Duran Duran
Upper left: the Le Bons, centre: the Bateses (Rhodes), upper right: the Taylors, lower right: the Cuccurullos.
Studio album by
Duran Duran
Released15 February 1993 (1993-02-15)[1]
Recorded1991–1992
Studio
Genre
Length63:34
LabelParlophone
Producer
  • Duran Duran
  • John Jones
Duran Duran chronology
Liberty
(1990)		 Duran Duran
(1993)		 Thank You
(1995)
Singles from Duran Duran
  1. "Ordinary World"
    Released: December 1992 (US)
  2. "Come Undone"
    Released: 29 March 1993 (UK)
  3. "Too Much Information"
    Released: 23 August 1993 (UK)[2]
  4. "Drowning Man (remix)"
    Released: August 1993 (US)
  5. "Femme Fatale"
    Released: 1993 (France)
  6. "None of the Above"
    Released: 1994 (Japan)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Calgary HeraldC[4]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]
Entertainment WeeklyD[6]
Music Week[7]
Philadelphia Inquirer[8]
Rolling Stone[9]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[10]
Select[11]

Duran Duran (commonly known as The Wedding Album[12]) is the seventh studio album and the second self-titled album by English rock band Duran Duran. It was released on 15 February 1993 by Parlophone.

After dwindling commercial success in the early 1990s, Duran Duran returned to the UK top five and US top 10 with this album, which has been certified Gold in the UK and Platinum in the US. The singles "Ordinary World" and "Come Undone" reached the US top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100.

The cover art by Nick Egan features wedding photos from the parents of the four band members.[13]

Release

The album was Duran Duran's first in three years. Manager Tommy Manzi later told HitQuarters it was the industry that were unenthusiastic about the return of the band rather than the music consumer.[14] Manzi said that industry insiders "laughed at" Left Bank while they worked on reviving the careers of not only Duran Duran but also Meat Loaf because they would rather focus on "the next hip band" than perceived "old" acts.[14] As it happened, the album reached No. 4 in the UK Albums Chart, their highest charting album since 1983's Seven and the Ragged Tiger.

In the UK, three singles from the album reached the Top 40 including "Ordinary World" (#6), "Come Undone" (#13) and "Too Much Information" (#35). Four singles taken from the album charted in the US: "Ordinary World" (#3), "Come Undone" (#7), "Too Much Information" and "Drowning Man".

Title

While officially titled Duran Duran worldwide, the general belief that the alternative name was first adopted by fans post-release—due to the use of the members' parents' wedding photos on the cover and to differentiate it from the band's 1981 album—is incorrect. Instead, the name was originally used on two different UK promo cassettes prior to release – one calling it The Wedding and the other The Wedding Album.

While this name was officially dropped before release—with, for example, the UK & US TV adverts calling it simply Duran Duran—the commercially released UK vinyl and cassette versions still titled it Duran Duran (The Wedding Album) on the LP centre labels and the tape itself, though this was almost certainly in error.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Duran Duran, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Too Much Information"4:56
2."Ordinary World"5:39
3."Love Voodoo"4:58
4."Drowning Man"5:15
5."Shotgun"0:54
6."Come Undone"4:38
7."Breath After Breath" (Duran Duran, Milton Nascimento)4:58
8."UMF"5:33
9."Femme Fatale" (Lou Reed)4:21
10."None of the Above"5:19
11."Shelter"4:25
12."To Whom It May Concern" (lyrics by Nick Rhodes)4:24
13."Sin of the City"7:14
Japan bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
1."Time for Temptation" (alternate version)3:46
2."Stop Dead" (edit)3:52
Bonus disc (UK tour edition)
No.TitleLength
1."Falling Angel"4:35
2."Stop Dead"4:31
3."Time for Temptation"4:09
4."Come Undone" (12" mix – Comin' Together)7:21
5."Ordinary World" (acoustic version)5:07
6."Too Much Information" (David Richards 12" mix)4:14

Personnel

Adapted from the album's liner notes.[15]

