Duran DuranBesprekingen

1 White Lines
Backing Vocals – Grand Master Flash And The Furious Five*, Lamya
Drums – Anthony J. Resta, Steve Ferrone
Rap – Mele Mel*
Turntables – Grand Master Flash*
Written-By – Melvin Glover, Sylvia Robinson
2 I Wanna Take You Higher
Backing Vocals – Curtis King, Grand Master Flash And The Furious Five*, Lamya
Drums – Tony Thompson (2)
Harmonica – Lee Oskar
Written-By – Sylvester Stewart
3 Perfect Day
Backing Vocals – Tessa Niles
Drums – Roger Taylor (2)
Written-By – Lou Reed
4 Watching The Detectives
Backing Vocals – Tessa Niles
Drums – Roger Taylor (2)
Harmonica – Lee Oskar
Written-By – Elvis Costello
5 Lay Lady Lay
Drums – Abe Laborial Jr.*, Anthony J. Resta
Producer – John Jones
Written-By – Bob Dylan
6 911 Is A Joke
Drums – Anthony J. Resta
Written-By – Eric Sadler, Keith Shocklee, William Drayton*
7 Success
Backing Vocals – Flo & Eddie
Drums – Terry Bozzio
Written-By – David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Ricky Gardner*
8 Crystal Ship
Drums – Steve Ferrone
Synthesizer [Moog] – Jonathon Elias*
Written-By – The Doors
9 Ball Of Confusion
Backing Vocals – Maxanne Lewis*
Drums – Anthony J. Resta
Written-By – Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield
10 Thank You
Drums – Terry Bozzio
Written-By – Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
11 Drive By
Backing Vocals – Lamya
Cello – Suzi Katayama*
Drums – Terry Bozzio
Viola – Pamela Goldsmith, Scott Haupert
Violin – Armen Garabedian, Berj Garabedian, Henry Ferber, Joy Lyle, Maria Newman, Michelle Kikuchi-Richards*, Ron Folsom*
Violin, Concertmaster [Solo] – Bruce Dukov
Written-By – Duran Duran
12 I Wanna Take You Higher Again
Drums – Abe Laborial Jr.*, Anthony J. Resta
Producer – John Jones
Written-By – Sylvester Stewart

The new wave band's second album, featuring "Hungry like the Wolf."

2.5/4 (Okay).

The band has a cool sound, the songs are catchy... and the singer is awful. He cannot sing. Is this a classic album, or did I get a recording of someone doing karaoke?

This book is a MUST have for any DURANIE!!!! I love the answers that the guys and Katy gave to the fan asked questions. You will be amused!!

Product Details

* Audio CD (August 5, 2003)
* Number of Discs: 1
* Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
* Label: Capitol
* ASIN: B00009L1OB
* Average Customer Review: based on 28 reviews. (Write a review.)
* Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,584 in Music (See Top Sellers in Music)
Yesterday: #4,791 in Music

Listen to Samples
To hear a song sample, click on "Listen" by that sample. Visit our audio help page for more information.
Windows Media RealOne Player
1. The Reflex Listen Listen
2. New Moon On Monday Listen Listen
3. Cracks In The Pavement Listen Listen
4. I Take The Dice Listen Listen
5. Of Crime And Passion Listen Listen
6. Union Of The Snake Listen Listen
7. Shadows On Your Side Listen Listen
8. Tiger Tiger Listen Listen
9. The Seventh Stranger Listen Listen
Tag this product (What's this?)

Your tags: Add your first tag
Customers tagged this item with
First tag: own it (Christine Muscat "christineann1972" on Jan 25, 2006)
Last tag: own it

own it (1)
Customers who tagged this item

* Christine Muscat "christineann1972"






Spotlight Reviews
Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers.
Search Customer Reviews


