Duran Duran (1993 album)

DDW: the united memory of all the fans

In 1993, the band Duran Duran released a second self-titled album]] -- this Duran Duran album is informally known as The Wedding Album (for Stephen Sprouse's cover art which features the four band members' parents' actual wedding photos) to distinguish it from the band's debut 1981 release.

Contents 1 Recording 2 Release 3 Track listing 3.1 UK tour edition 3.2 Singles 4 Personnel

[edit] Recording

The Wedding Album was recorded almost entirely at Privacy Studio in the living room of Warren Cuccurullo's house in Battersea, London. After the relatively poor showing of Big Thing and Liberty, the funding of this album album was more tightly controlled by EMI than their previous work. However, the label was very pleased by the early composition "Ordinary World", immediately sensing a potential hit single.

Recording of the album was completed in early 1992, with a planned mid-year release by Capitol Records in the United States. However, Duran Duran's new management company, Left Bank, was distressed at the label's apparent lack of enthusiasm for the promotion of the album, and had it temporarily pulled from the release schedule.

During this hiatus, John Taylor returned to his wife in Los Angeles, and Le Bon, Rhodes and Cucurrullo began working on a few cover songs for what would later become the Thank You album. At one point Warren played a slow guitar riff derived from the earlier Duran Duran song "First Impression", which sparked the quick creation of the song "Come Undone". This was rapidly included in the upcoming album.

[edit] Release

A copy of "Ordinary World" was leaked to a Florida radio station late in 1992, and listener demand soon led to its early release in several markets. The band, long ignored in Los Angeles, was invited to play at the KROQ Acoustic Christmas show on the strength of the song's popularity.

The album itself was released early in 1993, and its swift commercial and critical success of th album came as a surprise to many who considered Duran Duran to be a purely "eighties" phenomenon who had already faded to oblivion. It hinged on the Adult Contemporary singles "Ordinary World" and "Come Undone". Some critics seemed to consider the band as a modern act for the first time, and to re-evaluate their back catalog as deeper and more significant than that of a throwaway "teeny-bop" band.

Both the band and the record label seemed to be caught by surprise by the sudden success. Bassist John Taylor, who had begun recording solo material on the side and was considering leaving the band, agreed to stay instead.

In 1994, to commemorate their UK tour, the album was reissued with a second disc of b-sides and remixes.

[edit] Track listing

All songs produced by Duran Duran and John Jones, except "Come Undone" and "Femme Fatale" produced by Duran Duran. All songs written by Duran Duran, except where noted:

1. "Too Much Information" – 4:56
2. "Ordinary World" – 5:39
3. "Love Voodoo" – 4:58
4. "Drowning Man" – 5:15
5. "Shotgun" – 0:54
6. "Come Undone" – 4:38
7. "Breath After Breath" (Duran Duran, Milton Nascimento) – 4:58
8. "UMF" – 5:33
9. "Femme Fatale" (Lou Reed) – 4:21
10. "None of the Above" – 5:19
11. "Shelter" – 4:25
12. "To Whom It May Concern" – 4:24
13. "Sin of the City" – 7:14 (about the Happy Land Fire)

• Extra Tracks

1. "Time for Temptation" [Alternate Version]* 3:46
2. "Stop Dead" [Edit]* 3:52

Tracks 14, 15 - Japanese bonus tracks

[edit] UK tour edition

1. "Falling Angel" – 4:35
2. "Stop Dead" – 4:31
3. "Time For Temptation" – 4:09
4. "Come Undone [12" Mix Comin' Together]" – 7:21
5. "Ordinary World [Acoustic Version]" – 5:07
6. "Too Much Information [David Richards 12" Mix]" – 4:14

[edit] Singles

1. "Ordinary World"
2. "Come Undone"
3. "Too Much Information"
4. "None Of The Above" (Japan only)
5. "Drowning Man" (released only to clubs in America)
6. "Breath after Breath" (Brazil only)
7. "Femme Fatale" (France only)

[edit] Personnel

Duran Duran are:

• Nick Rhodes - keyboards
• Simon Le Bon - vocals
• John Taylor - bass guitar
• Warren Cuccurullo - guitar

Also credited:

• John Jones - co-producer, engineer, programming, keyboards, guitar, vocals
• Milton Nascimento - Vocals on track 7 ("Breath After Breath")
• Steve Ferrone - Drums on tracks 1 ("Too Much Information") & 2 ("Ordinary World") and Percussion on track 10 ("Femme Fatale")
• Vinnie Colaiuta - Drums on track 7 ("Breath After Breath")
• Bosco - Percussion on track 7 ("Breath After Breath")
• Lamya - Backing vocals on track 3 ("Love Voodoo")
• Tessa Niles - Backing vocals on track 6 ("Come Undone")
• Karen Hendrix & Jack Merigg - Vocal samples on track 4 ("Drowning Man")
• Fergus Gerrand - Drums

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"

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