Big Thing

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European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol.5, no.47. 19 November 1988. p.26. OCLC 29800226– via World Radio History.

Stubborn, ostentatious, experimental and above all very, very talented, Duran Duran will no doubt surprise us once more when the next project comes around. Top 40 Duran Duran songs 40 Sunset Garage, 2015 At times they could do no wrong; at times the critics bayed for blood and at times fans were left scratching their heads, but storms were ridden and dog days overcome. The first half is trademark John Taylor ( Andy Taylor had left for good halfway through Notorious). He continues to ape INXS, while throwing in a bit of Simple Minds and the burgeoning dance pop movement. It all reeks of desperation, though it did produce decent hits like "I Don't Want Your Love" and "All She Wants Is". Work on Big Thing began around early September 1987, while writing commenced the day after the end of the Strange Behavior Tour for Notorious in January. The band would take some time off before reconviening in Davout Studios in Paris, where they also previously recorded Notorious. These early sessions would result in the compositions "All She Wants Is", "Do You Believe in Shame", "The Edge of America", and "Lake Shore Diving". Lead singer Simon Le Bon would say, “It was amazing what came out of all that. Sometimes a little embryo of an idea can blossom into something tremendous.”

Land -- The obligatory ambitious ballad. You could argue it sounds a bit forced, but this is Duran Duran and it's from the eighties, and it's also great. British album certifications – Duran Duran – Big Thing". British Phonographic Industry. 1 November 1988 . Retrieved 26 September 2021. Drug -- A hyper-energetic house mix that doesn't really fit in on the album. The unexpected passage at 2:26 is genius and deserves an extra star, but John Taylor was right, the original Daniel Abraham mix is better. Duran Duran • Rio • Seven and the Ragged Tiger • Arena • Notorious • Big Thing • Liberty • Duran Duran (The Wedding Album) • Thank You • Medazzaland • Pop Trash • Astronaut • Red Carpet Massacre • All You Need Is Now • Paper Gods • Future Past • Danse Macabre

Duran Duran's album sales ranking] (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on 1 August 2013 . Retrieved 15 January 2019. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th conciseed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8. Carnival • Decade: Greatest Hits • Greatest • Night Versions: The Essential Duran Duran • Strange Behaviour • Singles Box Set 1981-1985 • Singles Box Set 1986-1995 • From Mediterranea With LoveLyrically, the album holds a more mature and intense passion focusing on love, lost innocence, death, and religion: "Too Late Marlene" deal with regret following the end of a romantic relationship, "All She Wants Is" focuses on materialism in a more dominant feel, "I Don't Want Your Love" as about someone who strives for attention but does not want a relationship, "The Edge of America" serves a metaphor on the band's wavering popularity and poor chart success, and "Do You Believe in Shame" goes for a more personal tone on death as the song actually pays tribute to three people close to the band that they lost at the time: artist Andy Warhol who died suddenly in early 1987, producer Alex Sadkin who was killed in a car crash a few months later, and Daniel Miles, a longtime friend of Le Bon who died of a heroin overdose during the recording of Big Thing. On the album's linear notes, the band decided to write personal dedications which was the first time in the band's history they would do such. Bergstrom, John (21 October 2010). "Duran Duran: Notorious / Big Thing". PopMatters . Retrieved 13 August 2017. The Edge of America -- There is something special about this song. Great lyrics and a fantastic vocal delivery from Simon LeBon. The real surprise on Big Thing is the number of ballads (or near-ballads). And in my opinion, they're all good when they're not great. A few clunky lines (and a rather cheap sound) keep "Too Late Marlene" from being as good as it might have been, and "Land" isn't quite as deep and beautiful as I'm sure the band thought it was when they recorded it. But "Do You Believe in Shame", "Palomino" and "The Edge of America" are all great, and perhaps point the way towards "Ordinary World" a few years later. Musical differences would come to a head when John Taylor nearly quit the group over the mixing of the song. According to Abraham John was "really upset over the decision to use a remix on the album instead of the original mix, and he did tell me once that he was thinking of leaving because of what had happened. Aside from hating the mix, he felt it diminished what they had achieved, and I think he thought using a flavour of the day sound would age terribly."