Decade (Duran Duran album)
1989 greatest hits album by Duran Duran
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Decade is a greatest hits album by the English pop rock band Duran Duran, released on 13 November 1989.[8][9][10]
| Decade | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | 13 November 1989 | |||
| Recorded | 1980–1988 | |||
| Genres | ||||
| Length | 59:50 | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
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| Duran Duran chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Christgau’s Consumer Guide | B−[2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [3] |
| Number One | [4] |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
| Smash Hits | 8/10[6] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 9/10[7] |
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 UK album version, as well as the UK single version for "Save a Prayer".
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Planet Earth" (from Duran Duran, 1981) | Colin Thurston | 4:02 | |
| 2. | "Girls on Film" (from Duran Duran) |
| Thurston | 3:30 |
| 3. | "Hungry Like the Wolf" (from Rio, 1982) |
| Thurston | 3:27 |
| 4. | "Rio" (from Rio) |
| Thurston | 5:35 |
| 5. | "Save a Prayer" (from Rio) |
| Thurston | 5:27 |
| 6. | "Is There Something I Should Know?" (non-album single, 1983) |
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| 4:10 |
| 7. | "Union of the Snake" (from Seven and the Ragged Tiger, 1983) |
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| 4:23 |
| 8. | "The Reflex" (from Seven and the Ragged Tiger) |
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| 4:26 |
| 9. | "The Wild Boys" (from Arena, 1984) |
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| 4:19 |
| 10. | "A View to a Kill" (from A View to a Kill soundtrack, 1985) |
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| 3:35 |
| 11. | "Notorious" (from Notorious, 1986) |
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| 4:01 |
| 12. | "Skin Trade" (from Notorious) |
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| 4:28 |
| 13. | "I Don't Want Your Love" (from Big Thing, 1988) |
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| 3:50 |
| 14. | "All She Wants Is" (from Big Thing) |
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| 4:32 |
| Total length: | 59:50 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14. | "A Matter of Feeling" |
| Notorious | 5:56 |
| Total length: | 61:14 | |||
| No. | Title | Director(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Opening titles" | 0:56 | |
| 2. | "Planet Earth" | Russell Mulcahy | 4:08 |
| 3. | "Girls on Film" | Godley & Creme | 6:18 |
| 4. | "Hungry Like the Wolf" | Mulcahy | 3:48 |
| 5. | "Rio" | Mulcahy | 5:09 |
| 6. | "Save a Prayer" | Mulcahy | 6:12 |
| 7. | "Is There Something I Should Know?" | Mulcahy | 4:41 |
| 8. | "Union of the Snake" | Simon Milne | 4:21 |
| 9. | "The Reflex" | Mulcahy | 4:32 |
| 10. | "The Wild Boys" | Mulcahy | 7:47 |
| 11. | "A View to a Kill" | Godley & Creme | 4:14 |
| No. | Title | Director(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Notorious" |
| 4:03 |
| 2. | "Skin Trade" |
| 4:30 |
| 3. | "I Don't Want Your Love" | Steve Lowe | 3:59 |
| 4. | "All She Wants Is" | Dean Chamberlain | 4:37 |
| 5. | "Violence of Summer (Love's Taking Over)" |
| 4:49 |
| 6. | "Serious" |
| 4:02 |
| 7. | "Ordinary World" | Nick Egan | 4:46 |
| 8. | "Come Undone" | Julien Temple | 4:52 |
Personnel
- Daniel Abraham – production, engineering, mixing
- Hans Arnold – illustrations
- John Barry – arrangement, conducting
- Jason Corsaro – production, engineering, mixing
- Duran Duran – production
- Bernard Edwards – production
- Jonathan Elias – production
- Laura Levine – photography
- Ian Little – production, mixing
- Denis O'Regan – photography
- Steve Peck – mixing
- Shep Pettibone – production, mixing
- Nile Rodgers – production, mixing
- Bob Rosa – mixing
- Alex Sadkin – production, mixing
- Stephen Sprouse – illustrations
- Colin Thurston – production, engineering
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom (BPI)[20] | Platinum | 300,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[21] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||