Seven and the Ragged Tiger
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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.
s, 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
.
, 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 huge stadium
tour for the album, which continued throughout 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 both the UK and US (where it remained at the top for four and two weeks respectively). The live concert video was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award for Best Stage Performance
(but lost to Van Halen's "Jump
").
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".
The 2010 expanded edition added an entire second disc of b-sides and live tracks and the non-album hit single "Is There Something I Should Know?":
Additional musicians:
Producers:
Cover artists:
Pop rock
Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...
band Duran Duran
Duran Duran
Duran Duran are an English band, formed in Birmingham in 1978. They were one of the most successful bands of the 1980s and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States...
, 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
Simon Le Bon
Simon John Charles Le Bon is an English musician, best known as the lead singer, lyricist and musician of the band Duran Duran and its offshoot, Arcadia.-Early life:...
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
As The Lights Go Down
Duran Duran's Oakland, California concerts that were filmed for the Arena movie were also edited to form the one-hour As The Lights Go Down concert video...
" video.
Recording
Duran Duran intended to spend a year away from the United Kingdom as tax exileTax exile
A tax exile is one who chooses to leave a country with a high tax burden and instead to reside in a foreign nation or jurisdiction which takes a lower portion of earnings. Going into tax exile is a means of tax mitigation or avoidance.-Legal status:...
s, as their income had increased dramatically after the fantastic success of Rio
Rio (album)
Rio is the second studio album by the British rock band Duran Duran, originally released worldwide on 10 May 1982. It reached #2 in the UK and #1 in Australia....
and the reissue of their 1981 debut album Duran Duran the previous year. Thus during May 1983 the band began writing and making demo
Demo (music)
A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...
recordings at a châlet near Cannes
Cannes
Cannes is one of the best-known cities of the French Riviera, a busy tourist destination and host of the annual Cannes Film Festival. It is a Commune of France in the Alpes-Maritimes department....
on the Côte d'Azur in the south of France with producer Ian Little
Ian Little
Ian Little is a record producer who is best known for the single "Is There Something I Should Know" and the album Seven and the Ragged Tiger, both by Duran Duran. He has also worked with Roxy Music, Phil Manzanera, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Sparks, Belouis Some, and other artists.-External...
. 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
Montserrat
Montserrat is a British overseas territory located in the Leeward Islands, part of the chain of islands called the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies. This island measures approximately long and wide, giving of coastline...
in May. The sessions, which saw producer Ian Little
Ian Little
Ian Little is a record producer who is best known for the single "Is There Something I Should Know" and the album Seven and the Ragged Tiger, both by Duran Duran. He has also worked with Roxy Music, Phil Manzanera, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Sparks, Belouis Some, and other artists.-External...
joined by the vastly more experienced Alex Sadkin
Alex Sadkin
Alex Sadkin is best remembered as a record producer in the early 1980s, but actually got his start in the music industry as a saxophonist for the Las Olas Brass in Fort Lauderdale, Florida....
, would keep Duran Duran in Montserrat
Montserrat
Montserrat is a British overseas territory located in the Leeward Islands, part of the chain of islands called the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies. This island measures approximately long and wide, giving of coastline...
for five weeks. During one of these sessions, keyboardist Nick Rhodes
Nick Rhodes
Nick Rhodes is an English musician, is best known as the keyboardist of the pop rock band Duran Duran...
collapsed and had to be airlifted to a hospital; newspapers later reported it was due to an episode of paroxysmal tachycardia
Paroxysmal tachycardia
Paroxysmal tachycardia is a form of tachycardia which begins and ends in an acute manner.It is also known as "Bouveret-Hoffmann syndrome".-Classification:It can be divided by the origin:* supraventricular 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
Charles, Prince of Wales
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales is the heir apparent and eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Since 1958 his major title has been His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales. In Scotland he is additionally known as The Duke of Rothesay...
and Diana, Princess of Wales
Diana, Princess of Wales
Diana, Princess of Wales was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, whom she married on 29 July 1981, and an international charity and fundraising figure, as well as a preeminent celebrity of the late 20th century...
at the Aston Villa ground at Villa Park
Villa Park, England
Villa Park is an association football stadium in the district of Witton, Birmingham, England with a seating capacity of 42,786. It has been the home of Aston Villa Football Club since 1897. The team previously played at Aston Park from 1874 to 1876 and Perry Barr from 1876 to 1897...
