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| Allmusic Biography : Duran Duran personified new wave for much of the mainstream audience. And for good reason. Duran Durans reputation was built through music videos, which accentuated their fashion-model looks and glamorous sense of style. Without music videos, its likely that their pop-funk -- described by the group as the Sex Pistols-meet-Chic -- would never have made them international pop stars. While Duran Duran did have sharper pop sensibilities than their new romantic contemporaries like Spandau Ballet and Ultravox, none of their peers exploited MTV and music videos like the Birmingham-based quintet. Each video the group made was distinctive, incorporating a number of cinematic styles to showcase the band as either part of the jet-setting elite ("Rio") or as worldly adventurers ("Hungry Like the Wolf"). While early videos like "Girls on Film" and "The Chauffeur" sparked controversy in England over their sexual content, their best-known clips were often based on hit contemporary movies. "Hungry Like the Wolf" uncannily recalled Raiders of the Lost Ark, while "Union of the Snake" and "The Wild Boys" brought to mind The Road Warrior. The clever videos helped make Duran Durans rise to popularity remarkably swift. Between 1982 and 1984, they rocketed from underground British post-punk sensations to teen idols. But their fall from grace was equally fast. By the late 80s, the groups lineup had fragmented, and the remaining members had trouble landing hit singles. Nevertheless, the group pulled off a surprising comeback in the early 90s as a sophisticated soft rock quartet. Inspired by David Bowie and Roxy Music, as well as post-punk and disco, schoolmates Nick Rhodes (keyboards) and John Taylor (guitar) formed Duran Duran in 1978 with their friends Simon Colley (bass, clarinet) and Stephen Duffy (vocals). Taking their name from a character in Roger Vadims psychedelic sci-fi film Barbarella, the group began playing gigs in the Birmingham club Barbarella, supported by a drum machine. Within a year, Duffy and Colley both left the group -- Duffy would later form the Lilac Time -- and were replaced by former TV Eye vocalist Andy Wickett and drummer Roger Taylor. After recording a demo, John Taylor switched to bass and guitarist Alan Curtis joined the band, only to leave within a matter of months. The group placed an ad in Melody Maker, which drew the attention of Andy Taylor, who became their guitarist. However, Duran Duran were still having trouble finding a vocalist. Following Wicketts departure in 1979, a pair of singers passed through the group before Simon LeBon, a former member of the punk band Dog Days and a drama student at Birmingham University, joined in early 1980. By the end of 1980, Duran Duran had become popular within the burgeoning new romantic circuit in England and had secured a record contract with EMI. "Planet Earth," the bands first single, quickly rose to number 12 upon its spring 1981 release. Immediately, Duran Duran became the leaders of the new romantic movement, and media sensations in the British music and mainstream press. The groups popularity increased through its cutting-edge music videos, especially the bizarre, racy clip for "Girls on Film." Although the BBC banned the Godley & Creme-directed video, the single became the groups first Top Ten hit, setting the stage for the fall release of its eponymous debut album. Duran Duran reached number three upon its release and stayed in the charts for 118 weeks. The band quickly followed the album with Rio in the spring of 1982. Rio entered the charts at number two, and its singles -- "Hungry Like the Wolf" and "Save a Prayer" -- became Top Ten hits. By the November release of the remix EP Carnival, the bandmembers were superstars in Europe, but only just beginning to make headway in America. Their exposure in the U.S. was helped greatly by the emergence of MTV, which put the groups stylish videos into heavy rotation. MTVs constant playing of the videos paid off, and "Hungry Like the Wolf" became a Top Ten hit early in 1983. Rio followed that single into the Top Ten, eventually selling over two million copies. Duran Duran mania was in full swing across America, with "Is There Something I Should Know" reaching the Top Ten -- it became the groups first English number one that summer -- and the groups first album climbing its way to number ten. Duran Duran capitalized on their popularity by releasing Seven and the Ragged Tiger in time for 1983s holiday season. The record hit number one in the U.K. and number eight in the U.S., spawning the hit singles "Union of the Snake" and "The Reflex," their first number one U.S. hit and their second British chart-topper. The band took an extended break after completing its year-and-a-half-long international tour in the spring of 1984. In November, the group released the non-LP single "Wild Boys," which reached number two in the U.K. and the U.S., where it was added to the live album Arena. By 1985, Duran Duran fever was beginning to cool off, and after completing the title track for the James Bond film A View to a Kill, the group went on hiatus. Andy and John Taylor formed the supergroup the Power Station with vocalist Robert Palmer and former Chic drummer Tony Thompson in January, releasing their eponymous debut album in the spring; it spawned the Top Ten singles "Some Like It Hot" and "Get It On (Bang a Gong)." The remaining members of Duran Duran -- Nick Rhodes, Simon LeBon, and Roger Taylor -- responded with their own side project, Arcadia, releasing an album called So Red the Rose in the fall of 1985; the album launched the Top Ten hit "Election Day." Early in 1986, Roger Taylor announced he was taking a yearlong sabbatical from the group; he never returned. Several months later, Andy Taylor also left, reducing Duran Duran to a trio. Late in 1986, the band released Notorious, its first album in nearly three years. While it was relatively successful, going platinum in the U.S. and generating a Top Ten hit with the title track, it was noticeably less popular than their earlier records. For the remainder of the decade, Duran Durans popularity continued to decline, with 1988s Big Thing producing "I Dont Want Your Love," their last Top Ten single for five years. The greatest-hits album Decade was released late in 1989, followed several months later by Liberty, the