Duran Duran

The Birmingham-based band had hit their stride (in popularity) by the time their third record rolled out in 1983.The bright and synth-slathered production is typical of the era, but the songs were less strong this time out. However, "The Reflex", "New Moon On Monday," and "Union Of The Snake" still show Duran Duran in fine form.

Duran Duran, it appears, will not be content to have every schoolgirl with cable television
scrawling the name Simon Le Bon in her geography notebook for the next two years.
Though they have recorded some moderately enthralling pop singles ("Hungry like the
Wolf," "Rio," "Girls on Film"), Duran Duran seek weightier ground, a place in the artistic pop
pantheon apart from such TV-made teen idols as Ricky Nelson and David Cassidy.... More >