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An album of Duran Duran covering their "influences" was never something even the most dedicated fan wanted to hear, yet the band had the audacity to record Thank You, a collection of the group's favorite songs. Featuring songwriters as diverse as Bob Dylan and Sly Stone, Thank You works best when the band realizes the monumental silliness of its cover, as on "White Lines," which is performed with Grandmaster Flash himself, and the acoustic blues rendition of Public Enemy's "911 Is a Joke." Or it works when the band can reinvent material like Lou Reed's "Perfect Day" into a slick MOR ballad. When Thank You doesn't work, it's because the band doesn't quite get what made the original version special ("Lay Lady Lay" and "Watching the Detectives"). Too many plain, mediocre songs (the Doors' "Crystal Ship") prevent the album from being either unintentionally funny or genuinely successful. The record is solely a curiosity and not a very interesting one at that.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Melvin Glover, Writer - Sylvia Robinson, Writer - Simon LeBon, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals - Tim Young, MasteringEngineer - Duran Duran, MainArtist - STEVE Churchyard, Audio Recording Engineer - Melle Mel, DJ, Backing Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Tony Taverner, Audio Recording Engineer - John Taylor , Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar - Nick Rhodes, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards - John Jones, Additional Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, AdditionalEngineer - Warren Cuccurullo, Producer, Arranger, Guitar - Steve Ferrone, Drums - Ken Scott, RecordingEngineer - Anthony J. Resta, Drums, Additional Programmer, MixingEngineer, AdditionalEngineer - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, DJ, Backing Vocals - Bob St. John, MixingEngineer, AdditionalEngineer - Grandmaster Flash, FeaturedArtist - Mark Tinley, Additional Programmer - The Furious Five, FeaturedArtist - Avril McCintosh, Audio Recording Engineer
© 1995 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1995 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Lee Oskar, Harmonica - Simon LeBon, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals - Lamya, Backing Vocals - Tony Thompson, Drums - Tim Young, MasteringEngineer - Duran Duran, MainArtist - STEVE Churchyard, Audio Recording Engineer - Sylvester Stewart, Writer - Tony Taverner, Audio Recording Engineer - John Taylor , Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar - Nick Rhodes, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards - Curtis King, Backing Vocals - John Jones, Additional Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, AdditionalEngineer - Warren Cuccurullo, Producer, Arranger, Guitar - Ken Scott, RecordingEngineer - Anthony J. Resta, Additional Programmer, MixingEngineer, AdditionalEngineer - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Backing Vocals - Bob St. John, MixingEngineer, AdditionalEngineer - Mark Tinley, Additional Programmer - Avril McCintosh, Audio Recording Engineer
© 1995 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1995 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Simon LeBon, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals - Lou Reed, Writer - Tim Young, MasteringEngineer - Duran Duran, MainArtist - STEVE Churchyard, Audio Recording Engineer - Tessa Niles, Backing Vocals - Tony Taverner, Audio Recording Engineer - John Taylor , Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar - Roger Taylor, Drums - Nick Rhodes, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards - John Jones, Additional Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, AdditionalEngineer - Warren Cuccurullo, Producer, Arranger, Guitar - David Richards, MixingEngineer - Ken Scott, RecordingEngineer - Anthony J. Resta, Additional Programmer, AdditionalEngineer - Bob St. John, AdditionalEngineer - Mark Tinley, Additional Programmer - Avril McCintosh, Audio Recording Engineer
© 1995 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1995 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Lee Oskar, Harmonica - Simon LeBon, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals - Tim Young, MasteringEngineer - Duran Duran, MainArtist - STEVE Churchyard, Audio Recording Engineer - Tessa Niles, Backing Vocals - Tony Taverner, Audio Recording Engineer - John Taylor , Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar - Roger Taylor, Drums - Nick Rhodes, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards - Jason Corsaro, MixingEngineer - John Jones, Additional Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, AdditionalEngineer - Warren Cuccurullo, Producer, Arranger, Guitar - ELVIS COSTELLO, Writer - Ken Scott, RecordingEngineer - Anthony J. Resta, Additional Programmer, AdditionalEngineer - Bob St. John, AdditionalEngineer - Mark Tinley, Additional Programmer - Avril McCintosh, Audio Recording Engineer
