
11. "The Fugitive" (Deborah Harry, Chris Stein) - 4:55
12. "Dog Star Girl" (William Gibson
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    , Chris Stein) - 5:34
13. "My Last Date (With You)" (Bryant, Cramer, Davis) - 2:57
    • U.S. CD only bonus track
14. "Tear Drops" (Calhoun, Golden) - 2:27
    • U.S. CD only bonus track

Personnel

• Deborah Harry - vocals
  Singing
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• Chris Stein
  Chris Stein
  Christopher "Chris" Stein is co-founder and guitarist in the New Wave band, Blondie. He is also a producer and performer for the classic soundtrack of the hip hop film Wild Style....
  
   - guitar
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  , programming
• Guy Pratt
  Guy Pratt
  Guy Pratt is a session bassist and also a songwriter, actor and comedian. He is the son of actor Mike Pratt. In Kensington and Chelsea, London, in 1996, Pratt married Gala Wright, the daughter of Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright...
  
   - guitar, keyboards
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  , drum
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   programming
• Pete Min - guitar
• Tim Renwick
  Tim Renwick
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   - guitar
• Stuart Kimball - guitar
• Michael Hehir - guitar
• J.J. Belle - guitar
• Chester Kaymen - guitar
• Danny Wilensky - saxophone
  Saxophone
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• Philip Todd - saxophone
• Andy Paley
  Andy Paley
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   - piano
  Piano
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  , drums, background vocals
  Backing vocalist
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• Steve Piggot - keyboards
• Danny Schogger - keyboards
• Anne Dudley
  Anne Dudley
  Anne Dudley is an English composer and pop musician, and was the first BBC Concert Orchestra's Composer in Association in 2001. She has worked in both the classical and pop genres. She is perhaps best known, however, as one of the core members of the synthpop band Art of Noise and also as a film...
  
   - keyboards
• Jon Astley
  Jon Astley
  Jon Astley is a British record producer who also recorded and released two albums as a singer-songwriter in the late 1980s. His most commercially successful song was "Jane's Getting Serious", later popularized by a Heinz ketchup television commercial starring a pre-Friends cast member Matt...
  
   - keyboards
• Carrie Booth - keyboards, background vocals
• Tony McIlwaine - keyboards, programming
• Arthur Baker
  Arthur Baker (musician)
  Arthur Baker is an American record producer and DJ best known for his work with hip hop artists like Afrika Bambaataa, Planet Patrol, and the British group New Order.-Early career:...
  
   - keyboards, programming
• Nikolai Vorkapich - keyboards, programming
• Lenny Dee - keyboards, programming
• Eric Kupper - keyboards, programming
• Steve Rimland - keyboards, programming
• Richard T. Norris - keyboards, programming
• Toni C. - keyboards, programming
• Leigh Foxx - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Andy Pask - bass
• Steve Barnacle - bass
• Geoff Dugmore - drums
• CJ Vanston - synthesizer
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   drums
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• Frank Ricotti
  Frank Ricotti
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   - percussion
• Ian Wilson - background vocals
• Tessa Niles
  Tessa Niles
  Tessa Niles is an English singer, best known as a backing singer for a wide variety of artists.-Early life and career:Born in Kent, Niles began her professional singing career, as both a lead and a backing vocalist, in 1979...
  
   - background vocals
• Linda Taylor - background vocals
• Katie Kissoon - background vocals
• Andy Caine - background vocals
• John Williams - background vocals
• Jonathon Paley - background vocals
• R.E.M.
  R.E.M.
  R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry. One of the first popular alternative rock bands, R.E.M. gained early attention due to Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style and Stipe's...
  
   - performance on "My Last Date with You"

Production

• Arthur Baker
  Arthur Baker (musician)
  Arthur Baker is an American record producer and DJ best known for his work with hip hop artists like Afrika Bambaataa, Planet Patrol, and the British group New Order.-Early career:...
  
   - producer
  Record producer
  A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
  
   "I Can See Clearly
  I Can See Clearly
  "I Can See Clearly" is a single released by Deborah Harry in 1993 and was the lead single from the album Debravation.-Song information:...
  
  "
• Chris Stein - producer "Stability", "Rain", "Dancing Down The Moon", "The Fugitive", "Dog Star Girl",
• Anne Dudley - producer "Strike Me Pink
  Strike Me Pink
  "Strike Me Pink" is the second and final single from Deborah Harry's fourth solo album Debravation.-Song information:"Strike Me Pink" failed to chart in the US and peaked at #46 in the UK. It's Harry's last single to chart on the UK Singles Chart to date and the single didn't make any other major...
  
  ", "Mood Ring"
• Jon Astley - producer "Rain", "Keep On Going"
• Guy Pratt - producer "Communion"
• Adam Yellin
  Adam Yellin
  Adam Michael Yellin is an American music engineer, mixer and producer. He has worked with many big names in the music industry including The Rolling Stones, The Ramones, Debbie Harry, Run-D.M.C., KISS, Ozzy Osbourne, and Billy Idol...
  
   - producer/recording engineer/mixing engineer
• Toni C. - producer "Lip Service"
• John Williams - producer "Standing In My Way"
• R.E.M. - producers "My Last Date With You"
• Andy Paley - producer "My Last Date With You", "Tear Drops"
• Kennan Keating - sound engineer
• Louis Scalise - sound engineer
• Andy Cardenas - sound engineer
• Neil McLellan - sound engineer
• Michael O' Hora - sound engineer
• Roger Dudley - sound engineer
• Glen Skinner - sound engineer
• Bill Esses - sound engineer
• Darrin Tidsey
  Hi-Rise
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  - sound engineer
• Geoff Foster - sound engineer
• Rich Travali - sound engineer

Debravation Producer's Cut

In 1994, Harry released a different version of the album independently, entitled Debravation (8½) Producer's (Director's) Cut. According to Harry's official website, this version was the original version of the album that was presented to the record company for release. When her record company opted for a different track listing, Harry had a limited number of copies pressed of her original version of the album which were sold at her live concerts and via her website. The Producer's Cut contained alternate versions of songs from the record company release of Debravation, as well as tracks that were used as B-sides, and also some previously unreleased material. The musicians for the Producer's Cut were Chris Stein (guitar and programming), Pete Min (guitar), Leigh Foxx (bass) and Geoff Dugmore (drums).

• 8½ Rhumba (Nino Rota
  Nino Rota
  Nino Rota was an Italian composer and academic who is best known for his film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti...
  
  )
• Rain
• Dog Star Girl (H.R. Giger solo, conducted by Chris Stein and Pete Min)
• Stability
• Standing In My Way (with additional vocals by Joey Ramone
  Joey Ramone
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  )
• Dancing Down The Moon
• Black Dog (Jimmy Page
  Jimmy Page
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  , Robert Plant
  Robert Plant
  Robert Anthony Plant, CBE is an English singer and songwriter best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the iconic rock band Led Zeppelin. He has also had a successful solo career...
  
  , John Paul Jones
  John Paul Jones (musician)
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  ) (recorded live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London
  London
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  on July 23, 1991) (Steve Bernacle: bass; Carrie Boothe: keyboards; Geoff Dugmore: drums; Karl Hyde: guitar; Melissa Poole Stein: backing vocals)
• Mood Ring
• The Fugitive
• The Date (Harry, Stein)
• On A Breath (Leigh Foxx)