"We used to be a very chi-chi name to drop in '79, but then the Fab Five hype started and something went wrong. Something went really wrong."--John Taylor. I confess. I became hooked on Duran Duran's "Fab-Five" sound from the very first time I saw the Godley & Creme video of "Girls On Film" (banned in Britain and heavily-edited for MTV) in 1981. It was that video (featuring women pillow fighting and mud wrestling) that prompted me to hunt down copies of Duran Duran and Rio at my local record store. Those two albums, with a big push from MTV, sparked a worldwide Duran Duran version of Beatlemania for the polished, yet Wild Boys in the band: Nick Rhodes, John Taylor, Roger Taylor, Andy Taylor, and Simon Le Bon. By 1986, the hysteria had waned and the band was losing much of its momentum due to fatigue and tension. Greatest is an update of the band's earlier, ten-year anniversary compilation album, Decade: Greatest Hits (1989). It captures the band in peak form, including a definitive selection of the Duran's hits from the 80s ("Girls on Film," "Rio," "Hungry Like the Wolf," "Save a Prayer," "Notorious," and the James Bond theme song, "A View to a Kill") and four singles from the 90s ("Ordinary World" and "Come Undone"). Complete tracks include: 1. Is There Something I Should Know 4:10 2. The Reflex 4:23 3. A View To A Kill 3:35 4. Ordinary World 4:42 5. Save A Prayer (Single Version) 3:47 6. Rio (US Edit) 4:44 7. Hungry Like The Wolf 3:25 8. Girls On Film 3:27 9. Planet Earth (Single Version) 3:57 10. Union Of The Snake 4:22 11. New Moon On Monday 4:16 12. The Wild Boys 4:17 13. Notorious 4:00 14. I Don't Want Your Love (Shep Pettibone 7'' Mix) 3:47 15. All She Wants Is (45 Mix) 4:26 16. Electric Barbarella (Radio Edit) 4:17 17. Serious (7'' Edit) 3:56 18. Skin Trade (Radio Cut) 4:25 19. Come Undone (Edit) 4:14 G. Merritt
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