first Duran Duran album to fail to go gold. By that point, former Missing Persons guitarist Warren Cuccurullo had become a permanent member of the group. In 1993, the band returned from a prolonged hiatus with Duran Duran [The Wedding Album], a mature, layered record of lite funk and soulful adult contemporary pop that became a surprise hit. "Ordinary World" and "Come Undone" became Top Ten hits in America and the U.K. as well; the album itself climbed into the Top Ten on both continents and went platinum in America. Not only did the record restore their commercial status, but it earned them some of their best reviews of their career. The group followed the album with one of its poorest-received efforts, 1995s all-covers Thank You, which managed to go gold in America despite negative reviews. While Duran Duran were recording the follow-up to Thank You in 1996, John Taylor left the band to pursue a solo career, leaving the group a trio of LeBon, Rhodes, and Cuccurullo. That follow-up, Medazzaland, was released in 1997 but failed to produce any major hits. Released in 2000, Pop Trash suffered a similar fate. In March 2001, the three Taylors -- Andy, John, and Roger -- met up in Wales and worked with each other for three weeks. Around this time, rumors of a five-member reunion began to circulate. Two months after Rhodes and LeBon denied the rumors, the reunion was confirmed. Duran Duran recorded on and off for a new album over the next three years and also toured sporadically. After signing with Epic, they released Astronaut in October 2004. Red Carpet Massacre, produced by Timbaland and without Andy Taylor, followed in 2007. In 2011, Duran Duran delivered their 13th studio album, the Mark Ronson-produced All You Need Is Now; it was greeted with positive reviews and debuted at 11 on the U.K. charts and 29 in the U.S. Duran Duran began recording for their 14th album in 2013 and worked on it over the next two years. When it finally materialized in September 2015, Paper Gods bore tracks produced by both Mark Ronson and Nile Rodgers, alongside additional contributions in this area from Mr. Hudson and the bands engineer of choice, Josh Blair. The album also included vocals from Janelle Monáe, Kiesza, and Mews Jonas Bjerre, as well as guitar by former Red Hot Chili Pepper John Frusciante. The record was their first to be issued through Warner Bros. and its release date coincided with a headline slot at Rob da Banks Bestival event on the Isle of Wight. | ||
 | Album: 1 of 27 Title: Duran Duran Released: 1981 Tracks: 10 Duration: 39:54 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify TrackSamples Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Girls on Film (03:29) 2 Planet Earth (04:03) 3 Anyone Out There (04:03) 4 Careless Memories (03:55) 5 Is There Something I Should Know (?) 6 Night Boat (05:25) 7 Sound of Thunder (04:07) 8 Friends of Mine (05:44) 9 Tel Aviv (05:17) 10 To the Shore (03:50) |
| Duran Duran : Allmusic album Review : Duran Durans eponymous debut artfully coalesced the sonic and stylistic elements of the burgeoning new romantic movement they were soon to spearhead: pumping synths, glossy production, and seemingly impossible haircuts. Ultra-smart singles like "Girls on Film" and "Planet Earth" became instant smash hits both in the U.K. and America, and other fine pop gems such as "Anyone Out There" and "Careless Memories" rounded out the albums stellar first side. Side two was a far more experimental and revealing affair, with primary songwriter Nick Rhodes leading the band through atmospheric mood-pieces like "Night Boat," "Sound of Thunder," and the instrumental "Tel Aviv," all of which are particularly reminiscent of mid-era Roxy Music (clearly one of Durans biggest influences). The bands groundbreaking music videos would do the rest, securing them a unique standing as forerunners of the first MTV generation and cementing their status as one of the decades most successful pop music icons. [The bands first U.K. number one, the non-album single "Is There Something I Should Know?," was added to the 1983 U.S. reissue of Duran Duran, which also featured different artwork.] | ||
 | Album: 2 of 27 Title: Carnival Released: 1982-02-01 Tracks: 5 Duration: 29:22 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Rio, Pt. II (05:07) 2 Hold Back the Rain (re-mix) (07:06) 3 My Own Way (06:38) 4 Hungry Like the Wolf (night version) (05:16) 5 New Religion (05:15) |
 | Album: 3 of 27 Title: Rio Released: 1982-05-21 Tracks: 9 Duration: 42:21 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify TrackSamples Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Rio (05:37) 2 My Own Way (04:54) 3 Lonely in Your Nightmare (03:49) 4 Hungry Like the Wolf (03:40) 5 Hold Back the Rain (03:48) 6 New Religion (05:32) 7 Last Chance on the Stairway (04:19) 8 Save a Prayer (05:26) 9 The Chauffeur (05:13) |
| Rio : Allmusic album Review : From its Nagel cover to the haircuts and overall design -- and first and foremost the music -- Rio is as representative of the 80s at its best as it gets. The original Duran Durans high point, and just as likely the bands as a whole, its fusion of style and substance ensures that even two decades after its release it remains as listenable and danceable as ever. The quintet integrates its sound near-perfectly throughout, the John and Roger Taylor rhythm section providing both driving propulsion and subtle pacing. For the latter, consider the lush, semi-tropical sway of "Save a Prayer," or the closing paranoid creep of "The Chauffeur," a descendant of Roxy Musics equally affecting dark groover "The Bogus Man." Andy Taylors muscular riffs provide fine rock crunch throughout, Rhodes synth wash adds perfect sheen, and Le Bon tops it off with sometimes overly cryptic lyrics that still always sound just fine in context, courtesy of his strong delivery. Rios two biggest smashes burst open the door in America for the New Romantic/synth rock crossover. "Hungry Like the Wolf" blended a tight, guitar-heavy groove with electronic production and a series of instant hooks, while the title track was even more anthemic, with a great sax break from guest Andy Hamilton adding to the soaring atmosphere. Lesser known cuts like "Lonely in Your Nightmare" and "Last Chance on the Stairway" still have pop thrills a-plenty, while "Hold Back the Rain" is the sleeper hit on Rio, an invigorating blast of feedback, keyboards and beat that doesnt let up. From start to finish, a great album that has outlasted its era. | ||
