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Red Carpet Massacre (Album) by Duran Duran

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Duran Duran Named After A Character In Roger Vadim's Sci-Fi Classic Barbarella Is An Electronic Pop Rock Band That Was Part Of The New Wave Movement Of The 80s And 90s. Duran Duran Have Sold Over 100 Million Records Making Them One Of The World's Best-Selling Music Artists. They Achieved 30 Top 40 Singles In The UK Singles Chart 14 Of Them Top 10 And 21 Top 40 Singles In The US Billboard Hot 100. The Band Have Won Numerous Awards Throughout Their Career Two Brit Awards Including The 2004 Award For Outstanding Contribution To Music Two Grammy Awards An MTV Video Music Award For Lifetime Achievement And A Video Visionary Award From The MTV Europe Music Awards. They Were Also Awarded A Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame. The Band Was Inducted Into The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame As Part Of The Class Of 2022. Created By Nick Rhodes Keyboards And John Taylor Bass In Birmingham England In 1978 It Later Add Took In Roger Taylor Drums Andy Taylor Guitar And Simon Le Bon Lead Vocals . The Band Has Sold More Than 100 Million Records Over Their More Than 40 Years Of Existence Making Them One Of The Best-Selling Groups In History. Their Songs Are Often Vivid Hook-Laden Pieces Dance Pop That Have Fared Well On The Radio But What Many Remember Best About Duran Duran Is Their Iconic Music Videos. Though Many Of The Videos Were Tongue-In-Cheek The Band Has Never Quite Escaped The Glamorous And Decadent 'jet Set' Image That Their Early Videos Projected. Their Flashy Outfits And Strident Art Rock Influenced Music Showed An Immense Debt To 70s English Glam Artists Such As David Bowie And Roxy Music Yet The Band Grasped A Sense Of Their Own Identity And Became One Of The Keystones Of The New Romantic Movement. Their First Singer And One Of Their Original Founding Members Was Stephen Duffy And Their Original Bassist Was Simon Colley. Several Drummers And Guitarists Were Subsequently Tried As Well As A Handful Of Vocalists After Duffy Left Duran Duran Early In 1979. The Band Felt That They Had Something Special With Vocalist Simon Le Bon And The Group Smashed Into The Pop Scene Shortly Afterwards When "Planet Earth" Their Debut Single Was Released On 2 February 1981. "Planet Earth" Became An Immediate Hit In The Band's Native U.K. Reaching #12 On The U.K. Singles Chart On 21 February And It Did Even Better In Australia Hitting #8 There. Being Duran Duran's First Top 10 Hit Anywhere In The World The Song Showed The Group's Interest In International Stardom. The Band's Eponymous Debut Album Came Out Promptly Afterwards In June 1981. 'Duran Duran' Hit #3 On The Album Charts And Remained In The U.K. Top 100 For 117 Weeks Achieving Platinum Status By December 1982. The Initial United States Release Failed To Generate Much Interest At First But The Group Was A British Sensation Due To Their Strident Mix Of Pop Rock And Electronic Music. Music Videos For Hit Singles "Planet Earth" And "Careless Memories" Were Filmed In December 1980. As They Also Experienced Considerable Success With "Girls On Film" Which Hit #5 On The UK Singles Chart And #11 On The Australian Singles Chart The Group Firmly Grasped The Opportunity To Make A Name For Themselves In Musical Television. As Their Fame Grew Some Fans Worried That Duran Duran Could Have Peaked Too Early. They Headed Into AIR Studios In London In Early 1982 Anxious To Somehow Top Themselves. Band Member John Taylor Came Up With The New Album's Title 'Rio' As A Product Of His Fascination With The Flaunting Sexuality And Diverse Atmosphere Of Brazil. He Later Said "Rio To Me Was Shorthand For The Truly Foreign The Exotic A Cornucopia Of Earthly Delights A Party That Would Never Stop." The Band Had Their Own Plans And Ambitions For Promotion And Reunited With Director Russell Mulcahy Who Was Behind The Video For "Planet Earth" To Plan Out The Release Of A Full Length 'video Album'— Eleven Videos In Total. Totally Dedicated To On-Site Filming Guitarist Andy Taylor Even Contracted A Tropical Virus And Ended Up Hospitalized Thankfully Getting Better Relatively Quickly. 