. It was later revealed that the Irish Republican Army
Irish Republican Army
The Irish Republican Army was an Irish republican revolutionary military organisation. It was descended from the Irish Volunteers, an organisation established on 25 November 1913 that staged the Easter Rising in April 1916...
had plotted to plant a bomb at the concert in order to injure Charles and Diana, but the IRA
Provisional Irish Republican Army
The Provisional Irish Republican Army is an Irish republican paramilitary organisation whose aim was to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom and bring about a socialist republic within a united Ireland by force of arms and political persuasion...
member sent to carry out the plot, Sean O'Callaghan
Sean O'Callaghan
Sean O'Callaghan is a former member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army who became an informer for the Garda Síochána and who was later debriefed by the UK's MI5 in the Netherlands...
, was in fact an informer working for the Irish
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
Government
Government
Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...
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
Ian Little
Ian Little is a record producer who is best known for the single "Is There Something I Should Know" and the album Seven and the Ragged Tiger, both by Duran Duran. He has also worked with Roxy Music, Phil Manzanera, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Sparks, Belouis Some, and other artists.-External...
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
Power Station (band)
Power Station was a 1980s supergroup made up of singer Robert Palmer, former Chic drummer Tony Thompson, and Duran Duran members John Taylor and Andy Taylor . Bernard Edwards, also of Chic, was involved on the studio side as recording producer. For a short time he also functioned as Power...
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
State Library of New South Wales
The State Library of New South Wales is a large public library owned by the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located in Macquarie Street, Sydney near Shakespeare Place...
.
Release, promotion and tour
With their Sing Blue Silver world concert tour to commence in November at the National Indoor Sports Centre in CanberraCanberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
, Australia, the band departed for the sands outside Sydney to film the video for lead off single "Union of the Snake
Union of the Snake
"Union of the Snake" is the ninth single by Duran Duran, released on 17 October 1983."Union of the Snake" was the lead single from the band's third album Seven and the Ragged Tiger and preceded its release by one month...
" 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
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
a full week before the single was released to radio, at a time when the industry feared video really might kill the radio star
Video Killed the Radio Star
"Video Killed the Radio Star" is a song by the British synthpop/New Wave group The Buggles, released as their debut single on 7 September 1979, on Island Records from their debut album The Age of Plastic. It celebrates the golden days of radio, describing a singer whose career is cut short by...
.
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
RIAA certification
In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of albums and singles sold through retail and other ancillary markets. Other countries have similar awards...
by January 1984, and eventually double platinum.
The huge stadium
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...
tour for the album, which continued throughout the first four months of 1984, was recorded in the Russell Mulcahy
Russell Mulcahy
Russell Mulcahy is an Australian film director. His work is easily recognized by his use of fast cuts, tracking shots and use of glowing lights.- Music videos :...
-directed documentary Sing Blue Silver
Sing Blue Silver
Sing Blue Silver is a documentary about Duran Duran's 1983-1984 World Tour directed by Michael Collins. A sixty-minute edited version of the documentary was aired on MTV under the title Blue Silver....
, the music video for "The Reflex", and the concert videos Arena (An Absurd Notion)
Arena (An Absurd Notion)
Arena is a concept concert video filmed during the course of Duran Duran's 1984 Sing Blue Silver North American Tour in support of the album Seven and the Ragged Tiger.-Background:...
and As The Lights Go Down
As The Lights Go Down
Duran Duran's Oakland, California concerts that were filmed for the Arena movie were also edited to form the one-hour As The Lights Go Down concert video...
. The live album Arena was also recorded during this tour.
The next single "New Moon on Monday
New Moon on Monday
"New Moon on Monday" is a song by Duran Duran, released as the band's tenth single in January 1984.The second single to be lifted from the band's 1983 album Seven and the Ragged Tiger, the song was another success, reaching the Top 10 on both the British and American music charts...
