Def, Dumb & Blonde by Deborah Harry

Def, Dumb & Blonde, Deborah Harry's third solo album, came out in October 1989 on Sire in America and Chrysalis in Britain, and it marked a change of billing: "Debbie" was out and "Deborah" was back. She spread the production around, bringing in Tom Bailey of the Thompson Twins alongside Mike Chapman, the man behind the desk for the last four Blondie albums, and she made no secret of wanting parts of it to echo her old band.

It does. This is snappy pop-rock with a streak of that old Blondie sass, fronted by her cool, knowing voice, with "I Want That Man" leading the charge. It nearly went out under another name, too: the working title was Dream Season, dropped because Pat Benatar had an album called something similar.

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