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Released: 1998
Label: Capitol
Selection #: 126212
The Reflex, A View To A Kill, Hungry Like The Wolf, Girls On Film, Come Undone, Rio, Ordinary World, Save A Prayer, Wild Boys and many more.
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1 Is There Something I Should Know?
2 The Reflex
3 A View to a Kill
4 Ordinary World
5 Save a Prayer
6 Rio
7 Hungry Like the Wolf
8 Girls on Film
9 Planet Earth
10 Union of the Snake
11 New Moon on Monday
12 Wild Boys
13 Notorious
14 I Don't Want Your Love
15 All She Wants Is
16 Electric Barbarella
17 Serious
18 Skin Trade
19 Come Undone
  
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Twenty years since their pop music debut, Duran Duran issued another greatest-hits collection. As if 1989's "Decade" wasn't stellar enough, this select package was much more solid. "Greatest" showcased the band's early days of glam rock décor and new romanticism to the alluring sophistication Duran Duran exuded throughout the '90s. The typical synth-powered pop hits are included -- "Girls On Film," "Rio," "A View To A Kill" -- as well as the signature ballads -- "Save A Prayer" -- but it might also receive criticism due to its chronological disarray. Still, that gives no reason to fret, for other goodies can be found throughout. The much-neglected "New Moon On Monday" is featured, as well as the band's mature eclecticism of such songs from the self-titled "Wedding Album" -- "Ordinary World" and "Come Undone." The band's experimentation with new millennium electronica found on "Electric Barbarella" again refocuses on Simon LeBon as the center of the band. A continuity blatantly obvious on "Greatest" and the strong commercialism that progressed throughout the band's healthy evolvement is not denied. Those chart-smashing singles from the 1980s made them a force to be reckoned with and an arena favorite. The songs are nearly ageless and they get their due here. It's a cheeky production and a definitive depiction of one of rock's biggest pop bands. ~ MacKenzie Wilson, All Music Guide

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