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By "arrene"
Format:Audio CD
When this project saw the light, Deborah Harry had 5 sublime Blondie albums on her name. Nile Rodgers & Bernard Edwards (Chic) took the responsibility for the Kookoo production.
I have to admit I had to get used this Debbie sound when Kookoo was first released in 1981. But the album is getting better every year that goes by! Now in 2002 it has grown to a masterpiece! The urban funky The jam was moving, the ballad like Chrome, the danceable Oasis and Surrender the regea'sh Inner City Spillover, Military Rap and Under Arrest are the absolute killers of the album.
Debbie Harry was her time far ahead by this album! Kookoo stands for urban funk and definately NOT sounding dated like many time members like Up Side Down (Diana Ross) or Sister Sledge to name a few. It's so different! You can't compare it with Blondie neither with other Chic productions like David Bowie's Let's dance (released a year later)
This album is a must for every Blondie fan but it's so different than Blondie. It's a must for people who want something different! For instance: URBAN FUNKROCK.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By newry1960
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Ordered for a friend and he was delighted with it. I had heard him say he had been looking for it and thought it was the perfect gift which it turned out to be.
1 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By B. S. Marlay
Format:Audio CD
`Koo Koo' is a truly weird first solo album for someone that fronted what was, at the time, one of the biggest bands in the world. With its heavy emphasis on rap, one can only assume Deborah Harry and everyone else involved had gotten carried away by Blondie's success with `Rapture'. But, unfortunately nothing on this album comes even remotely close to the finesse of that song.
Presumably Harry was trying to release something that did not sound like Blondie, which she definitely managed. Instead of working with Blondie's rock producer, Mike Chapman (Suzi Quatro, The Knack, The Sweet, Pat Benatar), she worked with dance producers Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards (Chic, Sister Sledge, The Jacksons, Diana Ross). The result is that `Koo Koo' sports a thin sound, contains slight, lack-lustre songs and, worst of all, fails to capitalize on Harry's awesome vocal abilities, leaving her enigmatic style sounding silly alongside all the popping basses and excessive rapping.
With the exception of the moody and atmospheric `Now I Know You Know', and to a much lesser extent, the single `Backfired', most of the songs are flat out terrible. It is interesting to note that both of these tracks were written by Rodgers and Edwards. Harry and long-term partner, Chris Stein, had a hand in writing most of the other songs. In fact, were it produced by Chapman, the song `Under Arrest' would have sounded very much like a great Blondie song. Unfortunately, without him, it and everything else just sounds daft and under-realized. The best thing about it is the incredible cover art by H.R.Giger.
Presumably Harry was trying to release something that did not sound like Blondie, which she definitely managed. Instead of working with Blondie's rock producer, Mike Chapman (Suzi Quatro, The Knack, The Sweet, Pat Benatar), she worked with dance producers Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards (Chic, Sister Sledge, The Jacksons, Diana Ross). The result is that `Koo Koo' sports a thin sound, contains slight, lack-lustre songs and, worst of all, fails to capitalize on Harry's awesome vocal abilities, leaving her enigmatic style sounding silly alongside all the popping basses and excessive rapping.
With the exception of the moody and atmospheric `Now I Know You Know', and to a much lesser extent, the single `Backfired', most of the songs are flat out terrible. It is interesting to note that both of these tracks were written by Rodgers and Edwards. Harry and long-term partner, Chris Stein, had a hand in writing most of the other songs. In fact, were it produced by Chapman, the song `Under Arrest' would have sounded very much like a great Blondie song. Unfortunately, without him, it and everything else just sounds daft and under-realized. The best thing about it is the incredible cover art by H.R.Giger.
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