Artist: Duran Duran
Title: Meet El Presidente
Year Of Release: 1986 / 2024
Label: Rhino
Genre: Pop Rock, New Wave, Synth-Pop
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 38:11
Total Size: 273 MB


Tracklist:

1. Meet El Presidente (Single Remix) (03:43)
2. Vertigo (Do the Demolition) (04:44)
3. Meet El Presidente (04:18)
4. Meet El Presidente (Meet El Beat) (05:33)
5. Vertigo (Do the Demolition) [B-boy Mix] [2010 Remaster] (06:01)
6. Meet El Presidente (Presidential Suite Mix) [2010 Remaster] (07:15)
7. Vertigo (Do the Demolition) [Mantronix Mix] [2010 Remaster] (06:34)



Specializing in danceable, synthesized pop delivered with visual flair, Duran Duran epitomizes the sleek, fashionable side of new wave, -- a talent crystallized in a series of groundbreaking music videos from the early 1980s and continued through decades of recording and touring. The group had the good fortune to deliver their debut album in 1981, the same year MTV began broadcasting, and their success was intertwined: Duran Duran gave the network clever, cinematic clips for "Rio" and "Hungry Like the Wolf," which MTV played ceaselessly, helping to turn the Birmingham, England-based band into global superstars. Between 1982 and 1985, they were fixtures on the British and American charts, with "Is There Something I Should Know?," "Union of the Snake," "The Wild Boys" and the James Bond theme "A View to a Kill" reaching the Top Ten on both sides of the Atlantic. Unlike many of their new wave peers, Duran Duran managed to sustain a career that lasted for decades, withstanding a shifting lineup -- the duo of keyboardist Nick Rhodes and vocalist Simon Le Bon were the only two members to stay with the group throughout the years -- and changes in musical fashion. The group forged an alliance with Chic's Nile Rodgers for 1986's funky Notorious, then refashioned themselves as mature balladeers in 1993 and landed one of their biggest hits with "Ordinary World." The original lineup from the New Romantic era reunited for 2004's Astronaut, a move that helped revive the band's profile. Over the next decade, they collaborated with a number of prominent modern hitmakers, including Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Mark Ronson, and Blur's Graham Coxon, who were featured on their 2021 album Future Past. The following year, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, an occasion the band celebrated by delivering Danse Macabre, a fantasy soundtrack to a Halloween party, in 2023.