Decade (Duran Duran album)

Decade
Greatest hits album by
Duran Duran
Released15 November 1989
Recorded1980–1988
Genre
Length59:50
LabelEMI
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[1]
Robert ChristgauB−[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
Number One[4]
Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]
Smash Hits8/10[6]

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

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

  1. ^ "Decade: Greatest Hits – Duran Duran". AllMusic.
  2. ^ "Album: Duran Duran: Decade". Robert Christgau.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  4. ^ Simper, Paul (1 November 1989). "Review: Duran Duran — The Decade (EMI)". Number One. No. 332. London: IPC Magazines Ltd. p. 43. ISSN 0266-5328. Retrieved 6 November 2022 – via Flickr.
  5. ^ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Duran Duran". The Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  6. ^ Heath, Chris (1–14 November 1989). "Duran Duran: Decade". Smash Hits. Vol. 11, no. 21. Peterborough: EMAP Metro. p. 72. ISSN 0260-3004. Retrieved 2 November 2022 – via Flickr.
  7. ^ Goldmine Record Album Price Guide - Page 204 "Decade"
  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.