The then-new single " Is There Something I Should Know?" was added to the album to promote it, as the song was previously a stand-alone single. Re-release in 1983 Duran Duran (1983 re-release)ĭuran Duran was re-released in the US on 25 April 1983, after the wild success of their second album Rio in America gave the band another chance to market their first album there. " Girls on Film", released 13 July, went to #5 in the charts thanks to its notoriously "sexy" music video. The third single was to become the most successful from this album. The band followed up with the release of " Careless Memories" on 20 April 1981, but it only reached UK #37 (on 9 May). " Planet Earth" was then released on 2 February 1981 and reached #12 on the UK charts on 21 February. Relatively primitive music videos for upcoming singles " Planet Earth" and " Careless Memories" were also filmed in December. In interviews, the band have recalled the struggle to continue recording after hearing of the 8 December death of John Lennon.ĭuran Duran reached #3 on the United Kingdom charts on 27 June 1981, and remained in the chart for 118 weeks, although the initial release was largely ignored in the United States. The album was formally recorded in December 1980 at various recording studios in London (as well as Chipping Norton Studios) with record producer Colin Thurston, shortly after Duran Duran signed their record deal with EMI. Demos for the album were written and recorded at AIR Studios in late 1980, while one of Duran Duran's influences, the band Japan, was recording Gentlemen Take Polaroids just down the hall.
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