Duran Duran are an English electro/art-pop band from Birmingham that released three albums on EMI between 1981 and 1983: Duran Duran, Rio, and Seven and the Ragged Tiger. They scored multiple transatlantic hits, including “Planet Earth,” “Girls on Film,” “Hungry Like the Wolf,” “Save a Prayer,” “Is There Something I Should Know,” “New Moon on […]
Everyone knows the first British Invasion of 1964, spearheaded by The Beatles and codified as a movement by The Dave Clark Five. They opened the US charts to UK acts that ranged from Mersey-lite Northerners (Gerry & The Pacemakers, Herman’s Hermits, The Hollies, The Searchers, Freddie & The Dreamers) to rough/edgy Londoners (The Rolling Stones, […]
Seven and the Ragged Tiger is the third album by English pop sensation Duran Duran. Released in late-1983 at the apex of the band’s global dominance, the album spawned a worldwide stadium tour documented on the following year’s Arena album and concert video. Three of the album’s songs — the debonair “New Moon on Monday,” […]
Rio is the sophomore album by English quintet Duran Duran. Released in 1982 as the band were breaking on a global scale, the album augments their modernist sound with foreign flavors and an overall cosmopolitanism vibe — an aesthetic rendered by the album’s era-defining Nagel cover art. Maintaining the first LP’s balance of chic singalongs […]
Duran Duran is the debut album by the namesake Brummie New Wave band, released in 1981 on EMI/Harvest. Tracklist: A1. “Girls on Film” (3:30)` A2. “Planet Earth” (3:53)* A3. “Anyone Out There” (3:53) A4. “To the Shore” (3:44) A5. “Careless Memories” (3:42)** B1. “Night Boat” (5:24) B2. “Sound of Thunder” (4:00) B3. “Friends of Mine” […]
Arcadia was an English art-pop trio that released the 1985 Capitol album So Red the Rose. The project comprised three-fifths of Duran Duran on pause from their main band. Members: Simon Le Bon (vocals), Nick Rhodes (keyboards), Roger Taylor (drums) Background Arcadia formed in 1985 when Duran Duran singer Simon Le Bon and keyboardist Nick […]
