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Duran Duran (The Wedding Album)
by Duran Duran
Product Group: Music
Studio: Capitol
ISBN: B000002V1D
EAN: 0077779887620
UPC: 077779887620
Audio CD
Original Release Date: 1993-02-23
Release Date: 1993-02-23
SKU: BA0803327a
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: Exactly as shown, CD in very good condition in original case with artwork.
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Editorial Reviews
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Amazon.com
With the appearance of fashion-oriented acts like Adam Ant, Culture Club, and Duran Duran, the early '80s gave birth to an emerging genre called "new romantic." Appealing to a young, mostly female audience, the Duran gang--named after a character in the kitschy, futuristic Jane Fonda movie Barbarella--helped move U.K. music away from punk and back towards the early-'70s sound of groups like Roxy Music and T. Rex. Fronted by singer Simon LeBon, and anchored by keyboardist Nick Rhodes and guitarist John Taylor, the band made quite a splash with this 1981 debut via the British hits "Planet Earth" and "Girls on Film," whose pornlike video was banned by the BBC, thus helping the band's notoriety. --Billy Altman
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Customer Reviews
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Undeniable
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-04-22
The Wedding Album is undeniably one of their best albums. A comeback it is, and a whole new fresh sound for a new decade. I enjoyed the fact they brought in some new styles but still kept to some of their original roots. An all grown-up Duran Duran compared to their work in the 80's. I find it fits into the 90's quite nicely.
Everything on this album is memorable and truly classic. "Ordinary World" and "Come Undone," soft ballads from the heart that are just unforgettable. It's easy to see how these songs became so popular and remain enjoyable after all these years. And I still find "Ordinary Wrold" their best ballad to date. "Too much information" "UMF" and "Drowning Man" are your fix of rock, and they're not to disappoint. Others "Love Voodoo" "To whom it may concern" "None of the above" and "Sin of the City" also great songs. The only song that I disliked was "Shotgun," it didn't stand out like the others and it didn't make much sense to me.
5-star rating, ranks right up there with Rio and Astronaut, a masterpiece all of its own. I highly recommend this album and you won't be disappointed. Fun till the end!
I also recommend you buy the single "Come Undone" for the bonus track "Stop Dead." I wish it had been on the original line-up. If you like this album, you will, and I mean, you will like it!!!!
The "Mad Mind" has spoken.
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A re-birth
Rating  (4)
Date: 2007-12-13
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Funny now how Justin Timberlake is working with Duran Duran because he was a fan "back in the day, you know, when they had hits like 'Ordinary World.'"...
Obviously this was past Duran's "Day" of regular hit singles like "Hungry Like The Wolf," "Rio" and "Is There Something I Should Know." Funny also that many people talking about this album talk about the first time they heard "Oridinary World." I remember the first time I heard it too as the radio alarm went off and it was playing. I thought, that's an interesting song, wonder who it is? I was floored when I heard it was Duran Duran. The songs is simply haunting in its beauty and gravity. A wonderful ballad of depth and feeling.
In addition to O.W., there are plenty of other good songs here like "Come Undone," "Love Voodoo," "Too Much Information" and "Sin Of the City," but where things tend to break apart some are in the number of average songs like "Drowning Man," "UMF," and "To Whom It May Concern." None of those songs are bad, they just don't stand out like the others. Still this was a welcome album and an improvement over "Liberty" which lacked any really great songs like the ones included here.
I also felt like Warren Cuccurullo really became a fully assimilated member of the band here. He started to contribute more to Duran's sound from this point too (especially on 2000's Pop Trash). Warren is a very gifted guitarist and Duran was lucky to have him. My opinion is that they should have never parted with him, but who am I?
I also saw the band on this tour at West Point Military Academy and it was knock-down great! I'll never forget Simon strutting around the stage in his pink suits and bleach-blond hair to hundreds of cadets in uniform all singing "Hungry Like The Wolf." Quite surreal.
So here we have the commercial success that Duran Duran has been trying to regain ever since. This is an excellent album. The ballads like O.W. and C.U. are some of thier best songs. Even with the filler songs you can't go wrong by adding this to your collection.
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Even better than expected!
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-08-28
I bought this cd because I liked two songs I'd heard on the radio a long while ago (ie: ORDINARY and COME UNDONE) but then when I got this cd and heard all the tracks I was pleasantly surprised that almost all the songs are actually quite good----and thus, my 5 STAR rating.
The songs are all beautifully re-mastered, sounding crisp and sharp. The singing is as good as ever, as is the instrumentals. My least favorite song is "Too Much Information", but luckily it's the first song,and therefore it can be skipped easily. (Personally I would have left "TMI" completely off this album, since the rest of the songs hold up so well together without it---but this is just my opinion).
All in all, out of 13 songs, all are quite "very good to excellent" (except,as I said, "TMI"). Still it's hard to find a cd with 12 good songs on it these days, so I still give it a 5 star rating for the excellent effort on Duran's part.
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A Comeback of Sorts
Rating  (3)
Date: 2007-01-19
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
From the mid-80s onward, Duran Duran began to decline. By the onset of the 1990s, the salad days of the Rio-era were a fading memory. Albums like "Big Thing" and "Liberty" had seen the band floundering with bland new rhythms and with mediocre songwriting. "Duran Duran (II)", aka, "The Wedding Album," brought the band back to the limelight with two marvellous hit singles. But does the rest of the album hold up as well?
We begin with the rather heavy "Too Much Information," a track that marriers then-contemporary grungyness with cynicism towards the media. It's a solid starter, albeit a bit too much of a distorted departure from the Duran Duran sound that 80s fans were familiar with.
The hit single "Ordinary World" follow, and with its fabulous guitar work and socially aware lyrics, it remains a timeless gem; trully one of the highlights of Duran Duran's canon.
"Drowning Man," which melds an odd vocal cadence to effect-laden guitar work, is the third track on the album. Some hate it; I find it rather enjoyable. It's different, and it works.
"Shotgun" is crap, pure and simple. It's about 40 second of whistles and drum machines that amount to absolutely nothing.
"Come Undone," the other classic, melds a trip-hop rhythm and soul back-up vocals to a more refined Duran Duran sound. It's yet another welcome addition to the canon.
And after that, it all sounds the same. Aside from the Brazilian-tinged "Breath After Breath" and the annoying stab at Price ("UMF"), all of the songs have identical production values. This homegenized delivery, coupled with uninspired vocals, make for a huge let-down. Even the Velvet Underground's "Femme Fatale" is not immune to this process.
To say that this album is top-heavy is an understatement. The bulk of the substance is at the beggining of the album. The rest is cookie-cutter filler. But still... that first half is worth 5 stars. The rest, though, bogs down what could've been a great EP. Or just a better album.
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Class Act
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-12-12
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I agree with the reviewer calling "Ordinary World" a dreamy, soaring ballad. This entire CD is a class act and one of my favorites. I never get tired of it!
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