I got the new Duran Duran cd 'Astronaut' today, it's their first studio album with the original line up in over 20 years (since 1983). I'd seen them back earlier this year in concert and this cd also came with a dvd of selected tracks from that concert.
If you think the new album would be typical Duran then you'd be wrong, it's a myriad of different styles, dancefloor grooves interlaced with class rock riffs - John Taylor is amazing on bass. You can see and hear on the cd/dvd that the band has matured both acoustically and visually, I loved Andy Taylor stomping about the stage in his suit chewing on a cigar.
I think my fave tracks so far are 'What happens tomorrow', 'Bedroom toys', 'Taste the summer' and 'Finest hour' but as you all know a cd takes several listens before it embeds in your mind fully.
As one critic said 'Duran Duran has produced a fine album that smartly pays tribute to their past but does not wallow in it'.
www.duranduran.com
If you think the new album would be typical Duran then you'd be wrong, it's a myriad of different styles, dancefloor grooves interlaced with class rock riffs - John Taylor is amazing on bass. You can see and hear on the cd/dvd that the band has matured both acoustically and visually, I loved Andy Taylor stomping about the stage in his suit chewing on a cigar.
I think my fave tracks so far are 'What happens tomorrow', 'Bedroom toys', 'Taste the summer' and 'Finest hour' but as you all know a cd takes several listens before it embeds in your mind fully.
As one critic said 'Duran Duran has produced a fine album that smartly pays tribute to their past but does not wallow in it'.
www.duranduran.com
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