Duran Duran LIST OF ALBUM REVIEWS: Duran Duran (1981) Rio (1982) Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983) Notorious (1986) Big Thing (1988) Liberty (1990) Duran Duran (The Wedding Album) (1993) Thank You (1995) Medazzaland (1997) Pop Trash (2000) Astronaut (2004) Dost thou havest any comments about Duran Duran Duran? Leave them HERE. Brief album summaries: Duran Duran (1981) Doest thou likeths good 80s pop? If thou doest, then thou shoudeth visit a minor band which is called Duran Duran! Overall Album Score: A- (9.0 out of 10) Average Song Score: 8.9 Album Tilt: 9.0 Artist Tilt: 9.0 Link to the full review: Duran Duran So Far Away! Rio (1982) Well, a band with such talent as Duran Duran can't stay in non-mega-selling status forever, ya know. Duran Duran's major commercial breakthrough is still pretty darn good, however. It's nice 'n classy! Overall Album Score: B (8.5 out of 10) Average Song Score: 8.6 Album Tilt: 8.5 Artist Tilt: 8.5 Link to the full review: Rio Du Randuran Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983) Duran Duran continues down their wonderful path of commercial glory. However, they lost just a teeny bit of their class in the process. Overall Album Score: B- (8.1 out of 10) Average Song Score: 8.3 Album Tilt: 8.0 Artist Tilt: 8.0 Link to the full review: Eight and the Carpeted Bobcat Notorious (1986) There are still a few good reasons for this album to exist, but there aren't many. Duran Duran is slowly getting out of touch ... ever so painfully. Overall Album Score: C- (7.0 out of 10) Average Song Score: 7.4 Album Tilt: 7.0 Artist Tilt: 6.5 Link to the full review: The Notorious Duran Brothers Big Thing (1988) The big thing about this Duran Duran album is that it sucks. Banal, boring 80s pop crap. Overall Album Score: D- (6.1 out of 10) Average Song Score: 6.7 Album Tilt: 6.0 Artist Tilt: 5.5 Link to the full review: Sucking the Big Thing Liberty (1990) Uh oh! Duran Duran enters the 1990s and like complete sheep, they embrace 90s pop production values, and boy does this album bite the big one ... No, wait. This album is pretty good actually. NOW WHO TOLD ME THIS WAS A BAD ALBUM! THIS IS A GOOD ALBUM! grr... the government ... Overall Album Score: C (7.5 out of 10) Average Song Score: 7.6 Album Tilt: 7.5 Artist Tilt: 7.5 Link to the full review: Would You Care For Liberty or Libercoffee? Duran Duran (The Wedding Album) (1993) Hey! A comeback! Duran Duran is back in the limelight! That's cool. Maybe they coulda invited Prince up with them. Overall Album Score: B- (8.1 out of 10) Average Song Score: 7.9 Album Tilt: 8.5 Artist Tilt: 8.0 Link to the full review: Duran Duran (The Weeding Album) Thank You (1995) The next time you decide to "thank" your influences, really mean it the next time! I'm sure all of your preschool teachers had an aneurysm after hearing this! Overall Album Score: E (5.1 out of 10) Average Song Score: 5.7 Album Tilt: 5.0 Artist Tilt: 4.5 Link to the full review: No Thank You Medazzaland (1997) Decadent 90s pop (but inconsistent) with the typical Duran Duran flavor of production. Now, I'm only going to ask you this once, so listen up: Can you dig it? Overall Album Score: C (7.5 out of 10) Average Song Score: 7.9 Album Tilt: 7.0 Artist Tilt: 7.5 Link to the full review: Medazzaneverland Pop Trash (2000) That's the odd thing ... this pop isn't trash. This is an underrated, minor gem from Duran Duran. Overall Album Score: B (8.4 out of 10) Average Song Score: 8.7 Album Tilt: 8.0 Artist Tilt: 8.5 Link to the full review: Pop Crash Astronaut (2004) All those people from the original band line-up COME BACK! And they give us an album to smile about, too, that's their best ever since Rio dagnabit! Overall Album Score: B (8.5 out of 10) Average Song Score: 8.5 Album Tilt: 8.5 Artist Tilt: 8.5 Link to the full review: Astronut

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