 | Album: 4 of 27 Title: Seven and the Ragged Tiger Released: 1983-01-01 Tracks: 9 Duration: 37:40 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify TrackSamples Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 The Reflex (05:29) 2 New Moon on Monday (04:16) 3 (I’m Looking For) Cracks in the Pavement (03:38) 4 I Take the Dice (03:17) 5 Of Crime and Passion (03:51) 6 Union of the Snake (04:22) 7 Shadows on Your Side (04:01) 8 Tiger Tiger (03:21) 9 The Seventh Stranger (05:21) |
| Seven and the Ragged Tiger : Allmusic album Review : Despite the fact that Seven and the Ragged Tiger couldnt match the unrestrained pop/rock ebullience of 1982s Rio, Duran Duran put three of the albums singles in the Top Ten, taking it to number one in the U.K. Even though "The Reflex" gave the band their first number one hit, theres an overabundance of fancy glitz and dancefloor flamboyancy running through it, unlike "New Moon on Monday"s straight-ahead appeal or "Union of the Snake"s mysterious, almost taboo flair. Its apparent that Seven and the Ragged Tigers content has the band moving ever so slightly into a danceclub arena, with the songs leaning more toward their ability to produce a sexier sound through electronics and instrumentation than through a firm lyrical and musical partnership. Even the unreleased tracks trade Duran Durans handsome edginess for a shinier sound, heard mainly on "I Take the Dice" and "Cracks in the Pavement." Its here that Lebon and Taylors personalities begins to get overshadowed by the demand to produce a more synth-snazzy and fashionable style of music. Although they may have turned their songwriting down a notch in order to succumb to the pabulum of synthesized pop, they didnt relinquish every aspect of their genius, and when they do deliver, its bright, energetic, and effectual. Duran Durans new direction eventually gave Seven and the Ragged Tiger double platinum status. | ||
 | Album: 5 of 27 Title: Arena Released: 1984 Tracks: 10 Duration: 47:56 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Is There Something I Should Know? (04:34) 2 Hungry Like the Wolf (04:01) 3 New Religion (05:37) 4 Save a Prayer (06:12) 5 The Wild Boys (04:17) 6 The Seventh Stranger (05:05) 7 The Chauffeur (05:23) 8 Union of the Snake (04:08) 9 Planet Earth (04:31) 10 Careless Memories (04:07) |
| Arena : Allmusic album Review : Seeing Duran Duran in concert in 1984 was like seeing a video come to life. The group put on a spectacular show filled with impressive light shows and videos. Since the concerts featured so many visuals, the band could not vary the tempos greatly, resulting in music that nearly replicated the studio versions of the songs. Arena accurately reproduces the sound and feeling of these concerts. Duran Duran sound tight and professional (probably due to studio overdubbing), yet Simon Lebon sounds a little winded, possibly because of all the dancing he had to do during the course of the show. The new Nile Rodgers-produced single "The Wild Boys" was added to the album as bait and the strategy worked: peaking at number four, Arena was Duran Durans highest-charting album and it sold over two million copies. Nevertheless, its the most inconsequential album in their entire catalog, even if its fun. | ||
 | Album: 6 of 27 Title: Notorious Released: 1986 Tracks: 10 Duration: 46:57 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify TrackSamples Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Notorious (04:18) 2 American Science (04:43) 3 Skin Trade (05:57) 4 A Matter of Feeling (05:56) 5 Hold Me (04:31) 6 Vertigo (Do the Demolition) (04:44) 7 So Misled (04:03) 8 “Meet el Presidente” (04:19) 9 Winter Marches On (03:25) 10 Proposition (04:57) |
| Notorious : Allmusic album Review : 1986s Notorious has Andy Taylor contributing on only four songs before leaving to start his solo career, but on the strength of the title tracks number two placing and "Skin Trade"s number 39 mark, the album itself peaked at number 12 in the U.S. and number 16 in the U.K. On the whole, only "Notorious" showed any real livelihood, thanks to its modern gleam and the catchy stutter of its chorus. "Skin Trade" is almost as worthy, thanks to its sultry, seductive air and enchanting but complex rhythmic allure. While the writing is somewhat stable on Notorious, Duran Durans efforts at sounding enigmatic and covert end up being hot and cold. Tracks like "American Science" and "Vertigo" try too hard, while only "Meet el Presidente," a number 24 hit in Britain, sports a rather appealing flow. Beneath Duran Durans attempts at trying to sound musically devious, mysterious, and slightly seductive, the tracks fail to bear enough weight in order to be effective all the way through. Its easy to see why the band would choose such a route at this point in their career, but moderate doses of pop enthusiasm would have made Notorious a fuller and more enjoyable package. The provocative, nightclub brand of martini-sipping pop that does surface is meritorious to a certain extent, felt mostly in the albums two biggest tracks. | ||
 | Album: 7 of 27 Title: Master Mixes Released: 1987 Tracks: 6 Duration: 44:07 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 American Science (Chemical Reaction mix) (07:42) 2 Vertigo (Do the Demolition) (Mantronix mix) (06:34) 3 Skin Trade (Parisian mix) (08:10) 1 American Science (Meltdown mix) (07:25) 2 Vertigo (Do the Demolition) (B-Boy mix) (06:00) 3 Master Mix (08:15) |
 | Album: 8 of 27 Title: Strange Behavior Released: 1987-03-21 Tracks: 24 Duration: 2:34:16 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Planet Earth (Night mix) (06:58) 2 Girls on Film (night version) (05:31) 3 My Own Way (night version) (06:37) 4 Hungry Like the Wolf (Night version) (05:12) 5 Hold Back the Rain (alternate remix) (06:37) 6 Rio (Carnival version) (06:44) 7 New Religion (Carnival version) (05:16) 8 Is There Something I Should Know? (Monster mix) (06:41) 9 Union of the Snake (The Monkey mix) (06:26) 10 New Moon on Monday (extended version) (06:05) 11 The Reflex (dance mix) (06:33) 12 The Wild Boys (Wilder Than Wild Boys) (extended mix) (08:00) 1 Notorious (extended mix) (05:17) 2 Skin Trade (Stretch mix) (07:43) 3 Meet El Presidente (12″ version) (07:14) 4 American Science (Chemical Reaction mix) (07:42) 5 I Don’t Want Your Love (dub mix) (07:36) 6 All She Wants Is (US Master mix) (07:20) 7 Violence of Summer (power mix) (04:58) 8 Come Undone (Come Undub) (04:48) 9 Love Voodoo (Sydney Street 12″ mix) (04:41) 10 Too Much Information (12″ Jellybean mix) (06:44) 11 None of the Above (Drizabone 12″ mix) (06:37) 12 Drowning Man (D:Ream ambient mix) (06:45) |
