DURAN DURAN

- UK DISCOGRAPHY 1981-1985 -

30 Jan 1981 7"/12" Planet Earth

    Planet Earth 3.59/Late Bar 2.54 (7": EMI-5137)

    Planet Earth (Night Version) 6.20//Planet Earth 3.59/Late Bar 2.54 (12": 12EMI-5137)

Produced by Colin Thurston.

5 May 1981 7"/12" Careless Memories

    Careless Memories 3.42/Khanada 3.17 (7": EMI-5168)

    Careless Memories 3.42//Fame 3.11/Khanada 3.17 (12": 12EMI-5168)

Produced by Colin Thurston.

9 June 1981 LP (+CD) DURAN DURAN

  1. Girls on Film 3.30
  2. Planet Earth 3.59
  3. Anyone Out There 4.02
  4. To the Shore 3.49
  5. Careless Memories 3.53 [slightly longer album version]

  6. Night Boat 5.25
  7. Sound of Thunder 4.06
  8. Friends of Mine 5.42
  9. Tel Aviv 5.16 (LP: EMI EMC3372)
Produced by Colin Thurston. In 1983 this LP was released in some territories with the 1983 hit single 'Is There Something I Should Know?' instead of 'To the Shore'.

16 July 1981 7"/12" Girls on Film

    Girls on Film 3.30/Faster Than Light 4.26 (7": EMI-5206)

    Girls on Film (Night Version) 5.27//Girls on Film 3.30/Faster Than Light 4.26 (12": 12EMI-5206)

Produced by Colin Thurston.

16 Nov 1981 7"/12" My Own Way

    My Own Way 3.39 [single version]/Like an Angel 4.41 (7": EMI-5254)

    My Own Way (Night Version) 6.31//My Own Way 3.39/Like an Angel 4.41 (12": 12EMI-5254)

Produced by Colin Thurston.

4 May 1982 7"/12" Hungry Like the Wolf

    Hungry Like the Wolf 3.27/Careless Memories (live) 4.11 (7": EMI-5295)

    Hungry Like the Wolf (Night Version) 5.14/Careless Memories (live) 4.11 (12": 12EMI-5295)

Produced by Colin Thurston. Careless Memories was recorded live in December 1981 at Hammersmith Odeon.

10 May 1982 LP (+CD) RIO

  1. Rio 5.33
  2. My Own Way 4.51
  3. Lonely in Your Nightmare 3.50
  4. Hungry Like the Wolf 3.41 [slightly longer album version]
  5. Hold Back the Rain 3.57

  6. New Religion 5.33
  7. Last Chance on the Stairway 4.21
  8. Save a Prayer 5.33
  9. The Chauffeur 5.13 (LP: EMI EMC-3411)
Produced by Colin Thurston. Later versions of the RIO album featured remixed versions of many of the tracks, see http://www.ionpool.net/duran/rio.html for more info.

11 Aug 1982 7"/12" Save a Prayer

    Save a Prayer 5.25 [single edit]/Hold Back the Rain (Remix) 3.58 (7": EMI-5327)

    Save a Prayer 5.25 [single edit]/Hold Back the Rain (12" Remix) 7.05 (12": 12EMI-5327)

Produced by Colin Thurston.

1 Nov 1982 7"/12" Rio

    Rio 4.40 [7" version]/The Chauffeur (blue silver) 3.48 [7" version] (7": EMI-5346)

    Rio (part two) 5.28//Rio (part one) 5.12/My Own Way 4.36 [remix] (12": 12EMI-5346)

Produced by Colin Thurston.

14 March 1983 non-LP 7"/12" Is There Something I Should Know?

    Is There Something I Should Know? 4.11/Faith in This Colour 4.05 (7": EMI-5371)

    Is There Something I Should Know? (Monster Mix) 6.40/Faith in This Colour 4.05 (12": 12EMI-5371)

Co-produced by Ian Little and Duran Duran, mixed by Ian Little and Alex Sadkin. The first pressings of the 7" had an 'Alternate Slow Mix' (4.05) of the B-side Faith in This Colour.

17 Oct 1983 7"/12" Union of the Snake

    Union of the Snake 4.20/Secret Oktober 2.44 (7": EMI-5429)

    Union of the Snake (The Monkey Mix) 6.21//Union of the Snake 4.20/Secret October 2.44 (12": 12EMI-5429)

Produced by Alex Sadkin in association with Ian Little and Duran Duran.

21 Nov 1983 LP (+CD) SEVEN AND THE RAGGED TIGER

  1. The Reflex 5.28
  2. New Moon on Monday 4.18
  3. (I'm Looking for) Cracks in the Pavement 3.39
  4. I Take the Dice 3.15
  5. Of Crime and Passion 3.50
  6. Union of the Snake 4.20
  7. Shadows on Your Side 4.03
  8. Tiger Tiger 3.20
  9. The Seventh Stranger 5.23 (LP: EMI EMC-1654541)
Produced by Alex Sadkin, Ian Little and Duran Duran.

22 Jan 1984 7"/12" New Moon on Monday

    New Moon on Monday 4.18/Tiger Tiger 3.25 [Ian Little Remix] (7": EMI DURAN 1)

    New Moon on Monday (Dance Mix) 5.59//Tiger Tiger 3.25 [Ian Little Remix]/New Moon on Monday 4.18 (12": 12DURAN 1)

The Dance Mix was done by Ian Little.

16 April 1984 7"/12" The Reflex

    The Reflex (7" Remix) 4.20/Make Me Smile (come up and see me) 4.54 [live] (7": EMI, DURAN 2)

    The Reflex (Dance Mix) 6.35//The Reflex (7" Remix) 4.20/Make Me Smile (come up and see me) 4.54 [live] (12": 12DURAN 2)

'Make Me Smile (come up and see me)' was recorded live in Nov or Dec 1982 at Hammersmith Odeon, London.

26 Oct 1984 7"/12" The Wild Boys

    The Wild Boys (45) 4.16/(I'm Looking for) Cracks in the Pavements (Live 1984) 4.08 (7": EMI, DURAN 3)

    The Wild Boys (Wilder Than Wild Boys) Extended Mix 8.00//
    The Wild Boys (45) 4.16/(I'm Looking for) Cracks in the Pavements (Live 1984) 4.08 (12": 12DURAN 3)

'The Wild Boys' produced by Nile Rodgers & Duran Duran.

Nov 1984 live-LP (+CD) ARENA

  1. Is There Something I Should Know? 4.35
  2. Hungry Like the Wolf 4.02
  3. New Religion 5.37
  4. Save a Prayer 6.11
  5. The Wild Boys 4.16
  6. The Seventh Stranger 5.13
  7. The Chauffeur 5.23
  8. Union of the Snake 4.08
  9. Planet Earth 4.32
  10. Careless Memories 4.07 (LP: Parlophone DD2; also as 10-track CD)

  11. Girls on Film
  12. Rio (remastered CD 14 April 2004)
All tracks recorded live around the world 1984 (except 'The Wild Boys' which is the studio single version). "The 20th anniversary re-issue has two extra tracks (‘Rio’ and ‘Girls on Film’), taken from the same California concert as all the other material, but not originally included on the vinyl release due to time constraints."

May 1985 soundtrack 7"" A View to a Kill

    A View to a Kill 3.34/A View to a Kill (that fatal kiss) 2.28 (7": EMI, DURAN 007)
From the soundtrack to the James Bond film A VIEW TO A KILL. Side A produced by Bernard Edwards, Jason Corsaro and Duran Duran. Side B produced by John Barry.

Copyright (c) 2003-12-08 Jonas Wårstad.

Last update 2004-03-22.

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