" was released in January, accompanied by another ambitious video. In February, they appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
magazine, and won two Grammy awards in the brand-new Long Form
Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video
The Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video is an accolade presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally named the Gramophone Awards, to performers, directors, and producers of quality videos or musical programs...
and Short Form
Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video
The Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to performers, directors, and producers of quality short form music videos...
music video categories.
A Nile Rodgers
Nile Rodgers
Nile Gregory Rodgers is an American musician, producer, composer, arranger, and guitarist.-Biography:...
remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
of "The Reflex
The Reflex
"The Reflex" is the eleventh single by Duran Duran, released worldwide on 16 April 1984.The song was heavily remixed for single release and was the third and last to be taken from their third album Seven and the Ragged Tiger.-Song history:...
", released in March, became the band's second number one single in both the UK and US (where it remained at the top for four and two weeks respectively). The live concert video was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award for Best Stage Performance
MTV Video Music Award for Best Stage Performance
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Stage Performance in a Video was first awarded at the first annual MTV Video Music Awards in 1984. The last of this award was given out in 1989.- See also :* MTV Europe Music Award for Best Live Act...
(but lost to Van Halen's "Jump
Jump (Van Halen song)
"Jump" is a song by the American rock group Van Halen. It is the only single the group released in their career to reach number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It was released in 1984 as the second track on the album 1984...
").
The music
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 MakerMelody MakerMelody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was, according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly music newspaper. It was founded in 1926 as a magazine targeted at musicians; in 2000 it was merged into "long-standing rival" New Musical Express.-1950s–1960s:Originally the Melody...
)
"Pathetic, useless, no good. It's pretentious, pompous and possibly the first chapter in their decline." (Record MirrorRecord MirrorRecord Mirror was a British weekly pop music newspaper, founded by Isadore Green and featured, news articles, interviews, record charts, record reviews, concert reviews, letters from readers and photographs. The paper became respected by both mainstream pop music fans and serious record collectors...
)
"It's apparent that Seven and the Ragged Tigers 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
Arcadia (band)
Arcadia were the pop group formed in 1985 by Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes and Roger Taylor of Duran Duran, during a break in that band's schedule. However, Roger Taylor appeared in only a few band photographs and in none of the music videos, and stated he was only to be involved in the recording side...
, while John and Andy Taylor joined with Robert Palmer and members of Chic
Chic (band)
Chic was an African American disco and R&B band that was organized during 1976 by guitarist Nile Rodgers and bassist Bernard Edwards. It is known best for its commercially successful disco songs, including "Dance, Dance, Dance " , "Everybody Dance" , "Le Freak" , "I Want Your Love" , "Good Times"...
to create Power Station
Power Station (band)
Power Station was a 1980s supergroup made up of singer Robert Palmer, former Chic drummer Tony Thompson, and Duran Duran members John Taylor and Andy Taylor . Bernard Edwards, also of Chic, was involved on the studio side as recording producer. For a short time he also functioned as Power...
, built around the rock sound seen developing in "Of Crime and Passion".
Track listing
- "The ReflexThe Reflex"The Reflex" is the eleventh single by Duran Duran, released worldwide on 16 April 1984.The song was heavily remixed for single release and was the third and last to be taken from their third album Seven and the Ragged Tiger.-Song history:...
" – 5:29 - "New Moon on MondayNew Moon on Monday"New Moon on Monday" is a song by Duran Duran, released as the band's tenth single in January 1984.The second single to be lifted from the band's 1983 album Seven and the Ragged Tiger, the song was another success, reaching the Top 10 on both the British and American music charts...
" – 4:16 - "(I'm Looking For) Cracks in the Pavement" – 3:38
- "I Take the Dice" – 3:18
- "Of Crime and Passion" – 3:50
- "Union of the SnakeUnion of the Snake"Union of the Snake" is the ninth single by Duran Duran, released on 17 October 1983."Union of the Snake" was the lead single from the band's third album Seven and the Ragged Tiger and preceded its release by one month...
