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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2020 7:02:16 GMT -5
To be honest I’m not that fussed about a new album. I’d rather they revisited their past. Sorry. Yep. I can understand the band wanting to move on though, not wanting to be typecast as an 80’s festival stalwart. However, I must be an old fart. I’m not really interested if DD are reluctant to embrace the good old days of the physical format and only prepared to sell the majority of their music by way of downloads and streaming. The Paper Gods artwork was boring as hell. Opening up an album is all part of the process of enjoying music for me. I don’t think it’s possible for Duran Duran to improve on what they’ve already accomplished. I’m content with what we already have - just waiting for the boxset treatment for every past album. Job done. Could be waiting a very long time though.
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Post by errinella on Aug 1, 2020 9:40:32 GMT -5
To be honest I’m not that fussed about a new album. I’d rather they revisited their past. Sorry. Yep. I can understand the band wanting to move on though, not wanting to be typecast as an 80’s festival stalwart. However, I must be an old fart. I’m not really interested if DD are reluctant to embrace the good old days of the physical format and only prepared to sell the majority of their music by way of downloads and streaming. The Paper Gods artwork was boring as hell. Opening up an album is all part of the process of enjoying music for me. I don’t think it’s possible for Duran Duran to improve on what they’ve already accomplished. I’m content with what we already have - just waiting for the boxset treatment for every past album. Job done. Could be waiting a very long time though. Yeah the boxset route would be my pick - though I’ll likely be drawing my pension before it happens!!
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Post by Guapito on Aug 2, 2020 10:25:15 GMT -5
I think they spend far too long making albums and I bet it can kill what they were originally coming up with. All that screwdriver work cannot be good. I’d like them to release EPs. I find their 12-16 track albums (if you include “bonus” tracks) overkill. The best album they have brought out in the past 30 years is the 9-track version of AYNIN. Granted it doesn’t have Mediterránea (you could always replace Blame a The Machines with it) but it made far more sense as the 9 track, as opposed to the 12-16 track version. Quality over quantity.
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Post by Rabbit Dog on Aug 2, 2020 11:58:44 GMT -5
I think they spend far too long making albums and I bet it can kill what they were originally coming up with. All that screwdriver work cannot be good. I’d like them to release EPs. I find their 12-16 track albums (if you include “bonus” tracks) overkill. The best album they have brought out in the past 30 years is the 9-track version of AYNIN. Granted it doesn’t have Mediterránea (you could always replace Blame a The Machines with it) but it made far more sense as the 9 track, as opposed to the 12-16 track version. Quality over quantity. So much this. DD's albums post-80s have been let down by being too long. The optimal length for an LP has to be 9/10 tracks and 40-45 mins. That even goes for their commercial/critical post-80s peaks (Wedding Album & All You Need Is Now), which could have been fine tuned and improved by cutting down to size.
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Post by errinella on Aug 2, 2020 12:44:43 GMT -5
I think they spend far too long making albums and I bet it can kill what they were originally coming up with. All that screwdriver work cannot be good. I’d like them to release EPs. I find their 12-16 track albums (if you include “bonus” tracks) overkill. The best album they have brought out in the past 30 years is the 9-track version of AYNIN. Granted it doesn’t have Mediterránea (you could always replace Blame a The Machines with it) but it made far more sense as the 9 track, as opposed to the 12-16 track version. Quality over quantity. Yeah, totally agree with this. The 9 track version of AYNIN is far better than the bloated CD version.
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Post by coolbarn on Aug 3, 2020 0:13:03 GMT -5
Yeah, totally agree with this. The 9 track version of AYNIN is far better than the bloated CD version. And I agree with your agreement! Why did they have to include a thousand instrumentals on the CD, all of the same bloody song (and only an okay song at that!)? Yet another example of Duran Duran being too clever, and mistaking "arty" or "different" with "good". Now I know there are some crazy people who don't like Mediterranea, but I think it has to be on AYNIN. And I would actually replace it with Before The Rain, which is my least favourite TRACK. But I also know there are even crazier people who love that song, so I'm happy to simply add Mediterranea on to AYNIN, and make it an awesome 10-track record. Ten is a nice round number, and is my lucky number, so let's run with that! I would rather a ten-track album where all ten songs are great, rather than, say, a 16 track album where 11 songs are great, because that means almost one-third of the album is crap. That's the beauty of EPs - they can be written and released faster, and (hopefully) contain less filler.
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Post by premonition on Aug 6, 2020 4:46:50 GMT -5
'Mediterranea' is one of the best tracks they've ever written, let alone on AYNIN. I still get goosebumps listening to it. For me, I can happily toss away 'Safe', 'Leave A Light On' and the two pointless interludes. 'Before The Rain' isn't too bad apart from being yet another rehash of 'The Chauffeur' (Paper Gods had this as well and there's unquestionable elements of it on 'The Man Who Stole A Leopard' too).
The title track does jar slightly at times and if I'd been in the band's position, I don't feel I'd have elected it to be the lead single. Then again, the band has previous for releasing questionable lead singles.
It was such a good album, I still play it regularly and it absolutely has stood the test of time. Hopefully they can concoct another album with Mark Ronson, of a similar quality and sound, at some point in the future. I'd love to see them revisit the first album's darker, rawer and more experimental sound. They touched on this to a degree with a few tracks on AYNIN (Leopard, Before The Rain) but overall the bulk of it was still pop.
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Post by More Play Time on Aug 6, 2020 8:52:55 GMT -5
I just recognized their shrinking output of original material per each decade... 1980s: 5 Albums 1990s: 4 Albums 2000s: 3 Albums 2010s: 2 Albums 2020s: Just got a little bit scared. Dont be scared, the burden of the life happens to everyone. Lets look at the band members' general age group in those years. 80s - 20s 90s - 30s 00s - 40s 10s - 50s 20s - 60s I hope DD is going to be around forever, like the Rolling Stones, but they have another 20 years to catch them up. By then its going to be more like the Old Grey Wrinkly Test.
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Post by Max Zorin on Aug 23, 2020 6:56:14 GMT -5
Yes, 80s were the most productive years for DD, but don't forget that some of these songs, music ideas & lyrics started in the late 70s, like GOF, To the Shore, Rio, The Chauffeur, Sound of Thunder, etc...
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Post by More Play Time on Aug 25, 2020 10:14:44 GMT -5
Maybe official albums have slowed down with the years, but unofficial live albums seem to have remained steady. At one point they were running 3 years on the road, touring, which leaves no time to be creative.
I remember during the lull in the 1990s, Warren released at least two albums, There was TV Mania, Nicks and Stephen Duffy made an album, and Simon did some solo work at SYN. June 1995 was also the release date of Feelings Are Good and Other Lies - a classic album.
I know they dont do many collabs these days, but surely that makes the music they do release that bit more extra special? I mean if they released an album a day or week like Merzbow (horrendous music!) , fans wouldnt get time to listen to songs and get the broader appreciation. Then again, I heard Elvis released 60 albums, WTH?
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