{"id":961,"date":"2010-08-16T10:40:59","date_gmt":"2010-08-16T17:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=961"},"modified":"2010-08-16T10:41:49","modified_gmt":"2010-08-16T17:41:49","slug":"duran-duran-duran-duran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2010\/08\/duran-duran-duran-duran\/","title":{"rendered":"Duran Duran + Duran Duran"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Duran<\/a>REISSUE REVIEW<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Duran Duran <\/strong><\/p>\n

Duran Duran<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

[Capitol]<\/p>\n

As the 1980s dawned over England, both punk and disco seemed to be in decline. Bands like Birmingham\u2019s Duran Duran began weaving strands of both styles together into a form that came to be known as \u201cNew Romantic\u201d\u2014a danceable, synthesizer-driven style that placed a premium on cutting-edge fashion and cutting-edge hooks alike. The band\u2019s self-titled debut served as a template for a sound it has continued to explore, in one way or another (and one lineup or another), ever since. Sleek dancefloor fillers like \u201cGirls on Film,\u201d \u201cPlanet Earth\u201d and \u201cCareless Memories\u201d drew energy from the tension among Nick Rhodes\u2019 synths, Roger Taylor\u2019s urgent drum work, John Taylor\u2019s Chic-influenced bass lines and Andy Taylor\u2019s unexpectedly aggressive guitar playing. Atop it all, singer Simon Le Bon sang about a world filled with mysterious women and intriguing locales. But that original album, as well as it stands up today, was but part of the tale\u2014and this three-disc re-release tells the rest. The first disc offers the original album outfitted with four B-sides; a second showcases surprisingly rough-and-ready demos and BBC sessions and the group\u2019s innovative remixes\u2014vivid expansions of the original songs, pieced together methodically in the days before sampling. A DVD offers groundbreaking videos like the controversial, nudity-filled \u201cGirls on Film\u201d and a series of mostly mimed TV appearances that demonstrate how this band made its look an integral part of its art. (Duran Duran\u2019s Seven and the Ragged Tiger and side project Arcadia\u2019s So Red the Rose have also just received the three-disc reissue treatment.)<\/p>\n

\u2013 CN<\/p>\n

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