 | Album: 9 of 27 Title: Big Thing Released: 1988-10-16 Tracks: 12 Duration: 44:53 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify TrackSamples Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Big Thing (03:41) 2 I Don’t Want Your Love (04:06) 3 All She Wants Is (04:35) 4 Too Late Marlene (05:08) 5 Drug (It’s Just a State of Mind) (04:38) 6 Do You Believe in Shame? (04:23) 7 Palomino (05:19) 8 Interlude One (00:33) 9 Land (06:12) 10 Flute Interlude (00:32) 11 The Edge of America (02:36) 12 Lake Shore Driving (03:05) |
| Big Thing : Allmusic album Review : Big Thing is Duran Durans most disappointing album, mainly because the band sounds cold and extremely isolated from their music. Both "I Dont Want Your Love" and "All She Wants Is" made it into the Top 40, but the album only climbed as high as number 24 on the charts. For Big Thing, Duran Duran chose novelty over pop conventionalism, giving "I Dont Want Your Love" a tawdry, unkempt feel that does emit droplets of pop charm, while "All She Wants Is" grinds and clanks along with a rather unfavorable tempo, which gained most of its attention because of its unorthodox style. Duran Duran was now making music apropos for seedy burlesque parlors while surrendering their pop roots, which many fans just couldnt get used to. Big Thing is short on inviting melodies, attractive rhythms, or hooks of any sort. Instead, the band opted for femme fatale lyrics and emotionless rhythms, lost in a bizarre no-mans land of danceclub pop/rock. Outside of the two singles, both "Do You Believe in Shame" (a number 30 hit in the U.K.) and "Lake Shore Driving" hold up the best, but efforts such as "Palomino," "Too Late Marlene," and the title track lack an established feel, sounding more like experiments than rock songs. Throughout the whole of Big Thing, Duran Duran seems more interested in stringing together ambiguous, unconcentrated musical utterances than creating any form of pleasurable music. | ||
 | Album: 10 of 27 Title: Decade Released: 1989-10-31 Tracks: 14 Duration: 59:44 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Planet Earth (04:03) 2 Girls on Film (03:29) 3 Hungry Like the Wolf (03:25) 4 Rio (05:37) 5 Save a Prayer (05:26) 6 Is There Something I Should Know? (04:10) 7 Union of the Snake (04:22) 8 The Reflex (04:26) 9 The Wild Boys (04:17) 10 A View to a Kill (03:35) 11 Notorious (04:00) 12 Skin Trade (04:28) 13 I Don’t Want Your Love (03:50) 14 All She Wants Is (04:32) |
| Decade : Allmusic album Review : Decade is an excellent singles compilation, featuring all of the highlights from Duran Durans heyday -- "Planet Earth," "Girls on Film," "Rio," "Is There Something I Should Know," "Union of the Snake," "The Reflex," "The Wild Boys," "Save a Prayer," "A View to a Kill" -- plus late-80s hits like "Notorious," "Skin Trade," "I Dont Want Your Love," and "All She Wants Is." By juxtaposing their stylish new wave pop against their latter-day lite-funk experiments, the groups decline becomes shockingly evident, but no other Duran Duran album sums up their appeal like Decade, and its hard to imagine another compilation working the same ground as effectively. | ||
 | Album: 11 of 27 Title: Liberty Released: 1990-08-22 Tracks: 11 Duration: 50:26 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Violence of Summer (Love’s Taking Over) (04:22) 2 Liberty (05:01) 3 Hothead (03:31) 4 Serious (04:21) 5 All Along the Water (03:50) 6 My Antarctica (05:00) 7 First Impression (05:28) 8 Read My Lips (04:30) 9 Can You Deal With It (03:47) 10 Venice Drowning (05:13) 11 Downtown (05:22) |
| Liberty : Allmusic album Review : Apart from the greatest-hits collection Decade, Big Thing was the lowest-charting Duran Duran album to date, prompting the band to rework its sound for 1990s Liberty. Unfortunately, the group has no idea what direction it wants to pursue. Liberty features everything from disco to guitar rock, adding elements of Motown, Philly soul, and new wave along the way. The stylistic diversity may have worked if the band had material to support it, but nothing on the record matches their best work -- it doesnt even match the finest moments of Big Thing. | ||
 | Album: 12 of 27 Title: The 12" Collection Released: 1991-05-31 Tracks: 20 Duration: 1:49:20 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Planet Earth (Night version) (06:23) 2 Khanada (03:30) 3 Fame (03:18) 4 Girls on Film (Night version) (05:34) 5 Rio, Part II (05:06) 6 Hold Back the Rain (remix) (07:06) 7 My Own Way (06:38) 8 Hungry Like the Wolf (Night version) (05:14) 9 New Religion (05:14) 1 The Reflex (dance mix) (06:36) 2 Union of the Snake (The Monkey mix) (06:27) 3 New Moon on Monday (remix) (06:06) 4 Is There Something I Should Know (Monster mix) (06:45) 5 Tiger Tiger (03:29) 6 Notorious (extended mix) (05:17) 7 Skin Trade (Stretch mix) (07:43) 8 We Need You (02:54) 9 Notorious (Latin Rascals mix) (06:21) 10 Skin Trade (album version) (05:58) 11 A View to a Kill (03:35) |
 | Album: 13 of 27 Title: Thank You Released: 1995-03-27 Tracks: 12 Duration: 54:25 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 White Lines (05:31) 2 I Wanna Take You Higher (05:05) 3 Perfect Day (03:50) 4 Watching the Detectives (04:47) 5 Lay Lady Lay (03:52) 6 911 Is a Joke (03:59) 7 Success (04:05) 8 Crystal Ship (02:51) 9 Ball of Confusion (03:46) 10 Thank You (06:35) 11 Drive By (05:34) 12 I Wanna Take You Higher Again (04:25) |
| Thank You : Allmusic album Review : An album of Duran Duran covering their "influences" was never something even the most dedicated fan wanted to hear, yet the band had the audacity to record Thank You, a collection of the groups favorite songs. Featuring songwriters as diverse as Bob Dylan and Sly Stone, Thank You works best when the band realizes the monumental silliness of its cover, as on "White Lines," which is performed with Grandmaster Flash himself, and the acoustic blues rendition of Public Enemys "911 Is a Joke." Or it works when the band can reinvent material like Lou Reeds "Perfect Day" into a slick MOR ballad. When Thank You doesnt work, its because the band doesnt quite get what made the original version special ("Lay Lady Lay" and "Watching the Detectives"). Too many plain, mediocre songs (the Doors "Crystal Ship") prevent the album from being either unintentionally funny or genuinely successful. The record is solely a curiosity and not a very interesting one at that. | ||
