Astronaut and Red Carpet Massacre are superb albums. Far more consistent than most/all of the band's earlier records.
― Autumn Almanac, Monday, 28 July 2008 03:15 (4 years ago) Permalink
I can't adequately explain what pleasure the b-side of the Rio 45 called "Hold Back The Rain" (wasn't it an extended remix?) brought me when I was about 12 years old. FUCKING 12" MIX FOR THE WIN!
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Monday, 28 July 2008 03:45 (4 years ago) Permalink
Late Bar is my favourite Duran Duran song, and the 'Night Version' is possibly even better.
Actually, Careless Memory came on in the pub last night and was awesome.
― aldo, Monday, 28 July 2008 08:52 (4 years ago) Permalink
Duran Duran - pop's excreta in a basket.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Monday, 28 July 2008 08:55 (4 years ago) Permalink
I always liked Khanada as a kid, it was mysterious-sounding and talked about dragons, was very suitable for sitting in a treehouse thinking about having adventures with Indiana Jones or Doctor Who.
I recorded it onto a cassette by holding the cassette recorder up to the record player.
― f. hazel, Monday, 28 July 2008 12:21 (4 years ago) Permalink
PLEASE PLEASE TELL ME NOWIS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW
12" MONSTER MIX
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Happy Bimble
― Watch Beer, Drink People (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Wednesday, 26 November 2008 06:46 (4 years ago) Permalink
cool -- a rio remaster with bonus goodieshttp://www.duranduran.com/wordpress/?p=15861hopefully they've replaced the inferior mix of "my own way" on the CD with the one originally on the vinyl
― kamerad, Friday, 24 July 2009 17:30 (3 years ago) Permalink
Carnival! Yay!
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 24 July 2009 18:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
― Turangalila, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 17:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
great viddy, Turangalila. have been on a bit of a D-squared the past month or so, after not really listening for years. was surprised how much i still LOVE Nick Rhodes' enoesque keybs which sort of put the whole thing over for me; as well as the extended/"night" versions. So red the rose was not a half bad record either, IMO
― outdoor_miner, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 17:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
Duran Duran will follow up this fall’s expanded edition of Riowith new multi-disc reissues of the band’s self-titled 1981 debut and 1983’s Seven and the Ragged Tiger, both due out in March, the group announced this week.
Both special editions will be available in 2CD sets or limited-edition 2CD/1DVD packages; each will include a remastered version of the original album on one CD, plus a second CD with B-sides, demos, remixes and BBC session tracks. The DVDs will include concert footage, TV performances and music videos such as the infamous uncensored version of “Girls on Film.” (See full tracklists below.)
Additionally, Duran Duran will release download-only live concert recordings in conjunction with both reissues. For the Duran Duran: Special Edition, the band will release a BBC In Concert session recorded at London’s Hammersmith Odeon on Dec. 17, 1981. The Seven and the Ragged Tiger: Special Edition will be accompanied by the release of a download-only audio version of “As the Lights Go Down,” a one-hour concert movie spun off from Duran Duran’s “Arena” film (the video will be included on the Ragged Tiger DVD).
Both albums also will be reissued on limited-edition 180-gram vinyl, each with a bonus 12-inch featuring four remixes (including, on the Duran Duran reissue, a previously unreleased mix of “Girls on Film”).
The two new reissues will following the Feb. 8 release of an expanded 2CD/1DVD edition of So Red the Rose, the lone album from Arcadia, the mid-’80s, studio-only Duran Duran spinoff that scored a Top 10 hit with “Election Day.”
― Hell is other people. In an ILE film forum. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 11 December 2009 18:59 (3 years ago) Permalink
Somehow all appropriate given my random find of this old Dave Q review today.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 11 December 2009 19:03 (3 years ago) Permalink
New single 'All You Need is Now' is grouse.
Album released next week on iTunes and in shops in Feb. If it's up there with the last two (and with Mark Ronson producing there's a good chance) it's surely the band's longest good-album streak ever.
Now I will stand aside and watch while this thread sinks like a facking stone.
― Defecate on Myspace (Schlafsack), Friday, 17 December 2010 04:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
the last album was good?
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 December 2010 04:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
Hm:
# Safe (In The Heat Of The Moment) (featuring Ana Matronic) (3:59)# Girl Panic! (4:31)# The Man Who Stole A Leopard (featuring Kelis) (6:13)
Not Rio good but worth at least a few dozen plays.
xp Kelis? Sod it I take everything back.
― Defecate on Myspace (Schlafsack), Friday, 17 December 2010 04:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
and with Mark Ronson producing there's a good chance
I weep for you.