10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
Duran's Third, March 5, 2004
Reviewer: Thomas Magnum (NJ, USA) - See all my reviews
(TOP 50 REVIEWER)
Duran Duran became mega stars after their second album, Rio, became a smash hit worldwide thanks in equal parts to radio friendly songs and glamorous videos. Their third album, the bizarrely titled Seven & The Ragged Tiger, is again filled with big hooks and hits, but also with a bit more of an edge. The album's first single, "Union Of The Snake" is one of their most challenging and experimental songs. The song has a catchy hook built around a slinky guitar riff and a Moroccan vibe. There is a jazzy saxophone solo in the break and is flush with synth flourishes that give the song a mysterious and sensual sound. It peaked at number three on the charts. "New Moon On Monday" was the second single and is a straightforward song in the classic new romantic vein. The band produced a Thriller like, 20-minute video to accompany the song involving some bizarre underground resistance group in France. It helped propel the song to peak at number ten. The third single became the band's first US number one, "The Reflex". The album version differs from the single, which was remixed, as it doesn't have the female vocals that are some prominent in the single version. It is still catchy and quite memorable and one can tell upon first listen why it was smash hit. Other songs have a shiny sound including "(I'm Looking For) Cracks In The Pavement" and "I Take The Dice". The last two songs return the band to the edgier sound that appeared on the last few tracks on their first album. The haunting instrumental "Tiger Tiger" segues into the hauntingly beautiful "The Seventh Stranger" creating two of the finest moments in the band's history.

Was this review helpful to you? YesNo (Report this)

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Tiger Tiger burning bright, June 16, 2005
Reviewer: Timothy Brough "author and music buff" (Springfield, PA United States) - See all my reviews
(TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
Duran Duran crashed the US market with "Rio" and the massive success of the single "Is There Something I Should Know." It gave them an incredible sense of boldness when it came time to create this, their third full album. With all the brashness of youth, they plunged forward into artiness, mixing middle eastern percussion and some of LeBon's quirkiest poetry to date for the first single, "Union Of The Snake." Despite the fact that their current fan base was largely comprised of teenage girls, "Snake's" Bowie-esque style was far more than what the more cynical of the fab five's detractors likely thought LeBon and Co capable.

This is not to say that the band's somewhat limited reach didn't jump the shark a few times here. Think of the line "My head is full of chopstick" from "Cracks In The Pavement" if you need a good WTF head scratching moment. And the instrumental "Tiger Tiger" is - while more polished than the debut's "Tel Aviv" - somewhat pointless. It is when Duran Duran play to their strengths that "Seven And The Ragged Tiger" earns its stripes.

That excellence carries through half the album, primarily the singles. "The Reflex" (eventually given a major mixdown by Nile Rogers before become a number one record), "New Moon on Monday" (with its mock epic video) and "Union Of The Snake" were all deserved hits, and "Shadows On Your Side" could have easily followed them. You could also sniff the cracks forming between the art school of the soon to form Arcadia ("Of Crime and Passion") and Power Station's rock ("Shadows").

Like "Rio" before it, the best of Duran Duran stuck to pure pop on "Seven and The Ragged Tiger." Given that the lackluster "Arena" and the disjointed sounding "Wild Boys" followed, this was the final of the big early albums to fire on all points.

Was this review helpful to you? YesNo (Report this)

Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review:
Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers.

In their own words:, January 21, 2006
Reviewer: T. Candelaria "batman144" - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
John Taylor: "We were just drunk [on our new-found success] by this point. We were so into living the dream...and part of the dream was that you made at least one of your albums on the French Riveria."

Nick Rhodes: "I thought the thing was never going to get finished. It really took a long time. There was a lot of different feelings in the band about the direction we should take."

Simon LeBon: "We started off in the south of France, then we went to Mt. Surratt, came back to the U.K. briefly and ended up finishing it off in Austrailia...Sydney. It was a difficult time. It really was."

John Taylor: "We re-recorded it like three times. We did it once and said, 'Nah, this isn't right.' Did it again, said, 'Eh.'"

Nick Rhodes: "To me that album, more than any of them, on the surface of it seems like there's a lot of pretty songs on there, but then underneath there there's this sort of not quite controllable hysteria scratching away at the surface."

