From its Nagel cover to the haircuts and overall design - and first and foremost the music -Rio is as representative of the eighties as it gets, at its best. The original...
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D2's semi-return to the spacey analog synth of their New Romantic days seems loaded with potential, and the band does offer up some catchy dancefloor anthems in "Electric...
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A welcome album for Duran Duran fans of old, Night Versions takes all the old hits, from "Planet Earth" through "Wild Boys," and compiles their remixes into a fantastic and...
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Twenty years since their pop music debut, Duran Duran issued another greatest-hits collection. As if 1989's Decade wasn't stellar enough, this select package was much more...
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The early-'80s new-wave scene is often looked back upon with a snicker--blame it on the ridiculous hairdos, Hefty-bag clothing, synth saturation, etc.--but one of the few...
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Big Thing is Duran Duran's most disappointing album, mainly because the band sounds cold and extremely isolated from their music. Both "I Don't Want Your Love" and "All She...
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Decade is an excellent singles compilation, featuring all of the highlights from Duran Duran's heyday -- "Planet Earth," "Girls on Film," "Rio," "Is There Something I Should...
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Duran Duran's eponymous debut artfully coalesced the sonic and stylistic elements of the burgeoning new romantic movement they were soon to spearhead: pumping synths, glossy...
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Duran Duran came back out of nowhere in early 1993 with a new album and a huge hit, "Ordinary World." The group sounds more relaxed and mature than it did during their glory...
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Apart from the greatest-hits collection Decade, Big Thing was the lowest-charting Duran Duran album to date, prompting the band to rework their sound for 1990's Liberty....
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After a three-year hiatus and the departure of two members, Duran Duran resurfaced with this rather disappointing "mature" effort. However, the slinky single "Skin Trade"...
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1986's Notorious has Andy Taylor contributing on only four songs before leaving to start his solo career, but on the strength of the title track's number two placing and...
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This stellar, stylish collection of fop-pop gems catapulted Duran Duran to such immense stardom, they were hailed as the next Beatles. This is the Fab Five at their...
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From its Nagel cover to the haircuts and overall design - and first and foremost the music -Rio is as representative of the eighties as it gets, at its best. The original...
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Despite the fact that Seven and the Ragged Tiger couldn't match the unrestrained pop/rock ebullience of 1982's Rio, Duran Duran put three of the album's singles in the Top...
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"It's 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...
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Here's something no Durannie can live without. A 13-disc box set containing replications of each of Duran Duran's most significant singles released between 1981 and 1985,...
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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...
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"It's 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...
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