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Apart from the greatest-hits collection Decade, Big Thing was the lowest-charting Duran Duran album to date, prompting the band to rework its sound for 1990's Liberty. Unfortunately, the group has no idea what direction it wants to pursue. Liberty features everything from disco to guitar rock, adding elements of Motown, Philly soul, and new wave along the way. The stylistic diversity may have worked if the band had material to support it, but nothing on the record matches their best work -- it doesn't even match the finest moments of Big Thing.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Sterling Campbell, Drums, Writer, CoProducer - Simon LeBon, Lead Vocals, CoProducer - Roddy Lorimer, Trumpet - Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - Duran Duran, MainArtist - Chris Kimsey, Producer - Tessa Niles, Backing Vocals - Carol Kenyon, Backing Vocals - Simon Le Bon, Writer - John Taylor , Bass Guitar, Writer, CoProducer - Nick Rhodes, Keyboards, Writer, CoProducer - John Jones, Additional Keyboards, Programmer - Stan Harrison, Saxophone - Warren Cuccurullo, Guitar, Writer, CoProducer - Luis Jardim, Percussion - Bernard Fowler, Backing Vocals - Christopher Marc Potter, Engineer - Michael Butterworth, AssistantEngineer - Phillip "Spike" Edney, Additional Instruments
© 1990 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1990 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Sterling Campbell, Drums, Writer, CoProducer - Simon LeBon, Lead Vocals, CoProducer - Roddy Lorimer, Trumpet - Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - Duran Duran, MainArtist - Chris Kimsey, Producer - Tessa Niles, Backing Vocals - Carol Kenyon, Backing Vocals - Simon Le Bon, Writer - John Taylor , Bass Guitar, Writer, CoProducer - Nick Rhodes, Keyboards, Writer, CoProducer - John Jones, Additional Keyboards, Programmer - Stan Harrison, Saxophone - Warren Cuccurullo, Guitar, Writer, CoProducer - Luis Jardim, Percussion - Bernard Fowler, Backing Vocals - Christopher Marc Potter, Engineer - Michael Butterworth, AssistantEngineer - Phillip "Spike" Edney, Additional Instruments
© 1990 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1990 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Sterling Campbell, Drums, Writer, CoProducer - Simon LeBon, Lead Vocals, CoProducer - Roddy Lorimer, Trumpet - Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - Duran Duran, MainArtist - Chris Kimsey, Producer - Tessa Niles, Backing Vocals - Carol Kenyon, Backing Vocals - Simon Le Bon, Writer - John Taylor , Bass Guitar, Writer, CoProducer - Nick Rhodes, Keyboards, Writer, CoProducer - John Jones, Additional Keyboards, Programmer - Stan Harrison, Saxophone - Warren Cuccurullo, Guitar, Writer, CoProducer - Luis Jardim, Percussion - Bernard Fowler, Backing Vocals - Christopher Marc Potter, Engineer - Michael Butterworth, AssistantEngineer - Phillip "Spike" Edney, Additional Instruments
© 1990 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1990 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Sterling Campbell, Drums, Writer, CoProducer - Simon LeBon, Lead Vocals, CoProducer - Roddy Lorimer, Trumpet - Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - Duran Duran, MainArtist - Chris Kimsey, Producer - Tessa Niles, Backing Vocals - Carol Kenyon, Backing Vocals - Simon Le Bon, Writer - John Taylor , Bass Guitar, Writer, CoProducer - Nick Rhodes, Keyboards, Writer, CoProducer - John Jones, Additional Keyboards, Programmer - Stan Harrison, Saxophone - Warren Cuccurullo, Guitar, Writer, CoProducer - Luis Jardim, Percussion - Bernard Fowler, Backing Vocals - Christopher Marc Potter, Engineer - Michael Butterworth, AssistantEngineer - Phillip "Spike" Edney, Additional Instruments
© 1990 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1990 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Sterling Campbell, Drums, Writer, CoProducer - Simon LeBon, Lead Vocals, CoProducer - Roddy Lorimer, Trumpet - Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - Duran Duran, MainArtist - Chris Kimsey, Producer - Tessa Niles, Backing Vocals - Carol Kenyon, Backing Vocals - Simon Le Bon, Writer - John Taylor , Bass Guitar, Writer, CoProducer - Nick Rhodes, Keyboards, Writer, CoProducer - John Jones, Additional Keyboards, Programmer - Stan Harrison, Saxophone - Warren Cuccurullo, Guitar, Writer, CoProducer - Luis Jardim, Percussion - Bernard Fowler, Backing Vocals - Christopher Marc Potter, Engineer - Michael Butterworth, AssistantEngineer - Phillip "Spike" Edney, Additional Instruments
© 1990 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1990 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Sterling Campbell, Drums, Writer, CoProducer - Simon LeBon, Lead Vocals, CoProducer - Roddy Lorimer, Trumpet - Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - Duran Duran, MainArtist - Chris Kimsey, Producer - Tessa Niles, Backing Vocals - Carol Kenyon, Backing Vocals - Simon Le Bon, Writer - John Taylor , Bass Guitar, Writer, CoProducer - Nick Rhodes, Keyboards, Writer, CoProducer - John Jones, Additional Keyboards, Programmer - Stan Harrison, Saxophone - Warren Cuccurullo, Guitar, Writer, CoProducer - Luis Jardim, Percussion - Bernard Fowler, Backing Vocals - Christopher Marc Potter, Engineer - Michael Butterworth, AssistantEngineer - Phillip "Spike" Edney, Additional Instruments
