Rockbird [Original recording reissued]

Debbie Harry | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 1, 1997)
• Original Release Date: 1989
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Geffen Gold Line Sp.
• ASIN: B000000OYG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #214,733 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Debbie's comeback after Blondie, September 18, 2002

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"arrene" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rockbird (Audio CD)

I own all Blondie and Deborah Harry albums. This is her second solo album after the 1981 masterpiece Kookoo with N.Rodgers and B.Edwards. Rockbird includes the UK top 10 hit French kissin'in the USA. Giving this album a rate is hard to do for me because I compare it with the other solo efforts of Debbie Harry. To rank Deborah Harry solo albums: 1 Kookoo 2 Rockbird 3 Def Dumb & Blonde 4 Debravation. So t.m.o.this is her second SOLO best. Songs like I want you, Buckle up, Free to fall, Secret life, You got me in trouble and Rockbird are great. Very different than her Blondie work but always that unmistakable voice. Too bad the album didn't hit the charts but at least it spawned a top 10 hit and two other UK top 40's: Free to fall and In love with love.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gosh She's Good, November 13, 2001

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Rivkah Maccaby "Rivkah Maccaby" (Bloomington, IN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rockbird (Audio CD)

My first choice among Deborah Harry's solo albums is Debravation, which is for some reason out of print. Of the ones available (and I think they all are except Debravation), Rockbird is my favorite. Anyone who likes Deborah Harry should like this CD.

I'll confess to being an incorrigible Debbie Harry fan: I have a cat name Debbie Harry, and if Deborah Harry released an album with Close to You, Achy Breaky Heart and the theme to the Brady Bunch, I'd buy it.

That said, Rockbird has many excellent qualities: each segue from one song to another is good. The album is well put together; it is the kind of album you play straight through. Or at least I do. I never cut out tracks or pick one or two songs to play over and over. I just pop the CD in and let it go.

If you want to know about individual songs, however, yeah, this one has French Kissin' in the USA, and yeah, it's really, really good.

This album showcases Harry's voice more than any of her other albums. The background accompaniment is very much in the background, so you have the pleasure of enjoying the sound of her voice. This album doesn't recapture any of the Blondie sound, because its not about a group and its sound. Its about Deborah Harry as a soloist. It's wonderful.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent solo album from Debbie Harry, December 14, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Rockbird (Audio CD)

After being an avid fan of Blondie, I decided to purchase Debbie Harry's solo albums. I now have all four, and this is my second favorite of them. Rockbird has many different styles, although not exactly the same as Blondie's band works, it does have rock, pop, dance, some disco; it's so hard to label this album because it has a little of everything. My favorite tracks are: I Want You, Buckle Up, In Love with Love, You Got Me in Trouble, Rockbird, Secret Life, and Beyond the Limit. I would definitely recommend this album to fans of Blondie, or 80s music.