Decade (Duran Duran album)

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Decade
Greatest hits album by
Duran Duran
Released13 November 1989
Recorded1980–1988
Genre
Length59:50
LabelEMI
Producer
Duran Duran chronology
Big Thing
(1988) 		Decade
(1989) 		Liberty
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauB−[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
Number One[4]
Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]
Smash Hits8/10[6]

Decade is a greatest hits album by the English pop rock band Duran Duran, released on 13 November 1989.[7][8][9]

The remix single "Burning the Ground" was released to radio to promote this album. It was created by producer John Jones by mixing snippets of the band's biggest hits from the previous decade into a new piece of music. However, the track was not included on the Decade album itself. The tracks "My Own Way" and "New Moon on Monday" were also not included, even though both were top 20 hits in the UK.

Decade's track listing included various hits from all of Duran Duran's albums and presented them in mixes that were popular and mainstream among the public. Hence, it includes the Nile Rodgers edit of "The Reflex" and the single edits of "Hungry Like the Wolf", "Notorious" and "Skin Trade", as well as the Shep Pettibone single mix of "I Don't Want Your Love". Although there are many versions and single edits of the song "Rio", the compilation uses the standard album version, as well as the UK single version for "Save a Prayer".

Track listing

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Decade – Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Planet Earth" (from Duran Duran, 1981)
Colin Thurston4:07
2."Girls on Film" (from Duran Duran)
  • A. Taylor
  • J. Taylor
  • R. Taylor
  • Rhodes
  • LeBon
Thurston3:30
3."Hungry Like the Wolf" (from Rio, 1982)
  • A. Taylor
  • J. Taylor
  • R. Taylor
  • Rhodes
  • LeBon
Thurston3:25
4."Rio" (from Rio)
  • A. Taylor
  • J. Taylor
  • R. Taylor
  • Rhodes
  • LeBon
Thurston5:38
5."Save a Prayer" (from Rio)
  • A. Taylor
  • J. Taylor
  • R. Taylor
  • Rhodes
  • LeBon
Thurston5:26
6."Is There Something I Should Know?" (non-album single, 1983)
  • A. Taylor
  • J. Taylor
  • R. Taylor
  • Rhodes
  • LeBon
4:05
7."Union of the Snake" (from Seven and the Ragged Tiger, 1983)
  • A. Taylor
  • J. Taylor
  • R. Taylor
  • Rhodes
  • LeBon
4:20
8."The Reflex" (from Seven and the Ragged Tiger)
  • A. Taylor
  • J. Taylor
  • R. Taylor
  • Rhodes
  • LeBon
  • Duran Duran
  • Little
  • Sadkin
4:25
9."The Wild Boys" (from Arena, 1984)
  • A. Taylor
  • J. Taylor
  • R. Taylor
  • Rhodes
  • LeBon
4:16
10."A View to a Kill" (from A View to a Kill soundtrack, 1985)
3:33
11."Notorious" (from Notorious, 1986)
  • J. Taylor
  • Rhodes
  • LeBon
  • Duran Duran
  • Rodgers
3:58
12."Skin Trade" (from Notorious)
  • J. Taylor
  • Rhodes
  • LeBon
  • Duran Duran
  • Rodgers
4:25
13."I Don't Want Your Love" (from Big Thing, 1988)
  • J. Taylor
  • Rhodes
  • LeBon
3:47
14."All She Wants Is" (from Big Thing)
  • J. Taylor
  • Rhodes
  • LeBon
  • Duran Duran
  • Abraham
  • Elias
4:36
Total length:59:50
Decade – Brazilian edition
No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
14."A Matter of Feeling"
  • J. Taylor
  • Rhodes
  • Le Bon
Notorious5:56
Total length:61:10
Decade – 1995 re-issue bonus VCD – Disc one (music videos)
No.TitleDirector(s)Length
1."Opening titles" 0:56
2."Planet Earth"Russell Mulcahy4:08
3."Girls on Film"Godley & Creme6:18
4."Hungry Like the Wolf"Mulcahy3:48
5."Rio"Mulcahy5:09
6."Save a Prayer"Mulcahy6:12
7."Is There Something I Should Know?"Mulcahy4:41
8."Union of the Snake"Simon Milne4:21
9."The Reflex"Mulcahy4:32
10."The Wild Boys"Mulcahy7:47
11."A View to a Kill"Godley & Creme4:14
Decade – 1995 re-issue bonus VCD – Disc two (music videos)
No.TitleDirector(s)Length
1."Notorious"
  • Peter Kagan
  • Paula Greif
4:03
2."Skin Trade"
  • Kagan
  • Greif
4:30
3."I Don't Want Your Love"Steve Lowe3:59
4."All She Wants Is"Dean Chamberlain4:37
5."Violence of Summer (Love's Taking Over)"
  • Andy Delaney
  • Monty Whitebloom
4:49
6."Serious"
  • Delaney
  • Whitebloom
4:02
7."Ordinary World"Nick Egan4:46
8."Come Undone"Julien Temple4:52

Personnel

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Charts

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Certifications

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Certifications for Decade
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[19] Platinum 300,000^
United States (RIAA)[20] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "Decade: Greatest Hits – Duran Duran". AllMusic.
  2. ^ "Album: Duran Duran: Decade". Robert Christgau.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  4. ^ Simper, Paul (1 November 1989). "Review: Duran Duran — The Decade (EMI)". Number One. No. 332. London: IPC Magazines Ltd. p. 43. ISSN 0266-5328. Retrieved 6 November 2022 – via Flickr.
  5. ^ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Duran Duran". The Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  6. ^ Heath, Chris (1–14 November 1989). "Duran Duran: Decade". Smash Hits. Vol. 11, no. 21. Peterborough: EMAP Metro. p. 72. ISSN 0260-3004. Retrieved 2 November 2022 – via Flickr.
  7. ^ "BPI".
  8. ^ Goldmine Record Album Price Guide - Page 204 "Decade"
  9. ^ Chic - Page 10 In 1985 Rodgers produced albums for Sheena Easton, Jeff Beck, The Thompson Twins, Mick Jagger, and many others, ... with releases by the Dan Reed Network, Slam, and Duran Duran's compilation, Decade, which was appropriately titled.
  10. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 89.
  11. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 6663". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Duran Duran – Decade" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  13. ^ "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 6, no. 48. 2 December 1989. p. VIII. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  14. ^ "Classifiche". Musica e dischi (in Italian). Retrieved 29 May 2022. Select "Album" in the "Tipo" field, type "Duran Duran" in the "Artista" field and press "cerca".
  15. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  16. ^ "Duran Duran Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  17. ^ "Ultratop.be – Duran Duran – Decade" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  18. ^ "Year End Albums" (PDF). Record Mirror. 20 January 1990. p. 42. ISSN 0144-5804 – via World Radio History.
  19. ^ "British album certifications – Duran Duran – Decade". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  20. ^ "American album certifications – Duran Duran – Decade". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
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