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Notorious
Pop · 1986 · 10 tracks

Notorious

Duran Duran

A lean, brass-heavy pivot into sophisticated funk. Stripped of teen-idol gloss, it trades synth-pop shimmer for sharp basslines and urban grit.

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The one where they stopped being a boy band and started being a funk band.

A sophisticated, urban cool that masks a deeper sense of media-weary cynicism.

Notorious · vs · Duran Duran
Falsetto+3.9σ

The vocals lean far further into falsetto than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks
01
Notorious
4:17
02
American Science
4:42
03
Skin Trade
5:56
04
A Matter of Feeling
5:56
05
Hold Me
4:30
06
Vertigo (Do the Demolition)
4:43
07
So Misled
4:03
08
“Meet El Presidente”
4:17
09
Winter Marches On
3:24
10
Proposition
4:57
Moments Worth Waiting For
The iconic, stuttering 'No-no-notorious' vocal hook that anchors the title track's skeletal funk.
The sudden, sharp intrusion of the Borneo Horns on 'Skin Trade' that shifts the band into Prince-inspired territory.
The atmospheric, synth-heavy bridge of 'American Science' that recalls their earlier new wave roots amidst the new funk direction.
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