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Seven And The Ragged Tiger (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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Seven And The Ragged Tiger Is The Third Studio Album By English Pop Rock Band Duran Duran Released Globally In November 1983. It Would Prove To Be The Last Studio Album For The Band's Original Lineup Until 2004's Astronaut. Simon Le Bon Said The Album "is An Adventure Story About A Little Commando Team. 'The Seven' Is For Us — The Five Band Members And The Two Managers — And 'the Ragged Tiger' Is Success. Seven People Running After Success. It's Ambition. That's What It's About." EMI Re-Released The Album In 2010 In Two Configurations - Two Disc Digipak And Three Disc Two CD One DVD Boxset. The Three Disc Boxset Includes On The DVD The First Official Release Of The "As The Lights Go Down" Video. Duran Duran Intended To Spend A Year Away From The United Kingdom As Tax Exiles As Their Income Had Increased Dramatically After The Fantastic Success Of Rio And The Reissue Of Their 1981 Debut Album Duran Duran The Previous Year. Thus During May 1983 The Band Began Writing And Making Demo Recordings At A Châlet Near Cannes On The Côte D'Azur In The South Of France With Producer Ian Little. The Band Was Having Some Trouble Writing Material There But Still Came Up With Ideas For Most Of The Songs That Appeared On The Album. Several Were Completed Including A Track Called "Seven And The Ragged Tiger" For Which The Album Was Named. This Song Was Never Officially Released But Parts Of It Would Eventually Evolve Into The Album Track "The Seventh Stranger". A Demo Version Of The Original Track Leaked Onto The Internet Albeit In Very Rough Warped Shape. No Quality Recording Of The Song Is Said To Exist. With The Songs Written During Their South Of France Adventures The Band Started Recording At George Martin's Air Studios On The Caribbean Island Of Montserrat In May. The Sessions Which Saw Producer Ian Little Joined By The Vastly More Experienced Alex Sadkin Would Keep Duran Duran In Montserrat For Five Weeks. During One Of These Sessions Keyboardist Nick Rhodes Collapsed And Had To Be Airlifted To A Hospital Newspapers Later Reported It Was Due To An Episode Of Paroxysmal Tachycardia Abnormally Fast Heartbeat . Prior Commitments Brought The Band Back To The UK In The Summer Of 1983 Including A July Charity Gig Playing In Front Of Charles Prince Of Wales And Diana Princess Of Wales At The Aston Villa Ground At Villa Park. It Was Later Revealed That The Irish Republican Army Had Plotted To Plant A Bomb At The Concert In Order To Injure Charles And Diana But The IRA Member Sent To Carry Out The Plot Sean O'Callaghan Was In Fact An Informer Working For The Irish Government And Successfully Helped To Pull The Plug On The Operation. It Was Around This Time That The Princess Of Wales Publicly Named Duran Duran As Her Favourite Band. During Their Time In The UK The Band Worked On A Few More Songs In A Studio In London Before Returning To Montserrat For One Final Late Summer Session. After The Island's Isolation The Band Moved The Operation To Downtown Sydney Australia At The End Of August. Producers Ian Little And Alex Sadkin Continued Working With The Band On The Album Now Titled Seven And The Ragged Tiger At 301 Studios. An Argument During This Period Between John Taylor And Alex Sadkin Over The Prolonged Mixing Is Said To Have Been The Germination Of The Power Station Side Project That Happened In 1985 As Taylor Contemplated Leaving Duran Duran For The First Time. The Album's Cover Photo Was Shot On The Steps Of The State Library Of New South Wales. With Their Sing Blue Silver World Concert Tour To Commence In November At The National Indoor Sports Centre In Canberra Australia The Band Departed For The Sands Outside Sydney To Film The Video For Lead Off Single "Union Of The Snake" With Director Simon Milne. Twenty-Four Hours Before The Band Were Due To Deliver The Single For "Union" To EMI Nick Rhodes And Simon Le Bon Did An All-Night Session To Complete The Writing Recording And Mixing The B-Side "Secret Oktober". At The End Of October Duran Duran Raised A Few Eyebrows By Deciding To Release The "Union Of The Snake" Video To MTV A Full Week Before The Single Was Released To Radio At A Time When The Industry Feared Video Really Might Kill The Radio Star. The Simultaneous Worldwide Release Of The Album Followed A Few Weeks Later On 21 November. The Album Swiftly Went To Number One In The UK And Achieved Platinum Status There Only A Week After Its Release. It Also Reached #8 In The US And Was Certified Platinum By January 1984 And Eventually Double Platinum. The Tour For The Album Which Played Large Indoor Arenas And Continued Through The First Four Months Of 1984 Was Recorded In The Russell Mulcahy-Directed Documentary Sing Blue Silver The Music Video For "The Reflex" And The Concert Videos Arena An Absurd Notion And As The Lights Go Down. The Live Album Arena Was Also Recorded During This Tour. The Next Single "New Moon On Monday" Was Released In January Accompanied By Another Ambitious Video. In February They Appeared On The Cover Of Rolling Stone Magazine And Won Two Grammy Awards In The Brand-New Long Form And Short Form Music Video Categories. A Nile Rodgers Remix Of "The Reflex" Released In March Became The Band's Second Number One Single In The UK Four Weeks At Number One And First Number One In The US Two Weeks At Number One On The Billboard Hot 100 . The Live Concert Video Was Nominated For An MTV Video Music Award For Best Stage Performance But Lost To Van Halen's "Jump" . While The Albums Duran Duran And Rio Were Seen By Many As Masterpieces From Start To Finish The Sheen Was Starting To Wear Thin On Seven And The Ragged Tiger. In The Documentary Film Extraordinary World Filmed A Decade Later Rhodes Described The Sound As "barely Controlled Hysteria Scratching Beneath The Surface". "Restores Danger And Menace To A Band That Was Veering Dangerously Close To The Insipid." Melody Maker "Pathetic Useless No Good. It's Pretentious Pompous And Possibly The First Chapter In Their Decline." Record Mirror "It's Apparent That Seven And The Ragged Tiger's Content Has The Band Moving Ever So Slightly Into A Dance Club Arena With The Songs Leaning More Toward Their Ability To Produce A Sexier Sound Through Electronics And Instrumentation Than Through A Firm Lyrical And Musical Partnership. Even The Unreleased Tracks Trade Duran Duran's Handsome Edginess For A Shinier Sound Heard Mainly On "I Take The Dice" And "Cracks In The Pavement." It's Here That Le Bon And Taylor's Personalities Begins To Get Overshadowed By The Demand To Produce A More Synth-Snazzy And Fashionable Style Of Music." Mike DeGagne Allmusic Review Seven And The Ragged Tiger The Variety In Musical Style Was Expanded Upon In The Members' Side Projects During The Band's Ensuing Hiatus. Le Bon And Rhodes Focused On The Atmospheric Layered Sound Found In "Tiger Tiger" In Their Project Arcadia While John And Andy Taylor Joined With Robert Palmer And Members Of Chic To Create Power Station Built Around The Rock Sound Seen Developing In "Of Crime And Passion

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