Rock & Pop > New Romantic Rock & Pop

Advantages: Great Music
Disadvantages: None

ABC Album - Look of love: The Very Best of ABC. Album is a single CD, containing 17 songs, as the title suggests 'The Best of ABC'. Front cover shows Martin Fry reclining in his famous GOLD Suit. Back cover shows the 17 track titles and an empty theatre with just fry's jacket hanging over a chair, suggesting he's on the stage? Inside is a shockingly red CD and small front cover booklet. This contains some information on martin and some of his ...
...ENOUGH, POISON ARROW' and 'THE LOOK OF LOVE'. 1. The look of love - 1982 2. All of my heart - 1982 3. Poison arrow - 1982 4. When Smokey sings - 1987 5. That was then but this is now - 1983 6. Tears are not enough - 1981 7. How to be a millionaire - 1984 8. The night you murdered love - 1987 9. Peace and tranquillity - 2001 10. One better world - 1989 11. S.O.S. - 1984 12. King without a crown - 1987 13. Be near me - 1985 14. Ocean ... Read review

Advantages: The best of the New Romantics with some catchy 80's songs.
Disadvantages: Some of the later songs not quite as good as eariler stuff

...heady pop mix. Greatest contains their hit singles from their first album Duran Duran though to the wedding ablum. Hits include Girls on film, hungry like the wolf, Rio,wild boys and ordinary world to name a few.They hold up surprsingly well with their catchy lyrics and Duran always were a classy pop band. Some of the later songs meet el presidente and skin trade were a bit patchy but ordinary world and come undone were great returns to form. My ... Read review

Advantages: Fantastic songs
Disadvantages: Not enough

Great 1st new album from this wonderful band! It the first for the 5 of them since 1985. They have done some really good albums between then with various line-up. I bought the 2 disc album, which is really good. The dvd has the live show with some of the new songs on. MY only hate on this whole album is taste the summer. They played this live at Birmingham this year and have to say it sucks! My personal favs are want you more, finest hour and the ... Read review

Advantages: great vids and music
Disadvantages: cant get hold of it

on two cds, this should be released on dvd are you listening emi, this shows another reason why duran were so big, there videos were watched and loved by millions and were certainly groundbreaking and original. i have never seen a bad duran video, and all the best early vids are included here, also some of the later vids up to serious, and violence of summer, wow man, check out those chicks. Duran were slated for making big expensive vids, but to ... Read review

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...day. The Duran Duran Greatest Hits Album has got to be one of the best albums I have ever purchased and it only cost £5 aswell. With the main songs that they have released over two decades, its a really good feel good album, takes you back and in my opinion is an album that will never be forgotton. Duran Duran are a band that although you may not have grown up with, people know who they are and what they have contributed to the music industry and ...
...will still be heard too. Although Duran Duran have that 80's feel about them within the tracks, the difference about them and todays music is that they are all themed different, and don't sound like the same track, they have plenty of variation and are not portraying a life story like everyone seems to be following these days which gets a little bit tiring, as even though some people may be famous, or in some cases may be not, we don't want to know ... Read review