© 1990 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1990 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Sterling Campbell, Drums, Writer, CoProducer - Simon LeBon, Lead Vocals, CoProducer - Roddy Lorimer, Trumpet - Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - Duran Duran, MainArtist - Chris Kimsey, Producer - Tessa Niles, Backing Vocals - Carol Kenyon, Backing Vocals - Simon Le Bon, Writer - John Taylor , Bass Guitar, Writer, CoProducer - Nick Rhodes, Keyboards, Writer, CoProducer - John Jones, Additional Keyboards, Programmer - Stan Harrison, Saxophone - Warren Cuccurullo, Guitar, Writer, CoProducer - Luis Jardim, Percussion - Bernard Fowler, Backing Vocals - Christopher Marc Potter, Engineer - Michael Butterworth, AssistantEngineer - Phillip "Spike" Edney, Additional Instruments
© 1990 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1990 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Sterling Campbell, Drums, Writer, CoProducer - Simon LeBon, Lead Vocals, CoProducer - Roddy Lorimer, Trumpet - Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - Duran Duran, MainArtist - Chris Kimsey, Producer - Tessa Niles, Backing Vocals - Carol Kenyon, Backing Vocals - Simon Le Bon, Writer - John Taylor , Bass Guitar, Writer, CoProducer - Nick Rhodes, Keyboards, Writer, CoProducer - John Jones, Additional Keyboards, Programmer - Stan Harrison, Saxophone - Warren Cuccurullo, Guitar, Writer, CoProducer - Luis Jardim, Percussion - Bernard Fowler, Backing Vocals - Christopher Marc Potter, Engineer - Michael Butterworth, AssistantEngineer - Phillip "Spike" Edney, Additional Instruments
© 1990 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1990 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Sterling Campbell, Drums, Writer, CoProducer - Simon LeBon, Lead Vocals, CoProducer - Roddy Lorimer, Trumpet - Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - Duran Duran, MainArtist - Chris Kimsey, Producer - Tessa Niles, Backing Vocals - Carol Kenyon, Backing Vocals - Simon Le Bon, Writer - John Taylor , Bass Guitar, Writer, CoProducer - Nick Rhodes, Keyboards, Writer, CoProducer - John Jones, Additional Keyboards, Programmer - Stan Harrison, Saxophone - Warren Cuccurullo, Guitar, Writer, CoProducer - Luis Jardim, Percussion - Bernard Fowler, Backing Vocals - Christopher Marc Potter, Engineer - Michael Butterworth, AssistantEngineer - Phillip "Spike" Edney, Additional Instruments
© 1990 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1990 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Sterling Campbell, Drums, Writer, CoProducer - Simon LeBon, Lead Vocals, CoProducer - Roddy Lorimer, Trumpet - Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - Duran Duran, MainArtist - Chris Kimsey, Producer - Tessa Niles, Backing Vocals - Carol Kenyon, Backing Vocals - Simon Le Bon, Writer - John Taylor , Bass Guitar, Writer, CoProducer - Nick Rhodes, Keyboards, Writer, CoProducer - John Jones, Additional Keyboards, Programmer - Stan Harrison, Saxophone - Warren Cuccurullo, Guitar, Writer, CoProducer - Luis Jardim, Percussion - Bernard Fowler, Backing Vocals - Christopher Marc Potter, Engineer - Michael Butterworth, AssistantEngineer - Phillip "Spike" Edney, Additional Instruments
© 1990 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1990 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Sterling Campbell, Drums, Writer, CoProducer - Simon LeBon, Lead Vocals, CoProducer - Roddy Lorimer, Trumpet - Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - Duran Duran, MainArtist - Chris Kimsey, Producer - Tessa Niles, Backing Vocals - Carol Kenyon, Backing Vocals - Simon Le Bon, Writer - John Taylor , Bass Guitar, Writer, CoProducer - Nick Rhodes, Keyboards, Writer, CoProducer - John Jones, Additional Keyboards, Programmer - Stan Harrison, Saxophone - Warren Cuccurullo, Guitar, Writer, CoProducer - Luis Jardim, Percussion - Bernard Fowler, Backing Vocals - Christopher Marc Potter, Engineer - Michael Butterworth, AssistantEngineer - Phillip "Spike" Edney, Additional Instruments
© 1990 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1990 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Album review
Apart from the greatest-hits collection Decade, Big Thing was the lowest-charting Duran Duran album to date, prompting the band to rework its sound for 1990's Liberty. Unfortunately, the group has no idea what direction it wants to pursue. Liberty features everything from disco to guitar rock, adding elements of Motown, Philly soul, and new wave along the way. The stylistic diversity may have worked if the band had material to support it, but nothing on the record matches their best work -- it doesn't even match the finest moments of Big Thing.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:50:27
- Main artists: Duran Duran
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1990 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1990 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
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