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The B-side of the single was a version of the Velvet Underground's song "Femme Fatale", previously available in 1993, on Duran Duran's Wedding Album. [10] Lou Reed said on the electronic press kit that accompanied the album that Duran Duran's version of "Perfect Day" was "the best cover ever completed of one of my own songs". [11]
English new wave band Duran Duran have released 16 studio albums, four live albums, four compilation albums, two remix albums, two box sets, seven extended plays, 46 singles and 14 video albums. Duran Duran have sold over 100 million records. [1]
[22] [23] It was followed by Thank You (1995), a covers album featuring renditions of songs by artists such as Bob Dylan, Melle Mel and Public Enemy. [22] [24] Medazzaland (1997) and Pop Trash (2000), both produced by TV Mania, continued the band's experimentation with electronica, hard rock, industrial rock, synth-pop, Britpop and soul. [25] [26]
A cover version of "Perfect Day" was the first single from the Duran Duran covers album Thank You (1995). It was released in the United Kingdom on March 13, 1995 by EMI and Capitol Records, and reached number 28 on the UK Singles Chart the same month. [27] [28] The cover was also released to US radio on May 23, 1995. [29]
Songs from Thank You included covers of Lou Reed's "Perfect Day" and Melle Mel's "White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)" (with backing vocals from the original artists). The album also marked the temporary return of former drummer Roger Taylor, who joined the band in studio to play drums on " Watching the Detectives " and "Perfect Day" (as well as a ...
Duran Duran premiered the video for its cover of David Bowie’s “Five Years” this morning on the band’s YouTube channel. The song was released Jan. 8, on what would have been the iconic ...
Retrospective reviews of Duran Duran have been mixed, with critics reflecting on the album’s strengths and its place in the band's career. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic praised the album for blending Duran Duran's classic style with a more mature approach, describing it as a successful adaptation to the 1990s music landscape. [8]
Duffy's first full album, The Ups and Downs (produced by Duffy, Froome, Jeczalik, Booker T. Jones, and Stephen Street), reached number 35 in the UK. [4] Prior to the release of The Ups And Downs, Stephen Duffy and his brother Nick formed their own design office called "DUFFY and DUFFY". For the album's preview release, they had an exhibition of ...