 | Album: 14 of 27 Title: Medazzaland Released: 1997-09-10 Tracks: 13 Duration: 53:19 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Medazzaland (03:52) 2 Big Bang Generation (04:44) 3 Electric Barbarella (05:19) 4 Out of My Mind (04:20) 5 Who Do You Think You Are (03:27) 6 Silva Halo (02:28) 7 Be My Icon (05:15) 8 Buried in the Sand (04:19) 9 Michael Youve Got a Lot to Answer For (04:09) 10 Midnight Sun (03:41) 11 So Long Suicide (04:39) 12 Ball and Chain (03:58) 13 Undergoing Treatment (03:05) |
| Medazzaland : Allmusic album Review : The monumental embarrassment of their covers album, Thank You, derailed Duran Durans impressive early-90s comeback and its successor, the clumsily named Medazzaland, finds the group trying regain lost territory. John Taylor left the group early in the recording of Medazzaland, leaving Simon LeBon and Nick Rhodes as the only surviving original members. With former Missing Persons member Warren Cuccurullo assisting on guitar, bass, and production, LeBon and Rhodes decide to update their basic new romantic dance-pop to include industrial, Brit-pop, and ambient flourishes. Ironically, all this window dressing merely emphasizes that Duran Duran are at their best when they concentrate on straight-ahead dance-pop and balladry, not when they try to be hip. Unfortunately, for most of Medazzaland, the group tries to stay hip and contemporary, and ultimately thats what prevents the album from offering enough pleasure. | ||
 | Album: 15 of 27 Title: Essential Duran Duran (Night Versions) Released: 1998-04-07 Tracks: 12 Duration: 1:16:30 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Planet Earth (night version) (06:18) 2 Girls on Film (night version) (05:31) 3 My Own Way (night version) (06:37) 4 Hungry Like the Wolf (night version) (05:17) 5 Rio (12" dance version) (06:44) 6 New Religion (night version) (05:16) 7 Hold Back the Rain (remix) (07:02) 8 Is There Something I Should Know? (Monster mix) (06:42) 9 Union of the Snake (Monkey mix) (06:26) 10 The Reflex (dance mix) (06:37) 11 The Wild Boys (Wilder Than Wild Boys) (extended mix) (08:00) 1 New Moon on Monday (extended mix) (06:00) |
 | Album: 16 of 27 Title: Greatest Released: 1998-11-03 Tracks: 18 Duration: 1:15:16 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Is There Something I Should Know? (04:10) 2 The Reflex (04:23) 3 A View to a Kill (03:35) 4 Ordinary World (single version) (04:41) 5 Save a Prayer (03:46) 6 Rio (04:44) 7 Girls on Film (03:29) 8 Planet Earth (03:55) 9 Union of the Snake (04:22) 10 New Moon on Monday (04:16) 11 The Wild Boys (04:17) 12 Notorious (04:00) 13 I Dont Want Your Love (03:48) 14 All She Wants Is (04:27) 15 Electric Barbarella (03:56) 16 Serious (04:28) 17 Skin Trade (04:13) 18 Come Undone (04:38) |
| Greatest : Allmusic album Review : Twenty years since their pop music debut, Duran Duran issued another greatest-hits collection. As if 1989s Decade werent stellar enough, this select package was much more solid. Greatest showcased the bands early days of glam rock décor and new romanticism to the alluring sophistication Duran Duran exuded throughout the 90s. The typical synth-powered pop hits are included -- "Girls on Film," "Rio," "A View to a Kill" -- as well as the signature ballads -- "Save a Prayer" -- but it might also receive criticism due to its chronological disarray. Still, that gives no reason to fret, for other goodies can be found throughout. The much-neglected "New Moon on Monday" is featured, as well as the bands mature eclecticism of such songs from the self-titled Wedding Album -- "Ordinary World" and "Come Undone." The bands experimentation with new millennium electronica found on "Electric Barbarella" again refocuses on Simon LeBon as the center of the band. A continuity blatantly obvious on Greatest and the strong commercialism that progressed throughout the bands healthy evolvement is not denied. Those chart-smashing singles from the 1980s made them a force to be reckoned with and an arena favorite. The songs are nearly ageless and they get their due here. Its a cheeky production and a definitive depiction of one of rocks biggest pop bands. | ||
 | Album: 17 of 27 Title: The Collection Released: 1999 Tracks: 18 Duration: 1:18:06 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Planet Earth (03:57) 2 Careless Memories (03:53) 3 Girls on Film (03:29) 4 My Own Way (04:51) 5 Hungry Like the Wolf (03:25) 6 Save a Prayer (03:46) 7 Rio (04:45) 8 The Chauffeur (Blue Silver) (05:13) 9 Is There Something I Should Know? (04:10) 10 Union of the Snake (04:22) 11 Secret Oktober (02:46) 12 New Moon on Monday (04:16) 13 The Reflex (04:24) 14 The Wild Boys (04:17) 15 Notorious (04:00) 16 Diamond Dogs (06:12) 17 Ordinary World (single version) (04:41) 18 White Lines (Dont Do It) (05:31) |
 | Album: 18 of 27 Title: Best of the 80s: Duran Duran Released: 2000 Tracks: 16 Duration: 1:10:19 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Girls on Film (03:28) 2 Planet Earth (03:56) 3 Anyone Out There? (04:02) 4 Sound of Thunder (04:04) 5 Is There Something I Should Know (04:09) 6 Like an Angel (04:44) 7 Hold Back the Rain (03:47) 8 My Own Way (04:50) 9 Rio (04:44) 10 New Religion (05:30) 11 The Chauffeur (Blue Silver) (05:11) 12 Lonely in Your Nightmare (03:47) 13 Last Chance on the Stairway (04:18) 14 White Lines (05:32) 15 Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) (04:54) 16 Fame (03:16) |
 | Album: 19 of 27 Title: Pop Trash Released: 2000-06-10 Tracks: 13 Duration: 48:44 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Someone Else Not Me (04:48) 2 Lava Lamp (03:54) 3 Playing With Uranium (03:51) 4 Hallucinating Elvis (05:26) 5 Starting to Remember (02:38) 6 Pop Trash Movie (04:55) 7 Fragment (00:49) 8 Mars Meets Venus (03:08) 9 Lady Xanax (04:55) 10 The Sun Doesn’t Shine Forever (04:51) 11 Kiss Goodbye (00:41) 12 Last Day on Earth (04:27) 13 Someone Else Not Me (en Francais) (04:15) |
