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Notorious
Studio album by
Duran Duran
Released21 November 1986 (1986-11-21)
RecordedJune–September 1986
Studio
Genre
Length46:56
LabelEMI
Producer
Duran Duran chronology
Arena
(1984) 		Notorious
(1986) 		Big Thing
(1988)
Singles from Notorious
  1. "Notorious"
    Released: 20 October 1986
  2. "Skin Trade"
    Released: January 1987
  3. "Meet El Presidente"
    Released: April 1987

Notorious is the fourth studio album by the English new wave band Duran Duran, released on 21 November 1986 through EMI. Produced by the band with Nile Rodgers, the album showcased a new 'funk-pop'[3] musical direction for the band, emphasising bass and brass, as exemplified by the singles "Notorious" and "Skin Trade". The album peaked at number 16 on the UK Albums Chart and at number 12 on the US Billboard Top Pop Albums chart.



  • see Smash Hits 17 December 1986 for an interview on the album's making[4]
  1. ^ "A Notorious Timeline". 21 November 2016. Archived from the original on 24 February 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference AllMusic was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "BBC Four – Punk and New Wave Years with Annie Nightingale". Archived from the original on 10 December 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  4. ^ Hibbert, Tom (17–30 December 1986). "How to Make a Pop LP Called 'Notorious'". Smash Hits. 8 (26): 44–45.