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Their songs tend to have SF themes and sound quite downbeat and austere, somewhat like Depeche Mode and Gary Numan, though they have also been escapist and camp. Later albums are more adult-oriented and melancholy. Discography: Albums: 1981: Excessive Machine 1982: Hold Back The Rain 1984: The Sound Of Thunder. This was a seminal album in the establishment of the Videotheque genre. 1985: Et In Arcadia Ego. A later album was entitled Excepting Pluto, referring to the joke clause in their contract with Hollywood Records which excluded the company from rights over their material on the planet Pluto.

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  • Duran Duran (Caroline Era)
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  • Their songs tend to have SF themes and sound quite downbeat and austere, somewhat like Depeche Mode and Gary Numan, though they have also been escapist and camp. Later albums are more adult-oriented and melancholy. Discography: Albums: 1981: Excessive Machine 1982: Hold Back The Rain 1984: The Sound Of Thunder. This was a seminal album in the establishment of the Videotheque genre. 1985: Et In Arcadia Ego. A later album was entitled Excepting Pluto, referring to the joke clause in their contract with Hollywood Records which excluded the company from rights over their material on the planet Pluto.
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  • Their songs tend to have SF themes and sound quite downbeat and austere, somewhat like Depeche Mode and Gary Numan, though they have also been escapist and camp. Later albums are more adult-oriented and melancholy. Discography: Albums: 1981: Excessive Machine 1982: Hold Back The Rain 1984: The Sound Of Thunder. This is their first video album, released primarily as a laserdisc and Betamax cassette, though it was also available as an LP, CD and audio cassette. It's a concept album referring to the Ray Bradbury story of the same name. The cover features an airbrushed painting of a walking boot lying on its side with a butterfly crushed in its treads, in a prehistoric rain forest and a levitating silver walkway in the background. The track listing is as follows: This was a seminal album in the establishment of the Videotheque genre. 1985: Et In Arcadia Ego. This includes the Bond film track "From A View To A Kill", whose lyrics quote from the folk song "D'Ye Ken John Peel". This album continued the trend away from single tracks towards a rock musical tendency. The album cover uses the Nicholas Poussin painting of the same name. The concept of the album is the development of music from prehistoric times until the present day and then on into the imagined future, with each track reflecting the change in style appropriate to the period. Other tracks include 'Luna' and a cover version of "Harvest For The World". 1985 was also the year of the Live Aid concert, during which they may have given their best performance. "From A View To A Kill" was particularly spectacular. However, they also suffered from being dominated by Abba and the Beatles. 1987: White Heat. The Duran Duran "white album". This is influenced by the death of Simon LeBon's friend David Miles and also by the Plain White Movement. The album cover features a washed-out white operating theatre and the music is in a minimalist, entirely electronic style which is however easy to dance to. Tracks include 'Too Cold To Handle', 'My Antarctica' and 'Electric Barbarella'. It has a very serious and mature sound. A later album was entitled Excepting Pluto, referring to the joke clause in their contract with Hollywood Records which excluded the company from rights over their material on the planet Pluto.
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