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Astronaut |  | Artist: Duran Duran
Label: Sony
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Sales Rank: 170488
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Number Of Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 6 x 4 x 8
MPN: 827969290026
UPC: 827969290026
EAN: 0827969290026
ASIN: B0002X591A
Release Date: October 12, 2004
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| Tracks:
| • | (Reach Up For The) Sunrise | | • | Want You More | | • | What Happens Tomorrow | | • | Astronaut | | • | Bedroom Toys | | • | Nice | | • | Taste The Summer | | • | Finest Hour | | • | Chains | | • | One Of Those Days | | • | Point Of No Return | | • | Still Breathing | | • | Still Breathing |
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Amazon.com
The reflexes of those old enough to remember when "The Reflex" and "Rio" went rocketing up the Hot 100 in the 1980s may not be what they used to, but certain reactions to the first full spin of Astronaut can't help kicking in anyway. First among equals is exhilaration: Few can sit through pop this inventive--titillating, even, on the thumping disco dazzler "Bedroom Toys," which features Chic's Nile Rodgers--without owning up to a genuine thrill. And though the original fab five, as they're being heralded on this first disc in more than 20 years, leans a little heavier on Andy Taylor's guitar work than in the past, the band stays loyal to its original electropop sound, skillfully shuttling the faithful back in time but kicking in enough keyboard wizardry to avoid leaving them feeling old. Once the inevitable buzz dissipates (give it a while--the sunniness of opening anthem and first single "(Reach Up for) The Sunrise" sticks around, as does the moodiness of "Still Breathing"), puzzlement takes its place. Simon Le Bon sounds not a day older than when he recorded "Girls on Film," something for which he owes fellow 80s-band singers who flopped on the comeback trail an explanation. More puzzling still, though, is why Duran Duran waited so long to return: Had they reunited sooner, legions of dedicated, sophisticated popsters might have been spared the indignity that was the boy-band craze. --Tammy La Gorce
Talking with Duran Duran
Amazon.com contributor Beth Massa spoke with lead singer Simon LeBon and keyboardist Nick Rhodes separately to discuss the band's original line-up reunion, the passion they felt recording Astronaut, and their appreciation for their female fan base. - Listen to the interview with Simon LeBon
- Listen to the interview with Nick Rhodes
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