Decade - Duran Duran

Advantages: Great uplifting album
Disadvantages: bit behind times

...In their decadent heyday, the pretty boys of Duran Duran were the crown princes of a fledgling MTV, but drugs, hubris and a few dodgy albums reduced this supergroup to has-beens. Now, twenty-one years since the original Fab Five's last studio album together, the band's classic lineup has returned. The bleach jobs and posturing remain, but the band has thankfully ditched the "Wild Boys" pomp rock that was its undoing. Instead, Astronaut revitalizes Duran's early synth-pop magic. The lush, moody tones of "Point of No Return" and uplifting charm of "Finest Hour" recall the seductive sounds of Rio and remind us that Duran always had a knack for radiant melodies. On "Sunrise," the catchy first single, only Simon LeBon and Co.'s sneering harmonies could turn unabashedly ridiculous lyrics such as "Put your hands into the big sky. . . ./Feel... Read review

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Advantages: 19 tracks of the 1980's all for the same price as a normal CD
Disadvantages: None, except Duran Duran have vanished!

...) 11. New moon on monday (1983) 12. Wild Boys (1984) 13. Notorious (1986) 14. I dont want your love (1988) 15. All she wants is (1988) 16. Electric Barbarella (1997) 17. Serious (1990) 18. Skin Trade (1986) 19. Come undone (1993) As you acn see this album offers great value for money and encapsulates the finest Duran Duran songs they ever did. I have heard that Duran Duran are still going 20 years on from thier rise to fame, if so has anyone seen them???? This album is a definate must for anyone that wants to retract thier minds back to that sad, but sometimes mad decade!!... Read review

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Advantages: Different
Disadvantages: Different

...Being honest I was horrified when I first played the latest effort from my favourite band. At times it sounds so different from Hot Fuss and Sams Town , but that wasn't the problem. It was the instruments and production they had chosen. "Is that the saxophone from some long forgotten Sade track I can hear ? Yes it is" ... "Those drums sound like they came from Club Tropicana by Wham!" ... in other words , where Hot Fuss took it's influences from the best of 80's pop ( New Order / early Duran Duran ), they are using some sounds here that remind you of the worst from that decade. The production by Stuart Price ( Madonna - Confessions On a Dancefloor ) is very clever in places but too lightweight overall. Still , I persevered as I love the band so much and there were a clutch of songs I loved right away. 'Human' is gorgeous. The best... Read review

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