Greatest [Deluxe Edition] (CD & DVD)

Duran Duran | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 29, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B0007QJ1O8
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,795 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

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

See all 19 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Girls On Film [uncensored] (DVD)

2. Hungry Like The Wolf (DVD)

3. Rio (DVD)

4. Union Of The Snake (DVD)

5. New Moon on Monday (DVD)

6. The Reflex (DVD)

7. Wild Boys [uncensored] (DVD)

8. A View To A Kill (DVD)

9. Ordinary World (DVD)

10. Save A Prayer (DVD)

See all 12 tracks on this disc

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Think This Was A Good Idea, September 19, 2005

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Dorrie Wheeler - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Greatest [Deluxe Edition] (CD & DVD) (Audio CD)

I purchased the Duran Duran greatest hits CD when it was originally released in 97 or 1998. In 2003 the Duran Duran video compilation was released by EMI. The two disc dvd set included a lot of "Easter Eggs" and hidden content. Some of it was hard to find, others not so hard. It included the videos for the songs that were featured on the "Greatest" CD but also included the video for "The Chauffeur."

This set from EMI/Capital included the "Greatest" CD and it includes a scaled down version of the DVD which was released in 2003. For the most part you get the really popular Duran Duran videos. The only post 1985 video included on the set is "Ordinary World." There are no alternate versions of the videos. The DVD includes 12 videos. For "Girl on Film" the long uncensored version is here. For "New Moon On Monday" (edit version 1) is included. The long arena version of "Wild Boys" is included. This is a great set for the casual Duran Duran fan who just doesn't need every extra and every video released on DVD. The price is right and the packaging is small and compact. I like this DVD because I can take the music and the videos with me with ease.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars greatest, January 16, 2007

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mike owens (wichita falls,tx usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Greatest [Deluxe Edition] (CD & DVD) (Audio CD)

all their hits and more on this cd/dvd package from duran duran.the videos are great and take you back to that special place in time that you remember when you were younger.girls on film is pretty explicit but other than that the rest of the videos seem pretty much the same as i remember as a teenager in the 80's.great songs and videos by a great band.get this.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Wild Boys Are Calling Again!, June 18, 2005

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Anthony Nasti "Tony" (Staten Island, New York United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Greatest [Deluxe Edition] (CD & DVD) (Audio CD)

Over 20 years after first hitting the music scene, Duran Duran's music has been immortalized once more by a combo cd/dvd that has all their big hits and most popular music videos.

British New Wavers Duran Duran (Simon Lebon on lead vocals, Andy Taylor on guitar, John Taylor on bass, Roger Taylor on drums (it should be noted that these three people are unrelated)and Nick Rhodes on keyboards) first burst onto the scene in the early 1980s' and quickly became one of the decade's most successful artists. In tersm of fan bases, they were the Beatles of the 1980s', driving dozens of teenage female "Duran-ies" into a frenzy.

The group first made it big in their native Britain when their first two singles, "Planet Earth" and "Girls On Film" (which had a memorably controversial video), became massive hits, and their album went to number three and they became teen sex symbols in the U.K. Success in America wasn't too far off, however, as proven by their next album, "Rio". Its first two singles, "Hungry Like The Wolf" and the title track, became massive hits in America, thanks to excessive airplay and heavy rotation on MTV, who played the videos for the songs (undeniably two of the best videos ever) like crazy. When their next single, "Is There Something I Should Know", hit the top five in America and hit number one in the U.K., Duran Duran fever was officially in full swing.

Their next album, "Seven And The Ragged Tiger", cemented their success, spawning the top ten hits "Union Of The Snake", "New Moon On Monday" and the classic "The Reflex". The latter was their first number one in America and my favorite song of theirs. The group's fan base began to approach Beatlemania. The critics officially made them their new whipping post, but the rest of the world adored them. At the end of 1984, the band released "Arena", a live album. The album featured a new single, "Wild Boys" (my least favorite Duran Duran song but with an excellent video recalling "The Road Warrior"), which went to number two in the U.S. and the U.K.

After belatedly releasing the "Rio" track "Save A Prayer" as a single in America, where it became a top twenty hit (it was already a top ten single in Britain two years later), the producers of the James Bond film "A View To A Kill" approached the group to sing the film's theme song, and "A View To A Kill" became the first 007 theme to top the charts in America.

However, after the release of that song, the group splintered and formed new bands, Arcadia and the Power Station (don't ask who went where, it's very confusing). When the group got back together in 1986 to record "Notorious", Andy and Roger Taylor did not return, leaving Simon, John and Nick to record the album as a trio.

"Notorious" marked to the end of their astonishing string of hits, selling a respectable but not amazing amount of copies. The album's title track, however, went all the way to number two on the charts and became one of their most famous songs. The next single, "Skin Trade", was a Prince type funk song that barely nicked the top forty but remains a great song nonetheless.

Throughout the rest of the 1980s', the group's success continued to go downhill, with 1988's "Big Thing" (which actually did yield a top five hit in "I Don't Want Your Love") and "Libety" (represented by the great album track "Serious) becoming massive flops. It seemed their career could never be rescued.

However, in 1993, the group released "The Wedding Album". Not only did earn great reviews and hit the top ten, it yielded two massive hits, "Ordinary World" and "Come Undone", both of which made the American top ten. The next album, "Thank You", is zero represented, a crappy covers album (Duran Duran do Public Enemy?!). 1997's "Medazzaland" featured the minor hit "Electric Barbarella" (fittingly titled since the band took its name from the Jane Fonda flick "Barbarella").

The dvd is a collection of all their videos, most notably the awesome extended and uncut "Girls On Film". I'm disappointed that the one for "Come Undone" was not included, but other than that, it's brilliant.

This two cd collection is definitely worth the money. I would definitely recommend it.