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Duran Duran: All You Need Is Now

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Label: Tapemodern Records
Released: 2010.12.21
Time:
 53:28
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Mark Ronson, Duran Duran
Rating: ***....... (3/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.duranduran.com
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Purchase date: 2013
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] All You Need Is Now (Duran Duran/Mark Ronson/Dominic Brown) - 4:34
[2] Blame the Machines (Duran Duran/Dominic Brown) - 4:11
[3] Being Followed (Duran Duran/Dominic Brown) - 3:47
[4] Leave a Light On (Duran Duran/Dominic Brown) - 4:36
[5] Safe [In the Heat of the Moment] feat. Ana Matronic (Duran Duran/Ana Matronic/Mark Ronson/Dominic Brown) - 3:59
[6] Girl Panic! (Duran Duran/Mark Ronson/Dominic Brown) - 4:31
[7] The Man Who Stole a Leopard feat. Kelis (Duran Duran) - 6:13
[8] Runway Runaway (Duran Duran/Dominic Brown) - 3:04
[9] Before the Rain (Duran Duran) - 4:12

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Simon Le Bon - Vocals, Producer
John Taylor - Bass Guitars, Producer
Nick Rhodes - Keyboards, Producer
Roger Taylor - Drums, Producer

Dominic Brown - Guitar
Simon Willescroft - Saxophone
Nina Hossain - Vocals, Spoken words on [2,7]
Anna Ross - Backing vocals (track 3)
Jamie Walton - Cello on [3,9]
Mark Ronson - Additional Chorus Guitar on [4]
Ana Matronic - Vocals, rap on [5]
Tawiah - Backing Vocals on [5]
Kelis - Vocals on [7]
Owen Pallett - String Arrangements, Conductor on [7]
The St. Kitts String Octet - Strings on [7]

Mark Ronson - Producer
Mark 'Spike' Stent - Mixing
Matty Green - Mixing Asisstant
Ted Jensen - Mastering

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Recorded and edited at Sphere Studios, London
Additional recording at Eastcote Studios, London
Additional recording and engineering assisted at Eastcote Studios, London; Metropolis Studios, London; Air Edel Studios, London
Mixed at Mixsuite, Los Angeles
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York City
Strings on track 7, 8 and 13 recorded at 6 Nassau, Toronto.




Following massive early success, ego-fuelled side projects, line-up changes and yachting accidents, Duran Duran completed the full rock career trajectory in 1993 with a triumphant comeback. The Ordinary World single and its parent album rekindled public affection and critical acclaim for a band most had consigned to nostalgia shows. Since then the group’s creative flame has flickered fitfully, though 2004’s Astronaut and the Timbaland-assisted follow-up Red Carpet Massacre demonstrated that all was not lost.

For All You Need Is Now, Duran Duran have enlisted another celebrity producer, but this time one who understands them as a fan. Mark Ronson has never been shy about his love for the band, and here he brings out the best in Simon Le Bon’s voice. This is particularly clear on the restrained Leave a Light On; lyrics such as "You ease the lost cause out of me" even brushing the heights of their sublime Come Undone.

They have thankfully stopped seeking credibility, and it suits them. Their calling card here is the garage rock of the title-track (if you can imagine a garage band playing alongside Bentleys), which morphs into a soaring chorus reminiscent of Rio. Scissor Sister Ana Matronic slots perfectly into the disco-flecked Safe, an unashamed return to their original sound. They sound similarly well preserved on the slinky Being Followed, and Girl Panic! also mines their new wave roots.

Unsurprisingly for a band renowned for singles over albums, the 14 tracks include some misfires. Le Bon’s complaint about "glossy lifestyles staring out of magazines," on the plodding Other People’s Lives, particularly riles. Runaway Runaway is throwaway, while the perfunctory funk of Blame the Machines is a heartless grind until its middle eight, reminiscent of Ronson’s recent Record Collection, finds newsreader Nina Hossain telling the listener, "You’re not required to think".

Their Smash Hits days may be as over as Smash Hits itself, and further crossover appeal has probably passed, but their admirable persistence in recording new material has paid off. This album, Mark Ronson’s "imaginary follow up to Rio that never was", is their best for 18 years.