© 1995 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1995 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tim Palmer, MixingEngineer - Simon LeBon, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals - Bob Dylan, Writer - Tim Young, MasteringEngineer - Duran Duran, MainArtist - STEVE Churchyard, Audio Recording Engineer - Tony Taverner, Audio Recording Engineer - John Taylor , Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar - Nick Rhodes, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards - John Jones, Producer, Additional Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, AdditionalEngineer - Warren Cuccurullo, Producer, Arranger, Guitar - Anthony J. Resta, Drums, Additional Programmer, AdditionalEngineer - Bob St. John, AdditionalEngineer - Mark Tinley, Additional Programmer - Avril McCintosh, Audio Recording Engineer - Abe Laborial, Jr., Drums
© 1995 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1995 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
William Collins, Writer - Keith Shocklee, Writer - Eric Sadler, Writer - Simon LeBon, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals - William Drayton, Writer - Bernard Worrell, Writer - Tim Young, MasteringEngineer - Duran Duran, MainArtist - STEVE Churchyard, Audio Recording Engineer - Tony Taverner, Audio Recording Engineer - John Taylor , Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar - Nick Rhodes, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards - John Jones, Additional Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, AdditionalEngineer - George Clinton Jr., Writer - Warren Cuccurullo, Producer, Arranger, Guitar - Ken Scott, RecordingEngineer - Anthony J. Resta, Drums, Additional Programmer, MixingEngineer, AdditionalEngineer - Bob St. John, MixingEngineer, AdditionalEngineer - Mark Tinley, Additional Programmer - Keith Boxley, Writer - Avril McCintosh, Audio Recording Engineer
© 1995 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1995 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Terry Bozzio, Drums - Simon LeBon, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals - Ricky Gardiner, Writer - Iggy Pop, Writer - Tim Young, MasteringEngineer - Duran Duran, MainArtist - STEVE Churchyard, Audio Recording Engineer - Tony Taverner, Audio Recording Engineer - John Taylor , Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar - Nick Rhodes, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards - David Bowie, Writer - John Jones, Additional Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, AdditionalEngineer - Warren Cuccurullo, Producer, Arranger, Guitar - Ken Scott, RecordingEngineer - Flo & Eddie, Backing Vocals - Anthony J. Resta, Additional Programmer, MixingEngineer, AdditionalEngineer - Bob St. John, MixingEngineer, AdditionalEngineer - Mark Tinley, Additional Programmer - Avril McCintosh, Audio Recording Engineer
© 1995 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1995 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Simon LeBon, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals - JOHN DENSMORE, Writer - Jim Morrison, Writer - Ray Manzarek, Writer - Tim Young, MasteringEngineer - Duran Duran, MainArtist - STEVE Churchyard, Audio Recording Engineer - Robby Krieger, Writer - Tony Taverner, Audio Recording Engineer - John Taylor , Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar - Nick Rhodes, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards - John Jones, Additional Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, AdditionalEngineer - Warren Cuccurullo, Producer, Arranger, Guitar - Ken Scott, Audio Recording Engineer - Anthony J. Resta, Drums, Additional Programmer, MixingEngineer, AdditionalEngineer - Bob St. John, MixingEngineer, AdditionalEngineer - Mark Tinley, Additional Programmer - Maxanne Lewis, Backing Vocals - Avril McCintosh, Audio Recording Engineer
