![]() Earlier alternate titles for "Anyone Out There" and "Night Boat" are used.ĭuran Duran was re-released in the USA on 25 April 1983, after the success of their second album Rio in America gave the band another chance to market their first album there. "To The Shore" was dropped from the US tracklisting to accommodate the-now increased length of "Planet Earth". The original American release included the "Night Version" of "Planet Earth" instead of the original, even if it is not listed as such. Later issues of the album have the notation on the OBI removed and contain only a lyric insert and a sheet with a bio in Japanese, some photos and some instructions on how to do the 'new romantic' dance like in the "Planet Earth" video. There is a notation on the OBI that mentions this. The first pressing of 30,000 copies of the Japanese version (Toshiba/EMI EMS-91019) came with a colour poster. Music videos for "Planet Earth" and "Careless Memories" were also filmed in December. In interviews, the band has recalled the struggle to continue recording after hearing of the murder of John Lennon on 8 December. 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. The band wrote and recorded demos for the album at AIR Studios in 1980, while one of their main influences, the band Japan, was recording the Gentlemen Take Polaroids album just down the hall. ![]() ![]() Duran Duran was certified platinum (a shipment of one million units) by the RIAA in June 1985. This time it reached #10 on the US Billboard 200, and remained on that chart for 87 weeks. The initial release was largely ignored in the United States, but the album was reissued there in 1983 following the success of the band's second album, Rio. The album reached #3 on the United Kingdom charts and remained in the UK Top 100 for 117 weeks, achieving platinum status by December 1982. Duran Duran is the debut album by the English pop rock band Duran Duran, released worldwide in 1981.
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