Beautiful Colours

Pop · 2005 · 17 tracks

Beautiful Colours

Polished mid-2000s synth-pop rarities from the original lineup. A sleek, metropolitan collection of lost tracks defined by interlocking funk bass and shimmering keys.

2005 · DD Fan Club

Beautiful Colours represents a fascinating temporal bridge, capturing Duran Duran's original five members during their mid-2000s reunion. It sounds like the high-definition realization of their 80s blueprint, trading the cocaine-fueled jaggedness of their youth for a more reflective, metropolitan sheen. The album is anchored by John Taylor's unmistakable slap bass, which provides a rhythmic spine for Nick Rhodes' cinematic synthesizer textures. It feels like a night out in a city that never quite sleeps, where the glamour is slightly faded but the ambition remains entirely intact.

Tracklist · 17 Tracks

01

Beautiful Colours

4:23

02

Salt in the Rainbow

4:29

03

Bedroom Toys

4:23

04

(Reach Up for the) Sunrise

3:50

05

Pretty Ones

3:34

06

Virus (album version)

4:06

07

Still Breathing

5:47

08

Point of No Return

4:54

09

Lonely Business

4:01

10

Nice

4:26

11

What Happens Tomorrow

4:46

12

Salt in the Rainbow (alternate mix)

4:29

13

Taste the Summer

3:58

14

Pretty Ones (alternate mix)

3:57

15

Know It All

2:31

16

Lonely Business (remix)

4:57

17

TV vs. Radio / Untitled

4:03

Moments Worth Listening For

the moment the title track's chorus blooms into a wide-screen synth melody

the rhythmic interplay between the slap bass and the electronic percussion on Salt in the Rainbow

the stripped-back vulnerability of the demo-quality vocal takes on the slower ballads

Where This Album Departs

How does Beautiful Colours sound next to the rest of Duran Duran's catalogue?

Hopeful+3.7σ

Hopeful saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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