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| 80% Recommended by our customers. Label: Capitol Catalog: Music Release date: 1998-11-03 Media: Audio CD discs number: 1 Ean: 0724349623927 Upc: 724349623927  Tip: compare prices with similar music CDsArtist:
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| Album tracks: (19) |
 Is There Something I Should Know? The Reflex A View to a Kill Ordinary World - Duran Duran, Taylor, John [Bass] Save a Prayer Rio Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran, LeBon, Simon | Girls on Film - Duran Duran, Lebon, Simon Planet Earth Union of the Snake New Moon on Monday Wild Boys Notorious I Don't Want Your Love | All She Wants Is Electric Barbarella - Duran Duran, Rhodes, Nick Serious Skin Trade Come Undone |
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| While English pop monarchs Duran Duran have remained active for two decades, it's clear that the indomitable ensemble was at its peak during those mercurial '80s. This greatest-hits collection documents the band's ambitious beginnings as a funky glam-rock outfit and follows its gradual transformation into a high-tech pop band with loads of commercial appeal. Featuring now-classic tunes like "Girls on Film," "Rio," and "Planet Earth" as well as more recent songs like "Ordinary World," Greatest focuses on Duran Duran's unending string of hit singles. Although the young quintet that performs "Hungry Like the Wolf" and "A View to a Kill" has little in common with the posh, aging trio featured on 1997's "Electric Barbarella," vocalist Simon Le Bon provides some impressive continuity to these proceedings. --Mitch Myers |
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 Written on July 9, 2007 Summary: not too good... Geesh, I remember them being better than this. Perhaps it was because I was 10 years old back then. Mea culpa, sentimentality trumped by reality.  Written on May 26, 2007 Summary: Slick sounds by guys in white suits Few bands during the 1980s churned out as many recognizable pop hits as Duran Duran, and this "Greatest" CD captures them all. The guys in Duran Duran (no matter the band lineup) always had an ear for melody, great vocals and exotic sounds. Plus, they carried on as a true band, with everybody writing and contributing. If you like the band's radio hits, then this CD is a must-have; songs one through 13 have been played on the radio for eons. What drew me to this disc, however, was the tunes that aren't as well known. Besides just catchy, synth-laden pop, Duran Duran were capable of adding soul to their sound ("I Don't Want Your Love"), a cold but sexy club-music vibe ("All She Wants Is") and real emotion and exoticism ("Come Undone"). Songs from the first three Duran Duran records are well represented here, and nice offerings from the same era such as "A View to a Kill" and "Wild Boys" are also present. Duran Duran also had a nice, somewhat reinvented run in the 1990s, especially the early `90s. The songs "Serious," "Ordinary World," "Come Undone" and "Electric Barbarella" (from Medazzaland) prove that. "Serious," from 1990, sounds like a wonderful `80s leftover, updated in an organic fashion for the new decade, while "Skin Trade," a tune released in 1986, has a slick, catchy sound, but also displays some real soul and great vocal work by Simon LeBon. Though they barely received any radio airplay, each of these tunes could lay claim to being two of the strongest tracks on "Greatest," a CD that is chock full of classics. My only complaint is that "Too Much Information" from Duran Duran 2 (The Wedding Album) was left off, but beggars can't be choosers. Many non-hits by the band have been great, but if you're looking for your fix of the most popular Duran Duran music over the years, this CD is the way to go. Written on May 16, 2007 Summary: Get your Duran Duran Fix If you're considering this CD, I probably don't have to introduce you to Duran Duran--but just in case you somehow got amnesia (or were born after 1985), I'll give you the quick synopsis. If you were to put all the eighties, mainstream, cheesy yet still a little bit artsy bands into some sort of battle of the bands competition, Duran Duran would finish in the top 3 (along with Depeche Mode and the Pet Shop Boys), edging out other favorites like Billy Idol, Tears for Fears, and the Human League. Without a doubt they were a pop band--not to be confused with artists like the Talking Heads or Blondie--but they were an EXCELLENT pop band who put together 3 (maybe even 4) really good albums and an impressive string of great, sing-a-long singles. And that's a resume with which few can compete. As for this collection, it's all the Duran Duran a person needs--and maybe even then some. Every single one of hits are here--including their James Bond song, "A View to a Kill," and early nineties hits like "Come Undone." You might have some gripes about which versions they use (for example, why the US edit for "Rio?"), but you can't argue with the track list as a whole. You've got all the smash hits (Rio, Hungry Like the Wolf, Girls on Film), as well as the popular tracks that aren't as well known (All She Wants Is, New Moon on Monday, The Reflex). This is a great collection for anyone who's a fan of eighties music or a Duran Duran lover. Written on April 4, 2007 Summary: GREAT CD I LOVE THIS CD. ALTHOUGH IM ONLY 21 I THINK DURAN DURAN IS ONE OF THE MOST COOLEST BANDS. THIS HOLE CD IS UPBEAT, AND IT BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OF THE 80'S. MY FAVORITE SONG ON THIS CD IS COME UNDONE. THERES JUST SOMETHING ABOUT THIS SONG THAT'S CATCHY AND THE VIDEO IS EVEN BETTER. I DEFINITLEY RECOMMEND THIS CD. Written on March 30, 2007 Summary: Everything you want I'll keep this short. This CD has absolutely every song that you want by Duran Duran. Absolutely worth every penny. |
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| Our price | $14.99 | - | $12.99 | $10.99 | $14.99 | $9.99 |
| List price | $17.98 | $16.98 | $13.98 | $11.98 | $19.98 | $18.98 |
| Lowest used price | $3.00 | $2.98 | $8.49 | $2.95 | $3.46 | $5.87 |
| Lowest new price | $5.73 | $5.91 | $9.71 | $3.73 | $9.88 | $5.67 |
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| Catalog | Music | Music | Music | Music | Music | Music |
| Release date | 1998-11-03 | 2001-03-27 | 2001-09-25 | 2002-10-15 | 1991-11-05 | 2001-11-13 |
| Media | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD |
| discs number | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Format | - | - | Original recording remastered | - | - | - |
| Ean | 0724349623927 | 0724352881222 | 0731454844826 | 0081227825126 | 0077779709724 | 0075596272629 |
| Upc | 724349623927 | 724352881222 | 731454844826 | 766481776925 | 077779709724 | 075596272629 |
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