'Rio' Was Simply A Commercial Juggernaut. The Band's Second Studio Album Originally Released Worldwide On 10 May 1982 Reached #2 In The UK And #1 In Australia. Massively Popular In The U.S. It Earned A Gold Disc On 1 March 1983 And Went Platinum On 26 April 1983 Eventually Reaching Double-Platinum Status. As Songs Such As "Hungry Like The Wolf" And "Rio" Received Considerable Airplay Critical Acclaim Also Grew For The Release. With MTV Heavily Playing The Band's Music Videos The Album Is Still Held As One Of The Best New Wave Albums Ever. In April 2013 'Rio' Was Even Voted #3 In BBC Radio 2's 'Top 100 Favourite Albums Of All Time' List. In 1985 Duran Duran Performed "A View To A Kill" For The The James Bond Film Of The Same Name. The Song Appeared In The Movie's Title Sequence And Was Also A Best-Selling Single In Its Own Right. In 1987 "Out Of My Mind" Was Featured At The End Credits Of The Drama Film 'The Saint' As Well. Like Depeche Mode Duran Duran Was Among The Earliest Bands To Work On Their Own Remixes. From The Very Beginning The Band Had A Keen Sense Of Style And Worked With Stylist Perry Haines And Fashion Designers Such As Kahn & Bell And Antony Price To Build A Sharp And Elegant Image Soon Growing Beyond The Ruffles And Sashes Of The Pirate-Flavoured New Romantic Look. Although The Group Never Disbanded It Went Through Several Line-Up Changes Over The Years - American Guitarist Warren Cuccurullo Formerly Of Missing Persons Was Also A Member Of The Band From 1989 To 2001 And Drummer Sterling Campbell Was A Member From 1989 To 1991. John Taylor Roger Taylor And Andy Taylor All Returned In 2001 And Created A Stir Among Music Media And The Band's Fans. Duran Duran Released The First Album From The Reunited Line-Up Astronaut In 2004 Which Was In Turn Followed Up By Many Sold Out Shows In England Most Notably Wembley Arena Where A Live DVD Of The Tour Was Filmed In 2004/2005. In October Of 2006 It Was Announced On Duran Duran's Website That Andy Taylor Had Left The Band. The Band's Latest Album 'Red Carpet Massacre' Was Released In November 2007. They Performed The Album Live In New York City On Broadway At The Barrymore Theater For What Was Originally Scheduled As An Unprecedented 10-Night Run. A Stage Hand Union Strike Shortened The Run By A Few Nights But Duran Duran Were Able To Re-Schedule The Shows Elsewhere. They Went On To Tour The World Ending Their Successful Run In December Of 2008. 2008 Also Saw The Release Of A New DVD That Documents The Making Of Their Now-Classic "Rio" Album Called "Classic Albums Rio Collector's Edition " And A Book Called "Would Someone Please Explain?"- A Compilation Of Questions From The "Ask Katy" Area Of Their Popular Website. Duran Duran Returned At The End Of 2010 With Their 13th Album The Digital And Self-Released Album All You Need Is Now Which Debuted At Number One On The ITunes Charts In Many Countries Including The USA . The Physical Version Of The Album Will Be Released With Bonus Tracks In February 2011. The Album Was Produced By Mark Ronson. 2015 Saw The Band Return With The Album Paper Gods Which Was Led By The Single "Pressure Off" Featuring Janelle Monae And Nile Rodgers. The Album Was The Band's First Top 10 Chart Success In The U.S. In Over 20 Years And Also Reached Number 5 In The U.K. Official Websites Http //www.Duranduran.Com
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Red Carpet Massacre Is The Twelfth Studio Album By English Pop Rock Band Duran Duran. It Was Released On 19 November 2007 In Europe And On 13 November In The United States. Most Of The Music On The Current Incarnation Of The Album Was Completed In Late 2006 After The Departure Of Band Member Andy Taylor When Music Producer Timbaland Began Working With The Band. For The Week Of 19 November Red Carpet Massacre Debuted At #36 On The U.S. Billboard 200 Chart Selling About 29 000 Copies In Its First Week. However The Following Week The Album Fell To #116. For The Week Of 26 November The Album Debuted At #44 In The UK Becoming The 2nd Poorest UK Chart Entry In The Band's Career After Pop Trash From 2000. The Album Entered The Italian Chart At #10. As Of 2 May 2008 The Album Has Moved 88 000 Copies In The U.S. The Album Spent Only Three Consecutive Weeks In The Billboard 200 Chart. Also In The U.S. It Was Completely Ignored By Critics. It Was The Band's Only Other Album Released With Epic Records. The Band Parted Ways With Sony Music In 2009. The Band Did Its Initial Recording For Its Follow-Up To Astronaut With Producer Michael Patterson Between September 2005 And April 2006. Roger Taylor Said In March 2006 "The Record Will Be In Some Ways A Homage To Our Roots As A Band More Direct And A Return To Our Dance And 'new Wave' Origins" And That They Had Brought Fifteen Tracks To Near Completion. The Record Was Provisionally Titled Reportage And Expected In Late May 2006 With A Summer Tour To Follow But As Reported In Billboard The New Album Was Delayed As Guitarist Andy Taylor Had A Falling-Out With The Rest Of The Band For Unknown Reasons And Eventually The Material Was Shelved Altogether In Favour Of Recording Red Carpet Massacre. In Early October Vocalist Simon Le Bon Announced That The Band Had Recorded Three Songs With Famed Hip Hop Producer Timbaland His Protégé Nate "Danja" Hills And Engineer Jimmy Douglass At Manhattan Center Studios During September. Trade Magazine Billboard Reported That One Of Those Tracks Was "Nite-Runner" Featuring Justin Timberlake Which At The Time Was Expected To Be The First Single From The Album. Two Additional Songs On Which The Band Worked With Timbaland