Album dossier / 1981
Duran Duran
Duran Duran · New Wave/Synth-pop
Duran Duran's self-titled debut was recorded at Red Bus and Utopia Studios in London and Chipping Norton Recording Studios in Oxfordshire with producer Colin Thurston (fresh off David Bowie, Magazine and the Human League), with singer Simon Le Bon nearly replaced early on before EMI's Dave Ambrose intervened; the album reached #3 in the UK and, after a 1983 US reissue riding the success of Rio, cracked the Billboard Top 10 with the addition of 'Is There Something I Should Know?'
Record facts
- Label
- EMI
- Producer
- Colin Thurston
- Chart peak
- #3 UK, #10 US Billboard 200 (1983 reissue)
- Notable tracks
- ★ Girls on Film
- ★ Planet Earth
- ★ Careless Memories
Artist & discography
Complete 1980s Studio Discography
5 studio albums released from 1980–1989 by Duran Duran. Archived records link directly to full dossiers; remaining releases are queued for harvesting. MusicBrainz source.
Complete track listing · 9 tracks
- Girls on Film
- Planet Earth
- Anyone Out There
- To the Shore
- Careless Memories
- Night Boat
- Sound of Thunder
- Friends of Mine
- Tel Aviv
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en.wikipedia.org, discogs.com, allmusic.com, duranduran.com, billboard.com · track listing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duran_Duran_(1981_album) · cover art: coverartarchive.org
Last enriched: 2026-08-31