Product Details

* Audio CD (July 3, 2001)
* Original Release Date: 1982
* Number of Discs: 1
* Format: Enhanced, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
* Label: Capitol
* Catalog Number: 29924
* ASIN: B00005BJ9W
* Average Customer Review: based on 65 reviews. (Write a review.)
* Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,748 in Music (See Top Sellers in Music)
Yesterday: #2,634 in Music

Track Listings
1. Rio
2. My Own Way
3. Lonely In Your Nightmare
4. Hungry Like The Wolf
5. Hold Back The Rain
6. New Religion
7. Last Chance On The Stairway
8. Save A Prayer
9. The Chauffeur
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
In the decade of decadence, Duran Duran knew how to live the life. It was reflected in their videos (sailboats, silly white hats, tropical surroundings, grease-painted feral women) and garishly displayed in their public lifestyles. But if you can remove these connotations from the album that started it all, you'll be left with music that is anything but gaudy. For the most part, Rio is an eerie and sumptuous record. With their raspy, arpeggio synth sounds and Simon Le Bon's uninflected vocals, the misty ballads "Lonely in Your Nightmare" and "Save a Prayer" can still tear your heart right out of your chest and abandon it bleeding on a rain-soaked cobblestone street. With the dance-oriented singles "Rio" and "Hungry Like the Wolf," you dry out a bit, but the songs are far from airy or whimsical. One anomaly in this release, though, is the inappropriate prominence of John Taylor's bass lines. In every song, it sounds as if he is mixed more in expectation of a solo than as an integral part of the rhythm section. Ignore this technical distraction, however, and you'll enjoy rediscovering this gorgeous body of water-colored synthpop. --Beth Bessmer
Tag this product (What's this?)

Your tags: Add your first tag
Customers tagged this item with
First tag: good music (Lou Tambone "Intergalactic Wise-ass" on Jan 25, 2006)
Last tag: own it

good music (1), own it (1)
Customers who tagged this item

* Christine Muscat "christineann1972"



* Lou Tambone "Intergalactic Wise-ass"




Spotlight Reviews
Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers.
Search Customer Reviews


20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
"You Make Me Feel Alive, Alive, Alive!", November 11, 2002
Reviewer: Addicted to the Groove (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
(TOP 100 REVIEWER)
It was originally released in May 1982, but Duran Duran's second album, "Rio," didn't catch fire on these American shores until a year later, thanks to the breakthrough single and video "Hungry Like the Wolf." It was perfect timing for the British group: the year was 1983, during which MTV culture was taking shape and revolutionized the way we listen to music. That, coupled with the group's stylishly produced videos and new romantic-inspired pop, helped make Duran Duran such an important staple in 1980s music. Here, virtually none of the 80s cheese you find from trendier groups appears on this CD. There's the dynamic title track (replete with a sax solo from Andy Hamilton), the seductive "The Chauffer," the uptempo rocker "Hold Back the Rain," and the funkified "My Own Way" (which differs from the original mix on the 1981 single). "Rio" is one of the first LPs I ever purchased (I still have the original vinyl), and it gives me great teenage memories. On its own merits, the record really deserves 4 stars, but it gets an extra one for its sentimental value. (By the way, this remastered version is the original pressing of "Rio" that was released overseas, and not the remixed version that was once available in America.)

Was this review helpful to you? YesNo (Report this)

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
the definitve RIO, April 8, 2004
Reviewer: J. Brady (PAWLEYS ISLAND, SC United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
Here's the short story on why so many of you are griping about the "re-editing" of Rio in this newest remastered form. Rio was released internationally in 1982 EXACTLY as it appears here. It was a huge hit in Britain and Europe, but not in America. David Kershenbaum was brought in to remix some of the tracks, three of which ( Hungry Like the Wolf, Hold Back the Rain, and My Own Way ) made it a mini lp ( or EP, as they were then called ) called Carnival ( I still have my copy ). After the extended version of Hungry Like the Wolf became a club and radio hit, Rio was re-released in the US with the extended versions of these three songs, and a very slightly altered Kershenbaum mix of Lonely in Your Nightmare, added to the album. ( Again, I actually have both versions of this LP ) So, to make a long story short, this IS the original, definitive version of the Rio album, in its full glory. If you like the extended versions, I suggest you look for "night Versions" ( now out of print, sadly ), or buy the singles box set, which will contain the remixes. I can also recommend the British cd called Strange Behaviour, which contains an excellent extended ( but not remixed ) version of Planet Earth, as well as a remixed and extended version of Hold Back the Rain, both of which are unavailable elsewhere, as far as I know. Rio, in and of itself, it a delightful slice of early Eighties dance-pop, with a slightly arty influence. Very highly recommended.