Big Thing

Duran Duran | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: 1988
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000002UTO
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #98,439 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Big Thing

2. I Don't Want Your Love

3. All She Wants Is

4. Too Late Marlene

5. Drug (It's Just a State of Mind)

6. Do You Believe in Shame?

7. Palomino

8. Interlude One

9. Land

10. Flute Interlude

11. The Edge of America

12. Lake Shore Driving

13. Drug (It's Just a State of Mind) [Daniel Abraham Mix]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Overlooked and underrated, March 7, 2005

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Laura J. Altobelli "ljlediting" (Mount Laurel, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Big Thing (Audio CD)

I was a die-hard Duranie in the 80s, but felt like I got ripped off when I plunked down money for Pop Trash and Medazzaland. I picked up Big Thing in a used CD store and felt like I had stumbled across undiscovered treasure. Very mellow, more like Arcadia's So Red the Rose than Astronaut (or even the wedding album). Like the other reviewers mentioned, Edge of America, Palomino, and Too Late Marlene are haunting, beautiful tracks. It's one of my favorite CDs to listen to at work---quiet enough to not be distracting, yet interesting and anything but bland.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Big Thing.... really big., June 28, 2005

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RW Griffith (Linear North) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Big Thing (Audio CD)

Big thing is yet another transition album from the classic Duran Duran music. However all the experimentation seems to work! Big Thing begins with the title track, intended to warm up the listener for the best songs on the album: "I don't want your love" is a funky groove that is reminiscent of the Notorious album, a dark yet fun dance song. "All she wants" is another dark song, the sounds very experimental but it seems to work extremely well. "Too late marlene" is probably my favorite song on the album, it's very subtle and subdued and utilizes a number of cool sounds, an awesome horn section and a very pleasant keyboard solo. "Drug" is a song full of energy and for those of you who take uppers, this song is for you. "Do you believe in shame" is another damn fine song, which holds back this incredible musical phrase until the third verse. "Palomino" is an amazing song, very subdued and it's beautiful in that it doesn't need to be heavy or adrenaline charged like the first few songs on the album. "Land" is an amazing work, a very peaceful, beautiful and passionate song. "Edge of America", well it makes me think of exactly that.
"Lake Shore Driving" is the last song, a very experimental piece with some awesome sounds. All in All, Big Thing is at the least, a great album.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Banging on a Big Thing, April 11, 2005

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Tim Brough "author and music buff" (Springfield, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Big Thing (Audio CD)

Coming off the horn heavy funk of "Notorious," Duran Duran the trio stripped the sound down to some heavy beats for "Big Thing." The first single, "I Don't Want Your Love," sounded like a re-invention. Incorporating the current house and new-jack dance trends at the time, it was a major leap away from the candy-floss of "Rio." "All She Wants Is" carried the same sort of dance-floor urgency, and the title track was an arena ready thumper.

But the trademark lushness wasn't ever too far off. "Too Late Marlene" and "Land" are everything you'd expect from Duran Duran, rich arrangements, Simon's grandiose lyrics and Nick Rhodes' atmospheric keyboards. But perhaps "Big Thing's" best moment is the tribute to the band's late friend Alex Sadkin, "Do You Believe In Shame." Slowing down the swamp groove of "Suzie Q" and laying in an emotional vocal, "Shame" connects on a level that only a few songs in the DD library have ever done before.

Equally as good as "Notorious," and in my opinion, better than the "Wedding Album."