― schlomo replay (acoleuthic), Friday, 17 December 2010 04:21 (2 years ago) Permalink
I knew this would be embarrassing. All right. Hey, you know what? Let's pretend this never happened.
― Defecate on Myspace (Schlafsack), Friday, 17 December 2010 04:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
Like I said on the REM thread when somebody brought up Duran Duran, I've never been a great fan of theirs, but it's obvious when listening to this new album that they're actively trying to be good again. And I don't doubt that Mark Ronson had a lot to do with it.
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Friday, 17 December 2010 04:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
Yeah, there's a fair amount of mutual mast with these two in press releases and such, but I get the impression Ronson really was/is a huge Rio fan and that they all genuinely like working together.
― Defecate on Myspace (Schlafsack), Friday, 17 December 2010 05:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
I really like this album. The single is the worst track on it. The collaborations are subtle and well used. Overall it sounds like Duran circa 82. Best album since Notorious (though I really like Big Thing).
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 17 December 2010 05:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
The single is the worst track on it.
WOW. Officially gagging for this.
― Defecate on Myspace (Schlafsack), Friday, 17 December 2010 05:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
Rio is one of my favourite albums. I can be swayed.
― schlomo replay (acoleuthic), Friday, 17 December 2010 11:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, December 17, 2010 5:47 AM (9 hours ago)
I agree with all of this, apart from liking Big Thing (one of their worst albums for me) I can't believe the title track is the first single, the chorus is good but the verse is so bad. I think Runway Runaway is my favourite track.
I'm shocked they've pulled this off, every album since Medazzaland I've wanted to be their return to form it feels like they've got pretty close this time. I thought Astronaut was quite a poor album apart from Nice and Taste the Summer, it seems like they've done a whole album with that kind of sound.
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 17 December 2010 15:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
this is great.
― akm, Thursday, 23 December 2010 16:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
Don't mind the new single. Who's the new guitarist these days?
― Alex in NYC, Thursday, 23 December 2010 19:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
Dom Brown, I think.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 23 December 2010 21:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
It really is good. It sounds like a follow-up to Rio without sounding like it's trying to be a follow-up to Rio, and the actual songs are good as well. There's not a duff moment on the whole thing.
The only problem I have with it (if it's even a problem) is that it sounds a bit too '80s. Also, all the television appearances are on housewife shows like Loose Women and The One Show, which shits me a bit. Duran Duran's never been a backward-looking band so I hope it isn't starting now.
― Bentley Rhythm Trayce (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 2 January 2011 12:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
What a crap sentence.
New interview at the Quietus with Simon Price:
http://thequietus.com/articles/05889-duran-duran-interview-all-you-need-is-now
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 17 March 2011 15:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
Duran Duran's never been a backward-looking band so I hope it isn't starting now.
I hope so. I mean, after the disastrous "Red Carpet Massacre", which was even worse than "Big Thing" (another disappointing album that would have benefited from being a bit more backward-looking)
― You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro), Thursday, 17 March 2011 22:21 (2 years ago) Permalink
I thought Astronaut was quite a poor album apart from Nice and Taste the Summer, it seems like they've done a whole album with that kind of sound.
"Nice" and "Taste The Summer" sound more like "Notorious" tracks than "Rio" tracks though.
― You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro), Thursday, 17 March 2011 22:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
Happy 30th to Rio.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 21:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
Watched its Classic Albums" chapter Sunday afternoon!
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 21:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Vini Reilly Invasion (Elvis Telecom), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 02:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
I suppose one or two of their songs I *do* have a mild soft spot for... but mostly dud.
Japan, on the other hand...
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Thursday, 10 May 2012 00:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
Apologies for the spam but I really think Duran Duran fans (and fans of Japan, post punk, new pop and glam) will find this feature interesting.
Duran Duran Versus Japan - The Substance Of Style
(It's not about who's better by the way...)
― Doran, Sunday, 31 March 2013 15:28 (2 months ago) Permalink
Fantastic article for sure.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 31 March 2013 15:31 (2 months ago) Permalink
Damn! Impressive.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 31 March 2013 15:33 (2 months ago) Permalink
I've been listening to a lot of Duran Duran (81-82) and David Sylvian (83-85) lately so I thought this would be perfect reading right now but I didn't like it very much.
― brotherlovesdub, Sunday, 31 March 2013 15:58 (2 months ago) Permalink
love it.
― mr.raffles, Sunday, 31 March 2013 23:22 (2 months ago) Permalink