| The Essential Collection | |
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| Compilation album by | |
| Released | 20 March 2000 |
| Recorded | 1980–1984 |
| Genre | Rock, new wave |
| Length | 74:25 |
| Label | EMI |
| Producer | Various |
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| Source | Rating |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
The Essential Collection is a compilation album released in 2000 by the English pop rock band Duran Duran. [2] It was re-released in 2007 and almost exclusively covers material from their first two albums, Duran Duran and Rio .