Tom Hocknell - BBC Review



Duran Duran and producer Mark Ronson envisioned the 2011 release All You Need Is Now as a sequel to the band’s 1982 effort Rio, but fans are better off approaching it as the imaginary effort that came after 1983’s Seven and the Ragged Tiger. Follow their analogy, and this should sound like a band that just created a new wave icon, but here there’s an enthusiasm and sense of purpose that can only come from an act less cocksure than one that is on top. To his credit, Ronson was pretty near the top at the time of the album’s release, but his inspired work on All You Need is driven by both hero worship and a previously underappreciated talent to do what’s right by the artist. For Duran Duran, it’s clean and slick landscapes of synths, plus a dash of trendy gimmicks (representing the band’s love of fame and fashion) with just a touch of weird (representing the band’s love of art rock, particularly Roxy Music). The band is close enough to top form to use Ronson’s work as a springboard, letting the singalong tales of models, paranoia, and men who steal leopards flow naturally. Some tracks sway and glide, like the new romantic hit “Planet Earth” (the great “Too Bad You’re So Beautiful,” or the sci-fi club track “Blame the Machines”), while others bring reminders of the percussive studio creation “Wild Boys” (the pounding title track), or those early, melancholy numbers like “The Chauffer” (the flowing and wistful “Mediterranea”). As far as reservations, the once bold, sometimes shameless Simon Le Bon sounds a bit tentative in this post-Killers world, and when compared to the tight, original, nine-track version of the album previously made available via digital download, this final, fatter version borders on "too much of a good thing." Fortunately, the emphasis will be on "good thing" for longtime Duran fans or anyone with a taste for melodic, synth-driven pop/rock.

David Jeffries - AlMusic.com



All You Need Is Now is the thirteenth studio album by the British rock band Duran Duran. Produced by Mark Ronson, a truncated version of the album was released as a download on 21 December 2010. It is the band's first album not released by a major record label; it appeared on the band's own label, Tapemodern in the UK. A physical package was released on 21 March 2011 in Europe on the Tape Modern label (distributed by Edel), and on 22 March 2011 in the USA and Canada on S-Curve Records (distributed by Universal), coinciding with the 30th anniversary of the band's first release. According to Hits Daily Double, the physical release moved 14,642 units in its opening week. Duran Duran promoted the album through the All You Need Is Now Tour.

All You Need Is Now currently holds a score of 74 out of 100 on Metacritic, certifying generally favourable reviews. Crispin Kott of PopMatters wrote "it's the best album Duran Duran has released since Rio," giving the album 9 out of 10. Rolling Stone gave the album 3.5 out of 5 and stated that "Duran's Mark Ronson-produced 13th disc is a return to roots for a band that's all implants - which is part of the album's charm." Sarah Rodman from The Boston Globe praised the album and said "Simon LeBon’s still sturdy voice soars over coolly funky backdrops and the grooves are some of the group’s most urgent in years." In the issue March 2011, Mojo gave the album 4 out of 5 (means "Brilliant") and stated "Take Roxy Music, add Kraftwerk, and sprinkle on some Chic, and the result is Duran Duran".

wikipedia.org



Während ihrer erstaunlichen Karriere haben Duran Duran mehr als 80 Millionen Alben verkauft, haben es 30 Mal in die Top 30 der UK-Charts geschafft, ausverkaufte Tourneen in 5 Kontinenten gespielt und können 5 "Livetime Archievement Awards" (MTV Video Music Awards, the Brit Awards, the Ivor Novellos, Q Magazine and the Spanish Ondas) ihr Eigen nennen. Ein neues Zeitalter bricht ein, die Band muss sich und der Welt nichts mehr beweisen - tut es aber, mit voller Wucht! Kritiker und Fans sind gleichermaßen überzeugt, dass der Band mit All You Need is Now ein wahrer Geniestreich gelungen ist. Produziert wurde das neue Album von Mark Ronson (Amy Winehouse, Adele, Kaiser Chiefs, Lily Allen). Gaststars auf dem Album sind unter anderem Ana Matronic von den Scissor Sisters und R&B-Lady Kelis sowie Owen Pallett von Arcade Fire und Spike Stent (Madonna, Björk, No Doubt). Viel zu bestaunen gibt es also auf diesem Album, denn hier hat man die beste Arbeit der Band seit Langem vor sich, mit der sich der 30. Jahrestag ihrer ersten Single "Planet Earth" richtig gut feiern lässt.

Amazon.de



"Ein überraschend erfreuliches Spät-Früh-Werk." (sono, 04 / 05.2011)

"Das Ergebnis: melodiöser Pop, der durchaus überzeugt." (audio, 05 / 2011)

"Der Revivalmühle sei Dank sind Duran Duran plötzlich so modern wie seit 1982 nicht mehr." (musikexpress, 05 / 2011)

"Die CD ist ihr bestes Album seit Ewigkeiten, mit Ana Matronic von den Scissor Sisters als Gast beim Disco-Stampfer 'Safe'." (stereo, 06 / 2011)
 

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