Duran Duran
Additional personnel
Production
  • Duran Duran – production (all tracks), mixing (track 5)
  • John Jones – production (all tracks), engineering (all tracks except track 9), sub-mixing, mixing (track 5)
  • Tony Taverner – live drum session engineering (tracks 1, 2, 7, and 9)
  • Stuart Every – assistant live drum session engineer (tracks 1, 2, and 7)
  • David Richards – mixing (tracks 1–3, 6–8, and 10–13)
  • David Leonard – mixing (tracks 4 and 9)
  • Kevin Metcalfe – mastering

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Duran Duran
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[36] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[37] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ "BPI".
  2. ↑ "Duran Duran singles".
  3. ↑ AllMusic review
  4. ↑ Obee, Dave (21 February 1993). "Recent Releases". Calgary Herald.
  5. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  6. ↑ Entertainment Weekly review
  7. ↑ Jones, Alan (13 February 1993). "Market Preview: Mainstream - Albums — Pick of the Week" (PDF). Music Week. p. 20. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  8. ↑ Wood, Sam (27 April 1993). "A Trumpeter Breaks Out of Marsalis' Shadow". Philadelphia Inquirer.
  9. ↑ Rolling Stone review
  10. ↑ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Duran Duran". The Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  11. ↑ Collis, Clark (April 1993). "Duran Duran: Duran Duran". Select: 74. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  12. ↑ Krassner, Katy (20 February 2013). "Duran Duran » Reflections on Duran Duran's "The Wedding Album"". wmeentertainment.com. WME Entertainment. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020. Quote: NIGEL REEVE/EMI RECORDS, UK: The Wedding Album, or Duran Duran to give its official title, had a long gestation period. The first sounds out of the studio were in late 1991, even then 'Ordinary World' existed and sounded like a sure fire hit.
  13. ↑ "REFLECTIONS ON DURAN DURAN'S "THE WEDDING ALBUM"". www.DuranDuran.com. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  14. 1 2 "Interview With Tommy Manzi". HitQuarters. 7 May 2001. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  15. ↑ Duran Duran (booklet). Duran Duran. Parlophone. 1993. 0777 7 98876 2 0.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  16. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Duran Duran – Duran Duran (The Wedding Album)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  17. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Duran Duran – Duran Duran (The Wedding Album)" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  18. ↑ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 0992". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  19. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Duran Duran – Duran Duran (The Wedding Album)" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  20. ↑ "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 10, no. 10. 6 March 1993. p. 18. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  21. ↑ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  22. ↑ "Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste". InfoDisc (in French). Retrieved 13 January 2019. Select "DURAN DURAN" from the drop-down menu and click "OK".
  23. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Duran Duran – Duran Duran (The Wedding Album)" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  24. 1 2 3 "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 10, no. 11. 13 March 1993. p. 24. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  25. ↑ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 1993. 20. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  26. ↑ デュラン・デュランのアルバム売り上げランキング [Duran Duran's album sales ranking] (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  27. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Duran Duran – Duran Duran (The Wedding Album)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  28. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Duran Duran – Duran Duran (The Wedding Album)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  29. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  30. ↑ "Duran Duran Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  31. ↑ "The RPM Top 100 Albums of 1993". RPM. Vol. 58, no. 23. 18 December 1993. ISSN 0033-7064 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  32. ↑ "1993 Year-End Sales Charts – Eurochart Hot 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 10, no. 51/52. 18 December 1993. p. 15. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  33. ↑ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts – 1993" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  34. ↑ "Top 100 Albums 1993" (PDF). Music Week. 15 January 1994. p. 25. ISSN 0265-1548 – via World Radio History.
  35. ↑ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1993". Billboard. Archived from the original on 13 January 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  36. ↑ "British album certifications – Duran Duran – Duran Duran (Wedding) Album". British Phonographic Industry. 1 April 1983. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  37. ↑ "American album certifications – Duran Duran – Duran Duran 2". Recording Industry Association of America. 18 June 1993. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
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