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Record Rewind: 'The Wedding Album' by Duran Duran

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With Missing Persons guitarist Warren Cuccurullo having completely replaced original axe-man Andy Taylor, Duran found themselves with their first hit album in years thanks to the chart success of singles “Ordinary World” and “Come Undone”. It would not be the band’s first commercial resurgence following their ‘80s heyday, but The Wedding Album

A bold indictment of their music video-friendly past (“Destroyed by MTV | I hate to bite the hand that feeds…”), this snarling opening cut announces loud and clear that this isn’t your older sister’s Duran Duran. Warren Cuccurullo’s guitars interweave with Nick Rhodes’s subtle keyboard shading and Simon Le Bon’s railing lead vocal.

“Ordinary World”

One of the band’s favorite tunes to this day, this soaring power ballad sounds just as endearing almost two decades later—Nick’s lush, gorgeous keyboard chords and Warren’s acoustic guitar lines set the stage for one of Simon’s most emotionally devastating vocals to date. “I won’t cry for yesterday,” he promises, yearning for an end to his real or imagined heartbreak. Favorite moments: Cuccurullo’s balls to the wall guitar solo and Simon’s wailing outro vocals.

“Love Voodoo”

This luscious Brazilian pop style gem features a memorable duet between Simon and native singer Milton Nascimento. One of the more criminally underrated tracks in Duran’s history, Nick’s cascading piano lines and percussion by guests Bosco and Vinnie Colaiuta make for one of the band’s most unique, wonderful album tracks to date.

“UMF”

A sprawling array of urban violence and dense paranoia pervades through the album’s soaring albeit self-serious final track. Warren’s guitar lines smash and grind over John’s punchy walking bass lines, while Simon paints an evocative portrait of death of and confusion. A long ways from “Rio” or “All She Wants Is”, here Duran Duran set out to shed their teeny-bopping chains once and for all.