Duran Duran – Notorious (Remastered) – EMI CD 1 – 1:02:00; CD 2 – 1:17:00; DVD – 73:00 ****:
(Simon Lebon – vocals, Nick Rhodes – keyboards, John Taylor – bass, Steve Ferrone – guitar , Andy Taylor – guitar , Nile Rodgers – drums)
“No, No, Notorious.” The opening line of one of the most recognizable songs of the 1980s, instantly brings you back to the head band wearing, roller skating and Tab-drinking days. For Duran Duran‘s Notorious, you know exactly who it is within the first five notes of the song. It’s an album that is now 25 years old and as Notorious as it is, the album has clearly paved a path for today’s pop artists.
Everything that can be said about the group and album has already been said. Fans know how the band has transformed over the years. We know what worked and what didn’t. We know and love the songs that made the long road trips to grandmother’s house as a kid worth flipping through the FM dial to find a song that could ease the journey. Notorious has now been re-released; remastered in it’s original format with a bonus remixed CD and a DVD with live footage from the “Skin Trade” tour in Rio De Janeiro from 1987-88. Also included in the DVD are the videos from the album along with a live recording from the bands trip to Top of the Pops in 1986.
CD’s were a new and exciting format in the mid 1980’s when Notorious was first released. Getting a fresh remastered version of the hits is essential in the pop icons musical library. For a band such as Duran Duran, to have survived the ‘80s, powered through the “Alternative” ‘90’s, hide-out through the ‘2000’s and make a come back in their 4th decade of work, is simply amazing.
To make the three-disc package even more enticing EMI has thrown in a mini-poster and five photo cards of the group from 1986. [Did you know their name came from a character in Jane Fonda’s Barbarella?"…Ed]
Disc 1 Track List:
Original album version released in 1986 (DDN 331)
1. Notorious
2. American Science
3. Skin Trade
4. A Matter Of Feeling
5. Hold Me
6. Vertigo (Do The Demolition)
7. So Misled
8. “Meet El Presidente”
9. Winter Marches On
10. Proposition
Single versions and B sides
11. We Need You
12. Notorious (45 Mix)
13. Skin Trade (Radio Cut)
14. Meet El Presidente (7″ Remix)
Disc 2 Track List:
Mixes
1. Notorious (Extended Mix)
2. Meet El Presidente (Presidential Suite Mix)
3. Skin Trade (Parisian Mix)
4. American Science (Chemical Reaction Mix)
5. Vertigo (Do The Demolition) (Mantronix Mix)
6. Skin Trade (Stretch Mix)
7. Notoriousaurus Rex
Duran goes Dutch EP Recorded at the Ahoy, Rotterdam, 7 May 1987
8. Notorious (Live)
9. Vertigo (Do The Demolition) (Live)
10. New Religion (Live)
11. American Science (Live)
12. Hungry Like A Wolf (Live)
DVD TrackList:
Working for the Skin Trade
Live show filmed during the Strange Behavior Tour in Rio De Janeiro 1987-88:
1. Intro
2. A View To Kill
3. Notorious
4. New Religion
5. Vertigo (Do the Demolition)
6. The Chauffeur
7. Save A Prayer
8. Skin Trade
9. Hungry Like A Wolf
10. Wild Boys
Videos:
1. Notorious
2. Skin Trade
3. Meet El Presidente
1. Notorious (from Top of the Pops)
— Paul Pelon IV