| Pop Trash : Allmusic album Review : This album showcases a Duran Duran that is but a hollow shell of the band that enjoyed pop successes in the early 80s. Only Simon LeBon and Nick Rhodes remain from the original lineup -- Warren Cuccurullo, who has been featured on several recent Duran Duran albums, joins them to make a trio. Some of the smooth, spacy ballads that were characteristic of their 1993 self-titled release show up here, but more often than not LeBon is lost in a swamp of overproduction. Completely absent from this music was the aggressiveness and sexuality that made early Duran Duran great -- kinder, gentler records could probably be expected from the band as they age, but this album feels careless and flabby instead of introspective. Notable exceptions include the ascorbic "Mars Meets Venus," which skewers the American self-help movement over Bowie-influenced dance-pop beats, and the delicate if slightly sappy "Lady Xanax." | ||
 | Album: 20 of 27 Title: The Singles 81-85 Released: 2003-05-12 Tracks: 40 Duration: 3:06:18 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Planet Earth (04:03) 2 Late Bar (02:57) 3 Planet Earth (Night version) (06:17) 1 Careless Memories (03:44) 2 Khanada (03:28) 3 Fame (03:18) 1 Girls on Film (03:29) 2 Faster Than Light (04:28) 3 Girls on Film (Night version) (05:29) 1 My Own Way (03:42) 2 Like an Angel (04:47) 3 My Own Way (Night version) (06:36) 1 Hungry Like the Wolf (03:31) 2 Careless Memories (live) (04:12) 3 Hungry Like the Wolf (Night version) (05:11) 1 Save a Prayer (7" edit) (05:27) 2 Hold Back the Rain (remix) (04:01) 3 Hold Back the Rain (12" remix) (07:06) 1 Rio, Part One (05:14) 2 The Chauffeur (Blue Silver) (03:51) 3 Rio, Part Two (05:31) 4 My Own Way (04:34) 1 Is There Something I Should Know? (04:11) 2 Faith in This Color (04:09) 3 Is There Something I Should Know? (Monster mix) (06:44) 4 Faith in This Colour (alternate Slow mix) (04:09) 1 Union of the Snake (04:22) 2 Secret Oktober (02:48) 3 Union of the Snake (The Monkey mix) (06:27) 1 New Moon on Monday (04:16) 2 Tiger Tiger (03:30) 3 New Moon on Monday (dance mix) (06:03) 1 The Reflex (7″ version) (04:25) 2 Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) (live) (05:00) 3 The Reflex (dance mix) (06:36) 1 The Wild Boys (04:17) 2 (Im Looking For) Cracks in the Pavement (1984) (04:10) 3 The Wild Boys (Wilder Than Wild Boys) (extended mix) (08:00) 1 A View to a Kill (03:35) 2 A View to a Kill (That Fatal Kiss) (02:31) |
| The Singles 81-85 : Allmusic album Review : Heres something no Durannie can live without. A 13-disc box set containing replications of each of Duran Durans most significant singles released between 1981 and 1985, The Singles 81-85 is a package that -- much like the band itself, as many of the haters would argue -- is most practical as something to look at. The very idea of swapping discs out of the player after every two of three songs seems like a cumbersome one, especially since most of the B-sides function as little more than curiosities. Still, theres plenty for the old fanatics to reminisce over, from the often superior "Night Version" remixes, to the endearingly silly acoustic version of "The Chauffeur," to scarce tracks like "Khanada," "Faster Than Light," and "Sekret October." Even if this serves no purpose to you whatsoever, its at the very least fascinating to flip through the sleeves and watch the stark, angular graphic design of the early 80s morph into the garishly loud design of the mid-80s. From "Planet Earth" through "A View to a Kill," the box plots the course of one of the 80s most successful singles acts. | ||
 | Album: 21 of 27 Title: The Singles 1986-1995 Released: 2004-09-13 Tracks: 82 Duration: 6:46:27 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Notorious (45 mix) (04:02) 2 Winter Marches On (03:25) 3 Notorious (extended mix) (05:17) 4 Notorious (Latin Rascals mix) (06:23) 1 Skin Trade (radio cut) (04:26) 2 We Need You (02:54) 3 Skin Trade (Stretch mix) (07:43) 4 Skin Trade (album version) (05:58) 1 "Meet El Presidente" (7" remix) (03:43) 2 Vertigo (Do the Demolition) (04:43) 3 Meet el Presidente (07:16) 4 Meet el Presidente (Meet el Beat) (05:33) 1 I Dont Want Your Love (Shep Pettibone 7" mix) (03:51) 2 I Dont Want Your Love (album version) (04:06) 3 I Dont Want Your Love (Big mix) (07:34) 1 All She Wants Is (45 mix) (04:26) 2 I Believe/All I Need to Know (04:58) 3 All She Wants Is (US Master mix) (07:20) 4 All She Wants Is (Euro dub mix) (07:34) 5 Skin Trade (Parisian mix) (08:10) 1 Do You Believe in Shame? (04:25) 2 The Krush Brothers LSD (edit) (03:29) 3 God (London) (01:39) 4 This Is How a Road Gets Made (00:49) 5 Palomino (edit) (03:34) 6 Drug (original version) (04:20) 7 Notorious (live Rotterdam 1987) (04:16) 1 Burning the Ground (04:03) 2 Decadance (03:33) 3 Decadance (2 Risk E remix 12") (08:00) 1 Violence of Summer (7" mix) (03:29) 2 Violence of Summer (The Story mix) (03:15) 3 Violence of Summer (Power mix) (04:59) 4 Violence of Summer (album version) (04:20) 5 Violence of Summer (The Rock mix) (04:26) 6 Violence of Summer (The dub Sounds of a Powerful mix) (04:49) 7 Violence of Summer (Power Cutdown) (04:00) 8 Throb (04:29) 1 Serious (single version) (03:57) 2 Yo Bad Azizi (03:04) 3 Water Babies (05:34) 4 All Along the Water (03:51) 1 Ordinary World (single version) (04:41) 2 My Antarctica (05:00) 3 Ordinary World (05:40) 4 Save a Prayer (single version) (05:26) 5 Skin Trade (04:26) 6 The Reflex (7″ version) (04:25) 7 Hungry Like the Wolf (03:25) 8 Girls on Film (03:29) 1 Come Undone (edit) (04:17) 2 Ordinary World (acoustic version) (05:08) 3 Come Undone (FGI Thumpin 12") (08:18) 4 Come Undone (La Fin de Siecle) (05:27) 5 Come Undone (04:38) 6 Rio (album version) (05:35) 7 Is There Something I Should Know? (04:10) 8 A View to a Kill (03:35) 1 Too Much Information (album version) (04:56) 2 Come Undone (live Tower Records 1993) (07:33) 3 Notorious (live Tower Records 1993) (05:31) 4 Too Much Information (Ben Chapman 12" mix) (06:18) 5 Drowning Man (D:Ream 12" mix) (06:20) 6 Drowning Man (D:Ream Ambient mix) (06:35) 7 Too Much Information (Ben Chapman instrumental 12" mix) (06:00) 8 Too Much Information (Deptford dub) (05:44) 9 Too Much Information (album version edit) (03:58) 10 Come Undone (12" mix Comin Together) (07:24) 1 Perfect Day (03:50) 2 Femme Fatale (alternative mix) (04:13) 3 Love Voodoo (remix) (07:39) 4 The Needle and the Damage Done (02:06) 5 911 Is a Joke (alternate version) (03:50) 6 Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) (live) (04:58) 7 Perfect Day (acoustic version) (03:46) 1 White Lines (Don’t Do It) (05:25) 2 Save a Prayer (single version) (05:26) 3 None of the Above (Drizabone mix) (04:40) 4 White Lines (70s club mix) (07:54) 5 White Lines (Oakland Fonk mix) (05:30) 6 White Lines (Junior Vasquez mix) (05:38) 7 Ordinary World (acoustic version) (05:16) |
