Duran Duran

Pop · 1993 · 13 tracks

Duran Duran

A lush, mature pivot toward acoustic textures and trip-hop rhythms. The record that traded neon glamor for rain-slicked introspection and global success.

The one where they stopped being pin-ups and started being poets, with some of the best ballads of the 90s.

A sophisticated, rain-slicked blend of 90s world-weariness and enduring melodic hope.

Duran Duran · vs · Duran Duran

Melancholic+4.0σ

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

Tracklist · 13 Tracks

01

Too Much Information

4:57

02

Ordinary World

5:40

03

Love Voodoo

4:58

04

Drowning Man

5:14

05

Shotgun

0:54

06

Come Undone

4:39

07

Breath After Breath

4:58

08

U.M.F.

5:33

09

Femme Fatale

4:22

10

None of the Above

5:18

11

Shelter

4:24

12

To Whom It May Concern

4:23

13

Sin of the City

7:15

Moments Worth Waiting For

The way the acoustic guitar strumming in Ordinary World provides a grounding, earthy contrast to Simon Le Bon's soaring, vulnerable vocal peak.

The hypnotic, underwater bassline of Come Undone that feels like sinking into a warm, velvet-lined dream.

The jarring transition from the media-saturated chaos of Too Much Information into the stark, emotional clarity of the album's centerpieces.

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