Decade: Greatest Hits

DDW: the united memory of all the fans

Decade – Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by Duran Duran, released on November 15, 1989.

The remix single "Burning The Ground" was released to radio to promote this album; it was created by producer John Jones mixing snippets of the band's biggest hits from the previous decade into a new piece of music. However, the remix was not included on the Decade album.

On a whole, the Decade album acted more as a mixed tape of Duran hits, as opposed to an essential album. It cherry picked hits from all the albums and presented them in mixes that were popular and mainstream among the public. Hence, you get the Nile Rodgers edit of "The Reflex" and the radio edits of "Notorious" and "Skin Trade".

Curiously, the album (probably due to time constraints) left off one single from each album: "Careless Memories", "My Own Way", "New Moon On Monday", "Meet El Presidente" and "Do You Believe In Shame?". Again, these were probably left off of because Decade was used to drum up mainstream interest in the band.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Planet Earth" – 4:07
2. "Girls on Film" – 3:30
3. "Hungry Like the Wolf" – 3:25
4. "Rio" – 5:38
5. "Save a Prayer" – 5:33
6. "Is There Something I Should Know?" – 4:05
7. "Union of the Snake" – 4:20
8. "The Reflex [Single Mix]" – 4:25
9. "Wild Boys" – 4:16
10. "A View to a Kill" – 3:35
11. "Notorious [Edit]" – 3:58
12. "Skin Trade [Radio Cut]" – 4:25
13. "I Don't Want Your Love [Shep Pettibone 7" Remix]" – 3:47
14. "All She Wants Is" – 4:36

[edit] Personnel

• Daniel Abraham – producer, engineer, mixing
• Hans Arnold – illustrations
• John Barry – arranger, conductor
• Jason Corsaro – producer, engineer, mixing
• Duran Duran – producer
• Bernard Edwards – producer
• Jonathan Elias – producer
• Laura Levine – photography
• Ian Little – Producer, mixing
• Denis O'Regan – photography
• Steve Peck – mixing
• Wikipedia:Shep Pettibone – producer, mixing
• Nile Rodgers – producer, mixing
• Bob Rosa – mixing
• Alex Sadkin – producer, mixing
• Stephen Sprouse – illustrations
• Colin Thurston – producer, engineer

[edit] Charts

Decade reached #67 on the Billboard album chart in North America.

DURAN DURAN

Simon Le Bon • Nick Rhodes • John Taylor • Roger Taylor Andy Taylor • Warren Cuccurullo • Sterling Campbell

DISCOGRAPHY

ALBUMS

Duran Duran • Rio • Seven and the Ragged Tiger • Arena • Notorious • Big Thing • Liberty • Duran Duran (The Wedding Album) • Thank You • Medazzaland • Pop Trash • Astronaut • Red Carpet Massacre

COMPILATIONS and EP's

Carnival • Decade: Greatest Hits • Greatest • Night Versions: The Essential Duran Duran • Strange Behaviour • Singles Box Set 1981-1985 • Singles Box Set 1986-1995

SINGLES

"Planet Earth" • "Careless Memories" • "Girls on Film" • "My Own Way" • "Hungry Like the Wolf" • "Save a Prayer" • "Rio"• "Is There Something I Should Know?" • "Union of the Snake" • "New Moon on Monday" • "The Reflex" • "The Wild Boys" • "A View to a Kill" • "Notorious" • "Skin Trade" • "Meet El Presidente" • "I Don't Want Your Love" • "All She Wants Is" • "Do You Believe in Shame?" • "Burning the Ground" • "Violence of Summer (Love's Taking Over)" • "Serious" • "Ordinary World" • "Come Undone" • "Too Much Information" • "Perfect Day" • "White Lines" • "Out of My Mind" • "Electric Barbarella" • "Someone Else Not Me" • "(Reach Up for The) Sunrise" • "What Happens Tomorrow" • "Nice" • "Falling Down"

RELATED BANDS

Arcadia • Power Station • Neurotic Outsiders • The Devils

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