Duran Duran
'Red Carpet Massacre'
Venerable new wavers open up their wallets and say...ahhh.
For 2004's Astronaut, Duran Duran hired Dallas Austin and Linkin Park pal Don Gilmore to overhaul their vintage dance-pop sound; it didn't work. Here, they splurge on Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, and Timbo's partner Nate "Danja" Hills, who provide a reasonably good return on investment: "Nite Runner" throbs with future-sex love pop, "Falling Down" cries a river of crocodile tears, and "Skin Divers" re-creates Fischerspooner's operatic electroclash for the three people who still care. Throughout the album, au courant emptiness is a cardinal virtue.
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