Decade: Greatest Hits
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| Decade – Greatest Hits | ||
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| Greatest hits by Duran Duran | ||
| Released | November 15, 1989 | |
| Recorded | 1980 – 1989 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 56:05 | |
| Label | Capitol Records | |
| Producer(s) | Duran Duran, Daniel Abraham, Jason Corsaro, Bernard Edwards, Jonathan Elias, Ian Little, Shep Pettibone, Nile Rodgers, Alex Sadkin, Colin Thurston |
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| Professional reviews | ||
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| Duran Duran chronology | ||
| Big Thing (1988) |
Decade – Greatest Hits (1989) |
Liberty (1990) |
- For other albums titled Decade, see decade (disambiguation).
Decade – Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by Duran Duran, released on November 15, 1989 (see 1989 in music).
The remix single "Burning The Ground" was released to radio to promote this album; it was created by producer John Jones mixing snippets of the band's biggest hits from the previous decade into a new piece of music. However, it wasn't included on the Decade album, and the CD single, released only in the UK, was only pressed up in a batch of 2,000 making it one of the more valuable Duran Duran rarities.
On a whole, the Decade album acted more as a mixed tape of Duran hits, as opposed to an essential album. It cherry picked hits from all the albums and presented them in mixes that were popular and mainstream among the public. Hence, you get the Nile Rodgers edit of "The Reflex" and the radio edits of "Notorious" and "Skin Trade".
Curiously, the album (probably due to time contraints) left off one single from each album: "Careless Memories", "My Own Way", "New Moon On Monday", "Meet El Presidente" and "Do You Believe In Shame?". Again, these were probably left off of because Decade was used to drum up mainstream interest in the band, being a "greatest hits" compilation.
[edit] Track listing
- "Planet Earth" – 4:07
- "Girls on Film" – 3:30
- "Hungry Like the Wolf" – 3:25
- "Rio" – 5:38
- "Save a Prayer" – 5:33
- "Is There Something I Should Know?" – 4:05
- "Union of the Snake" – 4:20
- "The Reflex [Single Mix]" – 4:25
- "Wild Boys" – 4:16
- "A View to a Kill" – 3:35
- "Notorious [Edit]" – 3:58
- "Skin Trade [Radio Cut]" – 4:25
- "I Don't Want Your Love [Shep Pettibone 7" Remix]" – 3:47
- "All She Wants Is" – 4:36
[edit] Personnel
- Daniel Abraham – producer, engineer, mixing
- Hans Arnold – illustrations
- John Barry – arranger, conductor
- Jason Corsaro – producer, engineer, mixing
- Duran Duran – producer
- Bernard Edwards – producer
- Jonathan Elias – producer
- Laura Levine – photography
- Ian Little – Producer, mixing
- Denis O'Regan – photography
- Steve Peck – mixing
- Shep Pettibone – producer, mixing
- Nile Rodgers – producer, mixing
- Bob Rosa – mixing
- Alex Sadkin – producer, mixing
- Stephen Sprouse – illustrations
- Colin Thurston – producer, engineer
[edit] Charts
Album – Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1989 | The Billboard 200 | 67 |