| The Singles 1986-1995 : Allmusic album Review : Durannies who were committed enough to continue following the group through the succession of patchy albums and poor decisions that came after "A View to a Kill" can consider themselves rewarded -- in a way -- since there now exists a tidy box set like this one, which contains 14 CD singles. These 14 CD singles contain each of the groups A-sides released from 1986 through 1995 -- "Notorious" through "White Lines (Dont Do It)" -- with all the B-sides from the original multi-format releases attached to those corresponding A-sides. ("Too Much Information," for instance, contains nine B-sides.) This will be overkill for anyone but the biggest fan, but there are several goodies scattered around, and its a convenient way to condense all of those 12" singles, cassingles, and CD5s into one portable package. Its not nearly as valuable as the box covering the earlier singles, but its a nice companion piece, even if it only gets looked at and pawed over. | ||
 | Album: 22 of 27 Title: Astronaut Released: 2004-10-04 Tracks: 12 Duration: 49:05 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 (Reach Up for the) Sunrise (03:25) 2 Want You More! (03:37) 3 What Happens Tomorrow (04:04) 4 Astronaut (03:24) 5 Bedroom Toys (03:50) 6 Nice (03:26) 7 Taste the Summer (03:52) 8 Finest Hour (03:55) 9 Chains (04:46) 10 One of Those Days (03:45) 11 Point of No Return (04:57) 12 Still Breathing (05:59) |
| Astronaut : Allmusic album Review : "Its like the Mamas & the Papas meets Kraftwerk." This line, more baffling than a lyric like "Shake up the picture, the lizard mixture, with your dance on the eventide," is how Simon LeBon described Astronaut to Rolling Stone. If it was meant to lower expectations of the first Duran Duran album to feature the Fab Five (meaning LeBon, Nick Rhodes, and the trio of unrelated Taylors) since Seven and the Ragged Tiger, it worked. Astronaut, rest assured, sounds nothing like that match made in hell. Instead, it resembles what the average lapsed Durannie might expect or even hope for -- a modern-sounding mixture of extroverted dance-pop and rock, with a couple of relatively subdued and introverted moments. No sound seems forced, and you can tell that the members are thrilled to be in the same studio with one another. Despite a disparate lineup of producers, including Don Gilmore (Linkin Park, Good Charlotte, Avril Lavigne) and Dallas Austin (Boyz II Men, Janet Jackson, Pink), the songs slide into one another as well as they do on any of the groups early albums. The big, glossy, buoyant songs work best, containing punching choruses and sleekly raucous motifs that manage to trigger faint memories without sounding recycled. The lighthearted mid-tempo funk of "Bedroom Toys," however, is a randy nightmare thats almost as awkward as any of the covers on Thank You. Even with a handful of forgettable songs beyond that, the album is easily the best one credited to the Duran Duran name since 1993s Wedding Album. Thats not saying much, but the fact that these five fortysomethings have made something fresh and contemporary -- without acknowledging the 80s revival(s) -- is a feat of some kind. (Note: Short-fused Roxy Music fans are advised to avoid looking inside the accompanying booklet.) | ||
 | Album: 23 of 27 Title: The Essential Collection Released: 2007-01-17 Tracks: 18 Duration: 1:16:08 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Girls on Film (03:29) 2 Planet Earth (03:56) 3 Fame (03:18) 4 Careless Memories (03:55) 5 Anyone Out There (04:03) 6 Sound of Thunder (04:07) 7 Is There Something I Should Know? (04:10) 8 Like an Angel (04:45) 9 Hold Back the Rain (03:48) 10 Save a Prayer (03:46) 11 My Own Way (04:50) 12 Rio (04:44) 13 New Religion (05:32) 14 The Chauffeur (05:11) 15 Hungry Like the Wolf (03:25) 16 Lonely in Your Nightmare (03:49) 17 Last Chance on the Stairway (04:19) 18 Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) (04:54) |
 | Album: 24 of 27 Title: Red Carpet Massacre Released: 2007-11-13 Tracks: 13 Duration: 53:10 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 The Valley (04:57) 2 Red Carpet Massacre (03:16) 3 Nite‐Runner (03:58) 4 Falling Down (05:41) 5 Box Full O’ Honey (03:10) 6 Skin Divers (04:23) 7 Tempted (04:24) 8 Tricked Out (02:46) 9 Zoom In (03:27) 10 Shes Too Much (05:30) 11 Dirty Great Monster (03:36) 12 Last Man Standing (04:00) 13 Cry Baby Cry (03:57) |
| Red Carpet Massacre : Allmusic album Review : While Duran Duran have worked steadily since their 1993 comeback, The Wedding Album, they havent always sounded as stylish and creatively tuned-in as they do on 2007s Red Carpet Massacre. Perhaps its because there hasnt always been a definitive sound for the band to catch onto in the way that adult alternative informed the mature aesthetic of The Wedding Album. Interestingly, rather than go for the sound of more obvious neo-new wave bands like the Killers, Red Carpet Massacre finds the original lineup of vocalist Simon LeBon, keyboardist Nick Rhodes, bassist John Taylor, and drummer Roger Taylor -- guitarist Andy Taylor left prior to recording -- hooking up with modern dance-pop producers Danjahandz and Timbaland for a sound that at once returns the band to its edgy, club-oriented roots while also updating its sound to fit in on the radio next to such contemporary Timbaland-helmed acts as Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado. In fact, Timberlake even co-wrote and produced the very "FutureSex/LoveSounds"-ish ballad "Falling Down." These are darkly atmospheric, pulsating tracks that make the most of Duran Durans longstanding knack for moody, somewhat cheeky dance-rock. To theses ends, dark disco cuts like "Nite-Runner" and "Skin Divers," with their dominatrix whip beats, high-pitched choruses, and obligatory Timbaland raps, are both deliciously hedonistic and crisply appointed electro-soul numbers. Similarly, tracks like the synth-driven title cut and the angular and oddly funky "Zoom In" come as close as the band has been in years to re-creating its own glamorous and neon-coated 80s aesthetic. | ||
