Reportage

DDW: the united memory of all the fans

Reportage is the provisional title of an album that Duran Duran wrote and recorded as successor to their 2004 album Astronaut.

Recording involved all five original members including Andy Taylor, and it was reported to be a return to the "new wave" sound of their first two albums. By May 2006, the band was reported to have completed 14 tracks with producer Michael Patterson.^[1]

The completed record appears to have been rejected by the band's label, Epic Records. Rumor has it that it was partly due to the political content, although it seems more likely the label did not consider the record commercial enough.

The band reconvened to record new songs, and took a turn towards a modern dance/hip-hop sound after collaborating with Timbaland and Justin Timberlake. Shortly afterwards Andy Taylor left the band for unspecified reasons. His lawyer has stated that he would injunct any attempt on the band's part to release the Reportage recordings, so the album was canned and no recordings are yet known to have leaked.

Eventually the band went on to record an entirely new album titled Red Carpet Massacre, released November 19 2007.

[edit] Reported song titles

• "Criminals in the Capitals"
• "Under the Wire"
• "Traumatised"
• "Judy, Where Are You"
• "48 Hours Later"
• "Transcendental Mental"
• "Nobody"

[edit] References

1. ↑ "Forget Rio: Duran Duran Head to NOLA" Rolling Stone, May 9, 2006

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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