I’m a big fan of the very catchy Serious, but other amazing songs came out of this album. In my opinion, the first single Violence of Summer was the wrong single choice. Coming at the end of the 1980’s with guitarist Cuccurullo and drummer Sterling Campbell listed officially as members, the album didn’t land with the public. Liberty (1990)įor many, their 6th studio album is where DD faltered.
DURAN DURAN HITS HOW TO
One thing is for sure, DD knows how to close out an album. For me, standouts include Playing with Uranium which sounds like a holdover from the Medazzaland sessions, the melancholy Starting to Remember, and the sheer epic soundscape of Last Day On Earth. A somewhat downtempo album with just the trio of Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, and Warren Cuccurullo…who would soon leave the band before the big reunion with the original 5 members. Pop Trash was their 10th studio album and their first after parting ways with EMI (signed in 1981), and was not really promoted, with only Someone Else Not Me released globally as a single. Pop Trash (2000)Īnd from here on out, I loved all of the albums - which makes it difficult to rank them. But otherwise just not a fan of the album. Yes, there are songs on the album that I enjoy, such as a fun version of White Lines, and what I think is a brilliantly beautiful version of Elvis Costello’s Watching the Detectives, which is, actually, one of my top 10 favorite songs by the band. I was not a fan of their 8th studio album.
Thank You (1995)įor me, the top and bottom of this list were the easiest. With that said, let’s get to the list from my least favorite to favorite: 15. To clarify, this is my ranking as of this week/month/year as I continue listening to their entire catalog (check out my Spotify list, which is always in heavy rotation), and the order may change over time as new music is released, and I cycle through back catalog content. With last week’s release (October 22nd) of Future Past, Duran Duran’s 15th studio album (in addition to their 4 live albums, 4 compilation albums, 2 remix albums, 2 box sets, 7 EPs, 39 singles, 14 video albums, and who-knows-how-many unofficial and bootleg releases), I thought I would take a few minutes in celebration of my all-time favorite band to rank their albums.
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