 | Album: 25 of 27 Title: All You Need Is Now Released: 2010-12-21 Tracks: 17 Duration: 1:08:28 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 All You Need Is Now (04:33) 2 Blame the Machines (04:10) 3 Being Followed (03:49) 4 Leave a Light On (04:38) 5 Safe (in the Heat of the Moment) (04:01) 6 Girl Panic! (04:34) 7 A Diamond in the Mind (01:18) 8 The Man Who Stole a Leopard (06:14) 9 Other People’s Lives (03:46) 10 Mediterranea (05:40) 11 Too Bad You’re So Beautiful (04:56) 12 Runaway Runaway (03:07) 13 Return to Now (01:36) 14 Before the Rain (04:35) 15 Too Close to the Sun (05:15) 16 Early Summer Nerves (03:03) 17 Networker Nation (03:11) |
| All You Need Is Now : Allmusic album Review : Duran Duran and producer Mark Ronson envisioned the 2011 release All You Need Is Now as a sequel to the band’s 1982 effort Rio, but fans are better off approaching it as the imaginary effort that came after 1983’s Seven and the Ragged Tiger. Follow their analogy, and this should sound like a band that just created a new wave icon, but here there’s an enthusiasm and sense of purpose that can only come from an act less cocksure than one that is on top. To his credit, Ronson was pretty near the top at the time of the album’s release, but his inspired work on All You Need is driven by both hero worship and a previously underappreciated talent to do what’s right by the artist. For Duran Duran, it’s clean and slick landscapes of synths, plus a dash of trendy gimmicks (representing the band’s love of fame and fashion) with just a touch of weird (representing the band’s love of art rock, particularly Roxy Music). The band is close enough to top form to use Ronson’s work as a springboard, letting the singalong tales of models, paranoia, and men who steal leopards flow naturally. Some tracks sway and glide, like the new romantic hit “Planet Earth” (the great “Too Bad You’re So Beautiful,” or the sci-fi club track “Blame the Machines”), while others bring reminders of the percussive studio creation “Wild Boys” (the pounding title track), or those early, melancholy numbers like “The Chauffer” (the flowing and wistful “Mediterranea”). As far as reservations, the once bold, sometimes shameless Simon Le Bon sounds a bit tentative in this post-Killers world, and when compared to the tight, original, nine-track version of the album previously made available via digital download, this final, fatter version borders on "too much of a good thing." Fortunately, the emphasis will be on "good thing" for longtime Duran fans or anyone with a taste for melodic, synth-driven pop/rock. | ||
 | Album: 26 of 27 Title: The Biggest and the Best Released: 2012-09-10 Tracks: 34 Duration: 2:28:11 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Planet Earth (04:05) 2 Girls on Film (03:29) 3 My Own Way (Single Mix) (03:41) 4 Hungry Like the Wolf (03:43) 5 Careless Memories (03:56) 6 Hold Back The Rain (04:02) 7 Sound of Thunder (04:09) 8 Faith In This Colour (04:07) 9 New Religion (05:33) 10 New Moon on Monday (04:18) 11 Union of the Snake (04:22) 12 The Wild Boys (04:17) 13 Meet El Presidente (04:20) 14 Burning the Ground (04:03) 15 Night Boat (05:26) 16 Tel Aviv (05:19) 17 The Chauffeur (05:14) 1 Is There Something I Should Know? (04:11) 2 The Reflex (04:26) 3 A View to a Kill (03:35) 4 Rio (05:36) 5 Shadows on Your Side (04:03) 6 Of Crime and Passion (03:51) 7 Hold Me (04:32) 8 Notorious (04:19) 9 I Dont Want Your Love (04:08) 10 All She Wants Is (04:28) 11 Big Thing (03:41) 12 Skin Trade (04:28) 13 Do You Believe in Shame? (04:25) 14 A Matter of Feeling (05:59) 15 Lake Shore Driving (03:06) 16 The Seventh Stranger (05:23) 17 Save A Prayer (03:47) |
| The Biggest and the Best : Allmusic album Review : Culled from material released between 1981 and 1990, this budget-priced, two-disc set from Music Club Deluxe rounds up 34 tracks from the new wave/pop/rock legends most lucrative era, including all of the big hits like "Rio," "Union of the Snake," "Hungry Like the Wolf," "A View to a Kill," "The Reflex," and "The Wild Boys," as well as fan favorites like "New Religion," "Night Boat," "The Chauffeur," and "The Seventh Stranger." | ||
 | Album: 27 of 27 Title: Paper Gods Released: 2015-09-11 Tracks: 12 Duration: 57:37 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Paper Gods (07:02) 2 Last Night in the City (04:44) 3 You Kill Me With Silence (04:28) 4 Pressure Off (04:21) 5 Face for Today (03:51) 6 Danceophobia (04:13) 7 What Are the Chances? (04:55) 8 Sunset Garage (04:43) 9 Change the Skyline (03:57) 10 Butterfly Girl (03:16) 11 Only in Dreams (06:05) 12 The Universe Alone (06:02) |
| Paper Gods : Allmusic album Review : With the cover art for Paper Gods, Duran Duran cheekily revisit icons of their past: the smile of Rio, the cap of the "Chauffeur," girls on film, and a prowling tiger. Thirty years in, Duran Duran are comfortable enough to play with their past, comfortable enough to draw an explicit connection to their back pages by hiring Nile Rodgers -- who helmed Notorious back in the day -- to do a bit of production alongside Mark Ronson, the hitmaker who gave the group a refurbishment on 2010s All You Need Is Now. Most of the record, however, bears credits either by Mr. Hudson or Josh Blair, two younger musicians who help give Paper Gods a bit of a contemporary glint. While there are nods at the 80s and even the 90s arriving in the form of samples, synthesizers, and power ballads, Paper Gods is an aggressively modern album, living in the oversaturated world where emojis and gifs battle in perpetual motion. Whenever Duran Duran seem slick and savvy -- i.e, when they bring Janelle Monáe in to play with Rodgers on "Pressure Off" -- they manage to undercut their hipster overture with either crass commerciality or something flat-out tasteless, like when Lindsay Lohan drops in to growl through "Danceophobia." The thing is, Paper Gods works better because it has space for these sides of Duran Duran, moments where they seem like the coolest band to bear a synth and the dorkiest to ever chase a club trend. Most of the album exists somewhere between these two extremes, gathering steam with the giddy neo-disco of "Change the Skyline" and benefiting from moody assists from ex-Red Hot Chili Pepper John Frusciante (he brings the closer "The Universe Alone" to an apocalyptic crescendo), but its that tension between the good and the bad, the yin and yang of Duran Duran, that makes Paper Gods absorbing. | ||