Decade (Duran Duran album)

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Decade
Duran Duran-Decade-Greatest Hits.jpg
Greatest hits album by
Duran Duran
Released15 November 1989
Recorded1980–1988
Genre
Length59:50
Label EMI
Producer
Duran Duran chronology
Big Thing
(1988)		Decade
(1989)		 Liberty
(1990)
Singles from Decade
  1. "Burning the Ground"
    Released: December 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Robert Christgau B− [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Number One Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [4]
Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Smash Hits 8/10 [6]

Decade is a greatest hits album by English rock band Duran Duran, released on 15 November 1989. [7] [8]

Contents

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". Oddly, there are many versions and single edits of the song "Rio"; the compilation uses the standard album version, and for "Save a Prayer" the UK single version.

Track listing

Decade – Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Planet Earth" (from Duran Duran , 1981)
 Colin Thurston 4:07
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)
  • A. Taylor
  • J. Taylor
  • R. Taylor
  • Rhodes
  • LeBon
  • John Barry
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 Mulcahy 4:08
3."Girls on Film" Godley & Creme 6:18
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 Chamberlain 4:37
5."Violence of Summer (Love's Taking Over)"
  • Andy Delaney
  • Monty Whitebloom
4:49
6."Serious"
  • Delaney
  • Whitebloom
4:02
7."Ordinary World" Nick Egan 4:46
8."Come Undone" Julien Temple 4:52

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Decade
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [18] Platinum300,000^
United States (RIAA) [19] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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  8. ↑ 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.
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