As Duran Duran near the end of their most recent run of North American dates - which included a headline slot at the Cruel World Festival in Pasadena last weekend - the veteran British band has announced the reissue of their first five studio albums - Duran Duran, Rio, Seven and the Ragged Tiger, Notorious, and Big Thing.
The reissue series marks the first time this collection will be available in the original 1LP and 1CD format, with remastered audio, since their initial release. The albums will come out via Warner Music on July 19 - pre-order HERE
Both 1LP and 1CD formats will feature the latest album remasters, with vinyl editions cut at Abbey Road Studios in London. The album artworks have been closely restored to the original sleeve designs, overseen by Malcolm Garrett, the visionary designer behind the band’s first three records.
Duran Duran’s first five albums - 1981’s Duran Duran, 1982’s Rio, 1983’s Seven and the Ragged Tiger, 1986’s Notorious, and 1988’s Big Thing - include the US/UK hit singles ‘Hungry Like the Wolf’, ‘Rio’, ‘Girls on Film,’ 'The Reflex,' ‘Save a Prayer’ and more.
The news of the reissues follows sold-out arena tours across the UK and North America through 2023 and 2024, the latest in a series of landmark achievements including Duran Duran’s capacity shows at New York’s Madison Square Garden, and three nights at the Hollywood Bowl, plus headlining London’s Hyde Park, performing at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Concert at Buckingham Palace, and closing the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in their hometown of Birmingham. All this was underpinned by their 2022 induction to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, a moment truly cementing the multi-GRAMMY, BRIT Award and Ivor Novello winners as one of the most successful and influential bands of all time.
Pre-order Duran Duran, Rio, Seven and the Ragged Tiger, Notorious, and Big Thing HERE via Warner Music.
Track listings (LP):
Duran Duran
Side 1
1. Girls on Film
2. Planet Earth
3. Anyone Out There
4. To the Shore
5. Careless Memories
Side 2
1. Night Boat
2. Sound of Thunder
3. Friends of Mine
4. Tel Aviv
Rio
Side 1
1. Rio
2. My Own Way
3. Lonely in Your Nightmare
4. Hungry Like the Wolf
5. Hold Back the Rain
Side 2
1. New Religion
2. Last Chance on the Stairway
3. Save a Prayer
4. The Chauffeur
Seven and the Ragged Tiger
Side 1
1. The Reflex
2. New Moon on Monday
3. (I'm Looking For) Cracks in the Pavement
4. I Take the Dice
5. Of Crime and Passion
Side 2
1. Union of the Snake
2. Shadows on Your Side
3. Tiger Tiger
4. The Seventh Stranger
Notorious
Side 1
1. Notorious
2. American Science
3. Skin Trade
4. A Matter of Feeling
5. Hold Me
Side 2
1. Vertigo (Do the Demolition)
2. So Misled
3. Meet El Presidente
4. Winter Marches On
5. Proposition
Big Thing
Side 1
1. Big Thing
2. I Don't Want Your Love
3. All She Wants Is
4. Too Late Marlene
5. Drug (It's Just a State of Mind)
Side 2
1. Do You Believe in Shame?
2. Palomino
3. Interlude One
4. Land
5. Flute Interlude
6. The Edge of America
7. Lake Shore Driving
George Paul
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