Were Titled "Skin Divers" And "Zooming In". Also Mentioned Were Two Other Tracks "48 Hours Later" And "Transcendental Mental" That Were Not Used On The Album. Andy Taylor Did Not Perform At Any Of Duran Duran's October Shows And Had Not Participated During The New York Sessions With Timbaland And On October 25 A Message Posted On The Band's Site Announced "As Of Last Weekend The Four Of Us Have Dissolved Our Partnership And Will Be Continuing As Duran Duran Without Andy As We Have Reached A Point In Our Relationship With Him Where There Is An Unworkable Gulf Between Us And We Can No Longer Effectively Function Together." Dominic Brown Who Had Taken Taylor's Place At Several Previous Missed Concerts In The Past Was Hired As Duran Duran's Guitarist Taking Part In The Recording Sessions. Brown Has Since Performed With The Band As Their Full-Time Touring Guitarist. Taylor Told Rolling Stone Magazine That He Was In Favour Of A More Electric Sound Whereas Simon Le Bon Wanted To Go In A Different Direction Involving People Like Justin Timberlake And Timbaland. In Addition Taylor Wrote In His Autobiography That In The Renewed Bickering Between Himself Nick Rhodes And Simon LeBon Grew Worse And It Was Not Helped By Taylor's Emotional State Following The Death Of His Father Later Diagnosed As Clinical Depression. According To Taylor's Autobiography The Final Straw Came When He Discovered That The Band's Management Had Not Been Able To Secure A Working Visa For Him To Record In The United States. The Other Band Members Maintained That They Fully Expected Him To Show Up For The Recording Session With Timbaland But That He Became Incommunicado And Was Unreachable By Phone Or E-Mail Leaving Them No Choice But To Continue On Without Him. The Band Decided To Rewrite The Whole Album Following Taylor's Departure. Fourteen Songs Had Been Completed For Reportage But According To Simon Le Bon “When We Sat Down And Listened To What We Had Done On Our Own We Didn’t Feel We Had A Lead Track So We Got In Touch With Timbaland Who Was The Only Producer Out There That We Knew We All Liked." Following The New York Sessions In September Duran Duran Moved To Metropolis Studios In London With Danja And Douglass For The Next Sessions. According To Tabloid Newspaper The Sun In March 2007 Duran Duran Had One Track Left That Needed A Female Vocal And They Were Trying To Arrange To Work With Nelly Furtado Lily Allen And/or Britney Spears. Ultimately A Female Vocal On The Album Never Came To Be However. In June Duran Duran Announced On Their Official Website That They Were Recording Yet Another Track With Justin Timberlake Titled "Falling Down". However It Was "Nite-Runner" That The Band Decided To Debut Live At The Much-Anticipated Fan-Club Only Hammerstein Ballroom Concert In New York City On 17 June And Le Bon Was Still Touting It As The Probable First Single In A Post To The Band's Official Website. Several Other Album Tracks "The Valley" "Red Carpet Massacre" "Skin Divers" And "Box Full O' Honey" Were Played Over The Sound System At The Concert But Were Not Performed Live. Following The New York Concert And A Listening Party For The Media At Which The Album Title Was Announced Band Members Simon Le Bon Nick Rhodes John Taylor And Roger Taylor Went Back To England To Work On Some Mixes For The Album And Perform At The Concert For Diana And The Live Earth Concerts In London. They Completed One More Recording Session In New York And Then Returned To London To Put The Finishing Touches On The Album Before Its Release. Duran Duran Drummer Roger Taylor Slammed Sony For Turning The Work On Their 2007's Album Red Carpet Massacre Into "a Nightmare". According To Him The Record Label Wanted To Make Their Record "a Bit Pop" And Forced Them To Collaborate With Timbaland Which Turned Out To Be A Painful Experience. "We Delivered An Album To Sony That Was A Natural-Sounding Almost Rock Album And They Were Like "We Need Something A Bit Pop Do You Fancy Doing A Couple Of Tracks With Timbaland?" That Whole Project Was A Nightmare" He Claimed. Roger Taylor Added "The Thing Was We Got An Opportunity To Work With Timbaland So We Thought "Great Let's Go For It". When Timbaland Saw The Guitar And The Bass And The Drums Come In To The Studio I Think He Was Mortified Because Everything's In A Box For Those Guys". This Is Slight At Odds With The Interviews With The Band On The DVD Which Came With The Deluxe Edition Of The Album. In It They Praise Timberlake Timbaland As Well As Producer Danja. "Falling Down" Was The First And Ultimately Only Single Released From The Album. "Skin Divers" Was Planned To Be Released As The Second Single. "Nite-Runner" Was Also Planned To Be The Possible Lead Single From The Album. It Is Unknown Why It Was Shelved. The Album Received Mixed Reviews From Critics And Is Second Lowest-Selling Duran Duran Album In The Band's History. Only Pop Trash Has Sold Fewer Copies.