" – 4:20 - "Shadows on Your Side" – 4:03
- "Tiger Tiger" – 3:20
- "The Seventh Stranger" – 5:24
The 2010 expanded edition added an entire second disc of b-sides and live tracks and the non-album hit single "Is There Something I Should Know?":
- "Is There Something I Should Know?Is There Something I Should Know?"Is There Something I Should Know?" is the eighth single by Duran Duran, released on 19 March 1983.The song was released as a stand-alone single and became the band's first UK number one record. It debuted in the #1 position on the UK Singles Chart on 26 March 1983...
" - "Faith in This Colour"
- "Faith in This Colour" [alternate slow mix]
- "Secret Oktober"
- "Tiger Tiger" [Ian Little mix]
- "The Reflex" [single version]
- "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" [live]
- "New Religion" [live]
- "The Reflex" [live]
- "Is There Something I Should Know?" [monster mix]
- "Union of the Snake" [monkey mix]
- "New Moon on Monday" [dance mix]
- "The Reflex" [dance mix]
Singles
- "Union of the SnakeUnion of the Snake"Union of the Snake" is the ninth single by Duran Duran, released on 17 October 1983."Union of the Snake" was the lead single from the band's third album Seven and the Ragged Tiger and preceded its release by one month...
" (Oct 1983) - "New Moon on MondayNew Moon on Monday"New Moon on Monday" is a song by Duran Duran, released as the band's tenth single in January 1984.The second single to be lifted from the band's 1983 album Seven and the Ragged Tiger, the song was another success, reaching the Top 10 on both the British and American music charts...
" (Jan 1984) - "The ReflexThe Reflex"The Reflex" is the eleventh single by Duran Duran, released worldwide on 16 April 1984.The song was heavily remixed for single release and was the third and last to be taken from their third album Seven and the Ragged Tiger.-Song history:...
" (Apr 1984) - "Tiger Tiger" (Japan only, flipside of "New Moon On Monday" elsewhere)
Personnel
Duran Duran:- Nick RhodesNick RhodesNick Rhodes is an English musician, is best known as the keyboardist of the pop rock band Duran Duran...
- keyboards - Simon Le BonSimon Le BonSimon John Charles Le Bon is an English musician, best known as the lead singer, lyricist and musician of the band Duran Duran and its offshoot, Arcadia.-Early life:...
- vocals - John TaylorNigel John TaylorJohn Taylor is an English musician who is best known as the bass guitarist and co-founder of pop rock band Duran Duran....
- bass guitar - Roger TaylorRoger Andrew TaylorRoger Andrew Taylor is an English double grammy award winning musician who is best known as the drummer of British rock band Duran Duran from their inception until 1985, and again from 2001 onwards, the band selling in excess of 80 million records worldwide in the process.-Early life:Taylor began...
- drums - Andy TaylorAndy Taylor (guitarist)Andy Taylor is an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer, best known as a member of Duran Duran and The Power Station....
- guitars
Additional musicians:
- Andy HamiltonAndy Hamilton (pop musician)Andy Hamilton is a British saxophonist who has played with Duran Duran , Wham!, Elton John, Pet Shop Boys, Tina Turner, George Michael, Paul McCartney, Radiohead, Bon Jovi and David Bowie....
- Soprano & Tenor Saxophone - Raphael DeJesus - percussion
- Mark Kennedy - percussion
- Michelle Cobbs - additional vocals
- BJ Nelson - additional vocals
Producers:
- Alex SadkinAlex SadkinAlex Sadkin is best remembered as a record producer in the early 1980s, but actually got his start in the music industry as a saxophonist for the Las Olas Brass in Fort Lauderdale, Florida....
- Ian LittleIan LittleIan Little is a record producer who is best known for the single "Is There Something I Should Know" and the album Seven and the Ragged Tiger, both by Duran Duran. He has also worked with Roxy Music, Phil Manzanera, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Sparks, Belouis Some, and other artists.-External...
- Duran DuranDuran DuranDuran Duran are an English band, formed in Birmingham in 1978. They were one of the most successful bands of the 1980s and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States...
Cover artists:
- Malcolm GarrettMalcolm GarrettMalcolm Garrett is a British graphic designer, who has worked for music artists such as Simple Minds, Magazine, Duran Duran and Peter Gabriel...
(graphic design) and Keith BreedenKeith BreedenKeith Breeden RP is a graphic designer and portraitist. He is a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.-Early career:...
(illustration)