I have to be honest here and say this is not good. No stand out tracks and some real stinkers. I mean what is 'You're Too Hot' all about? Debbie goes back to her punk days and just screams it out. Not a good listening experience. 'Two Times Blue' isn't too bad, but it's not a patch on her Blondie stuff. 'School For Scandal' is more a song for Girls Aloud then Debbie. 'If I Had You' is a pretty enough tune but it's bland. 'Deep End' weird verse, ok chorus. 'Love Without Vengeance' another bland offering. 'Necessary Evil' she talks though the beginning of it and it is similar to Blondie's older stuff but there just isn't a hook line or melody in sight. 'Charm Redux' no idea what this means but it's a hip hoppy back beat which lasts for a minute then the track is over. Debbie doesn't sing on it, what a waste of space. 'Dirty And Deep' another one where she talks the verse, it sounds exactly like 'Necessary Evil', boring. 'What Is Love' now this isn't a bad one at all, maybe the best track on the album. A gentle ballad with a nice hook line. 'Whiteout' Debbie sounds a bit drunk in this one, but it does get better as it goes on, but not by much. 'Needless To Say' another ballad, very nice but it's forgetable. 'Heat Of The Moment' a slightly jungle type beat going on here with Debbie's breathy vocals over the top repeating the title of the song. Again it's short and is no more then an instrumental interlude. 'Charmal Arm' what is a charmal arm?? Another weird track. Very computerised. 'Jen Jen' This track takes ages to begin, just silence for ages then some tribal chant thing comes in and a synthised beat. Debbie doesn't make an appearance. It's written by Chris Stein so I'm not surprised it's peculiar. 'Naked Eye' again no melody, no impact at all. 'Paradise' A ballad that starts off with a bit of a saxaphone riff but just dies of boredom after a couple of minutes.
It is worth noteing that Debbie had a hand in writing most of these tracks, and her voice is as gorgeous as ever, but this is not an album I could listen to very often, if at all.
If anything this is a conceptual 'experimental' piece of music, certainly not commercial in value and in places it is just plain odd. To odd for Debbie's Blondie fans I think.
Score Board: 4/17 Out of 17 tracks only a few have made any impact. Sorry Debbie.
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