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The band also recorded and released the stand-alone single "Say the Word" for the Playing for Keeps movie soundtrack, which was not included on So Red the Rose.ĮMI re-released the album as a three-disc box set in April 2010. Musicians who contributed to the album included guitarists David Gilmour ( Pink Floyd) and Carlos Alomar, pianist Herbie Hancock, Sting (who provided backing vocals on "The Promise"), Grace Jones (who provided the spoken-word intro/interlude on "The Flame" and "Election Day"), bass player Mark Egan of the Pat Metheny Group (whose distinctive fretless sound can be recognised in "The Promise", "El Diablo", and "Lady Ice"), Masami Tsuchiya, and David Van Tieghem, a percussionist from New York.Ī video collection was also released which featured music videos for the singles directed by Roger Christian, Marcelo Anciano, Russell Mulcahy, and Dean Chamberlain. Simon Le Bon described So Red the Rose as "the most pretentious album ever made", while AllMusic called it "the best album Duran Duran never made". It also contains the single "The Flame" and the promo-singles "Missing", "El Diablo", and "Keep Me in the Dark". 23 in the US, and featured the UK/US Top 10 single "Election Day", as well as the top 40 hits "The Promise" and "Goodbye Is Forever". The group recorded just one album, the platinum-selling So Red the Rose.

The name of the band reportedly was inspired by the Nicolas Poussin painting Et in Arcadia ego (also known as "The Arcadian Shepherds").

Drummer Roger Taylor appeared in only a few band photographs and one music video ("Election Day"), and stated he was to be involved only in the recording side of the project (he also had minor involvement in The Power Station, the other Duran Duran splinter group, formed by Duran Duran's Andy and John Taylor alongside Robert Palmer and Tony Thompson of Chic). The project was active only during 19 and for just one album, So Red the Rose, which was certified Platinum in the United States and included the singles " Election Day", " Goodbye Is Forever", " The Flame", and " The Promise" (featuring David Gilmour and Sting). As is shown in Showtime's new documentary about the band, There's Something You Should Know, Duran Duran faced many highs and lows during their heyday - and ultimately, these tensions led the group to split shortly after the iconic Live Aid concert in 1985.Arcadia were a new wave British group formed in 1985 by Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, and Roger Taylor of Duran Duran as a side project during a break in the band's schedule. Their high-energy dance-pop hits earned them the nickname "the Fab Five" after The Beatles' nickname "the Fab Four," early in their careers, and they were a favorite among many fans on both sides of the Atlantic.īut behind the scenes, it wasn't all sunshine and success for the original members of Duran Duran.

If you were listening to any music in the 1980s, chances are you know (and perhaps are even a huge fan of) new wave British band Duran Duran.
