Duran Duran - Red Carpet Massacre (Deluxe Edition)
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Free Music Review: WORTH EVERY PENNY!
Hit: 5 Stars
The CD is great in itself - and the bonus CD with the making of the album - interviews with the band and video make it a keeper to watch and listen to over and over again!God Bless!Free Music Review: AWESOME
Hit: 5 Stars
Duran Duran NEVER disappoints me. Get this album, you will not regret it for a second!!!
Just incredible!! I love it!
Free Music Review: I wish I could say...
Hit: 4 Stars
...that I love this album, because I love Duran Duran and have since I was twelve. I was so thrilled with their true comeback album "Astronaut" that I was expecting them to move forward with more innovative and inspired music. But this album falls just a bit short of the DD greatness that we've heard in the past.
The opening track "The Valley" is pretty decent and does have some shades of classic Duran Duran. I was reminded of "Notorious" with this song. The second, title track has a great "spacey" opening then drifts into a raw drum beat - it's very 80s so I like it. The third track, "Nite-Runner" is the first track on the album that sounds blatantly Timbaland inspired and he provides some of the chorus vocals. I don't dislike Timbaland - he's done some great work - but there's something about his and Timberlake's presence in some of the songs that I feel rips away from the soul of Duran Duran.
I know some reviewers have voiced their dislike for "Falling Down," but it's my favorite track on the album. The melody is beautiful and the lyrics are quite appropriate for this age of rising/crashing starlets and pop singers and our consumption of them. For me, it's right up there with "Come Undone" and "Ordinary World" from the Wedding Album. Bits of the melody remind me of "Save a Prayer," as well.
Track five, "Box Full O' Honey," is another lovely melody with great lyrics and acoustic guitar. John Taylor's melodic bass really comes through on this track as well. "Skin Divers" is a ready made dance floor hit/Timbaland beat machine with a catchy rap hook; it gets you moving, but Simon's voice sounds a little flat and lifeless on this track. "Tempted" is my least favorite track; it's sounds like they simply recycled Timberlake's "Sexy Back" and just changed a few chords. "Tricked Out" - All Hail Nick Rhodes! - is a fun instrumental track with shades of Berlin/Siouxsie/Bauhaus, etc. Very 80s, so of course I love it.
"Zoom In" isn't a bad song, but it isn't great, either. It's got a nice beat, but feels a bit shallow. "She's Too Much" has a nice opening and a melancholy melody, which I always gravitate to, but it would be nice if John Taylor's bass was more present on this track. I think it would have added a much needed layer and you can actually hear the empty space left vacant by his lack of presence, which is a shame because he is one of the great bass players of our time. "Dirty Great Monster" has a great bluesy beat and Simon's voice really shines on this track - think "The Reflex" and "Union of the Snake." The final track is a bit lackluster. Again, it sounds like a stolen track from one of Timberlake's albums - his first solo, I think - same beat.
Overall, if you're a true Duran Duran fan, this is not an album to pass up. If your a casual Duran Duran listener, you'd do better with the Wedding Album or Astronaut or even their EARLY stuff. But I love these guys, so they really can't do anything wrong in my eyes; however, they need to dump the Timberlakes and Timbalands of this world and follow their own vision as they have in the past. You can definitely tell there are too many fingers in the pie on this album.
Free Music Review: Andy Taylor, eat your heart out.
Hit: 4 Stars
Duran Duran's explosively good "Red Carpet Massacre," the first album since guitarist Andy Taylor left the band (again) in 2006, is a welcome surprise and is the band's most rhythm-oriented effort since 1986's "Notorious." Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, and Nate Hills all give the Fab-Five-Turned-Four a welcome facelift without compromising the band's identity and New Romantic roots. Uptempo cuts like "Nite Runner" and "Skin Divers" are club-ready grooves that can fill almost any dancefloor, while Timberlake contributes as producer to "Falling Down," the band's most compelling rock ballad since 1993's "Ordinary World." Other tracks swing wildly between hard-edged funk and new wave; among the best are "Zoom In" and the synth-heavy disco confection "Tempted." The thought of Timbaland producing tracks on a Duran Duran album can raise skeptical eyebrows, but the collaboration must be heard to be believed. After 2004's "Astronaut," the Wild Boys step up their game with "Red Carpet Massacre," a worthy followup that deserves all the success it can achieve. I'd hate to see it flop.
The DVD is a 40 minute documentary that describes the making of the album. It reveals little, but it's a nice extra for hardcore Durannies like myself.
Free Music Review: Not like old DD albums but interesting result !
Hit: 4 Stars
own most of DD albums and like most fans I prefer old stuff from their early era. After a deceiving decade in the 90s, they came back with the original line-up and the great album Astronaut a few years ago.
Now the guitarist Andy Taylor has left and the band is back with a totally new kind of creation, Red Carpet Massacre, featuring Timbaland and Justin Timberlake (something I would never have expected). Clearly, the band tried to adapt their mucical style to the 2000s tendency. I think the result has worth it. The album features very interesting tracks and sounds fresh, innovative and creative. But it is not for everyone. If you're looking for songs like Hungry Like The Wolf or Save a Prayer, you will be totally lost !!
The album sounds like a creation by a new band except for Lebon's voice and Nick Rhodes synths. If you're a fan you might recongnize the bass line style of John Taylor.
I would recommend people to listen to the album before buying it ! I think this is the kind of "love it or hate it".
I think the deluxe version is only a good purchase if you are a fan or if you get it at low price.