Decade by Duran Duran

Pros: Some great pop classics
Cons: Some not-so-great forgotten pop tracks

Considering my deeply buried attachment to everything involving the 1980’s, who am I to deny Duran Duran their rightful place at the top of the decade’s pop heap?

Formed in Birmingham, England during 1978 Duran Duran made a...

Pros: Some pretty good pop songs from the 80s.
Cons: Disposable pop songs, filler like "Skin Trade" "Reflex" and "All She Wants Is"

Duran Duran is one of those bands you could never take seriously. Even in that disposable fluffy era of music known as the 80s, it was more or less apparent that these guys were more or less slick radio-ready pop. None of this is groundbreaking material....

Pros: The best songs from one of the best bands of the 80's.
Cons: Might be difficult to find.

I've never been a really HUGE fan of 80's music. My interest in it is mostly nostalgic. Some 80's songs, however, are just too good to be restricted to the nostalgia zone, as they stand on their own merits even today. Duran Duran: Decade is overflowing...

Pros: Some great pop hits from the 1980s
Cons: Some weak songs, bland beats, too robotic

The 1980s were a time of a lot of flash and not much substance, and this collection of Duran Duran's hits from that decade embodies that idea quite well. There are plenty of hooks, but the tinny harmonies and drum-machine type beats makes the whole...