Product Description

Commonly known as "The Wedding Album" to differentiate it from their self-titled 1981 debut, 1993's DURAN DURAN was an unexpected commercial comeback for Simon LeBon, Nick Rhodes and John Taylor, spawning two hit singles, "Ordinary World" and "Come Undone", that were better than anything the band had done in nearly a decade. The rest of the album succeeds in subtly updating the classic Duran Duran sound without straying too far from their '80s chart-pop roots.
The politicised "Too Much Information" and "Sin of the City" (concerning a disaster at a unlicenced New York dance club), are surprisingly aggressive tunes, but elsewhere, "None of the Above"and "Love Voodoo" are more traditional Duran fare. The album's two biggest surprises are the duet with Tropicalia superstar Milton Nasciemento on "Breath After Breath", and the surprisingly reverent take on the Velvet Underground's "Femme Fatale".

Track Listing

1. Too Much Information
2. Ordinary World
3. Love Voodoo
4. Drowning Man
5. Shotgun
6. Stop Dead
7. Breath After Breath
8. UMF
9. None Of The Above
10. Time For Temptation
11. Shelter
12. To Whom It May Concern
13. Sin Of The City

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25356 in Music
• Released on: 1993-02-15
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
The post-Notorious Duran Duran are a slightly odd proposition: neither disappearing down the plughole like Bros or New Kids On The Block, but never quite managing the commercial or critical success of a George Michael. The Wedding Album contains a number of typically Serious Artiste tricks: a collaboration with someone obscure and trendy (Milton Nascimento), a cover of something undeniably classic and credible (the Velvet Underground's "Femme Fatale") and a slightly embarrassing stab at whatever was the new(ish) movement of the time (the grunge-y "Too Much Information"). However, on the plus side, they do it better than most and the album contains both singles ("Come Undone" and in particular the top five hit "Ordinary World") and album tracks ("Love Voodoo") that, ostentatiously "adult" or not, are on a par with the glory days of "Rio" or "Save A Prayer". --Ronita Dutta

Customer Reviews

Very nearly five stars, Duran Duran bounce back
By 1993, it really was make or break for Duran Duran.
Fortunately, this album contains some of Duran's best work, lead single "Ordinary World" was a top ten hit on both sides of the Atlantic, with it's follow up single "Come Undone" equally sucessful.
They are both great pop/rock songs, and it wouldn't be unfair to say that those two songs alone pretty much kept Duran Duran alive in the 90's.
Duran found their feet again with this, it brought them a new generation of fans keen to explore the band for the first time, a result commerically also that sold over 6 million copies sold worldwide.
Musically, "The Wedding Album" presents Duran as a more mature band, their sound has evolved to a modern Alternative Rock band, it's pleasant listening.
It's not quite five stars, but Duran Duran were back in 1993, and almost as good as their early 80's heyday.

Awesome !!
Being born when Duran Duran was just starting to take over the world I'm only a recent fan..... this album is awesome... Ordinary World possibly up with the all time great Duran Duran tunes... its worth buying just to listen to that and Come Undone.. an awesome return for the boys in the early nineties...

Duran show their class
Now unlike the other reviewers, i am a loyal duran duran fan and can easily find songs of worth on every album they have made and will continue to do so.

This album marks a big step forward in durans sound, Come Undone(despite what it says in the tracklisting above - its number 6!), Ordinary World, Too Much Information, Femme Fetale, None of the above all show that the chemistry between Le Bon, Taylor, Rhodes and Cuccurullo really hits the gold here. Buy this!

Incidentally despite lack of commercial success - Medazzaland and Pop Trash are great.....the new album will be outstanding!!