© 1995 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1995 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Simon LeBon, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals - Tim Young, MasteringEngineer - Duran Duran, MainArtist - STEVE Churchyard, Audio Recording Engineer - Tony Taverner, Audio Recording Engineer - John Taylor , Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar - Nick Rhodes, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards - John Jones, Additional Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, AdditionalEngineer - Barrett Strong, Writer - Warren Cuccurullo, Producer, Arranger, Guitar - Ken Scott, RecordingEngineer - Norman Whitfield, Writer - Anthony J. Resta, Drums, Additional Programmer, MixingEngineer, AdditionalEngineer - Bob St. John, MixingEngineer, AdditionalEngineer - Mark Tinley, Additional Programmer - Maxanne Lewis, Backing Vocals - Avril McCintosh, Audio Recording Engineer
© 1995 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1995 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Terry Bozzio, Drums - Simon LeBon, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals - Tim Young, MasteringEngineer - Duran Duran, MainArtist - STEVE Churchyard, Audio Recording Engineer - Tony Taverner, Audio Recording Engineer - John Taylor , Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar - Nick Rhodes, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards - Jason Corsaro, MixingEngineer - John Jones, Additional Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, AdditionalEngineer - Robert Plant, Writer - Jimmy Page, Writer - Warren Cuccurullo, Producer, Arranger, Guitar - Anthony J. Resta, Additional Programmer, AdditionalEngineer - Bob St. John, AdditionalEngineer - Mark Tinley, Additional Programmer - Avril McCintosh, Audio Recording Engineer
© 1995 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1995 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Terry Bozzio, Drums - Simon LeBon, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals - Bruce Dukov, First Violin - Armen Garabedian, Violin - Lamya, Backing Vocals - Tim Young, MasteringEngineer - Duran Duran, MainArtist - STEVE Churchyard, Audio Recording Engineer - Tony Taverner, Audio Recording Engineer - Simon Le Bon, Writer - John Taylor , Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar, Writer - Nick Rhodes, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards, Writer - Jason Corsaro, MixingEngineer - John Jones, Additional Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, AdditionalEngineer - Warren Cuccurullo, Producer, Arranger, Guitar, Writer - Ken Scott, RecordingEngineer - Anthony J. Resta, Additional Programmer, AdditionalEngineer - Maria Newman, Violin - Pamela Goldsmith, Viola - Bob St. John, AdditionalEngineer - Henry Ferber, Violin - Mark Tinley, Additional Programmer - Joy Lyle, Violin - Scott Haupert, Viola - Suzi Katayama, Cello - Ron Folsom, Violin - Avril McCintosh, Audio Recording Engineer - Berj Garaabedian, Violin - Michelle Kikuchi-Richards, Violin
© 1995 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1995 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Simon LeBon, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals - Tim Young, MasteringEngineer - Duran Duran, MainArtist - STEVE Churchyard, Audio Recording Engineer - Sylvester Stewart, Writer - Tony Taverner, Audio Recording Engineer - John Taylor , Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar - Nick Rhodes, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards - John Jones, Producer, Additional Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, AdditionalEngineer - Warren Cuccurullo, Producer, Arranger, Guitar - Ken Scott, RecordingEngineer - Anthony J. Resta, Drums, Additional Programmer, MixingEngineer, AdditionalEngineer - Bob St. John, MixingEngineer, AdditionalEngineer - Mark Tinley, Additional Programmer - Avril McCintosh, Audio Recording Engineer - Abe Laborial, Jr., Drums
© 1995 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1995 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Album review
An album of Duran Duran covering their "influences" was never something even the most dedicated fan wanted to hear, yet the band had the audacity to record Thank You, a collection of the group's favorite songs. Featuring songwriters as diverse as Bob Dylan and Sly Stone, Thank You works best when the band realizes the monumental silliness of its cover, as on "White Lines," which is performed with Grandmaster Flash himself, and the acoustic blues rendition of Public Enemy's "911 Is a Joke." Or it works when the band can reinvent material like Lou Reed's "Perfect Day" into a slick MOR ballad. When Thank You doesn't work, it's because the band doesn't quite get what made the original version special ("Lay Lady Lay" and "Watching the Detectives"). Too many plain, mediocre songs (the Doors' "Crystal Ship") prevent the album from being either unintentionally funny or genuinely successful. The record is solely a curiosity and not a very interesting one at that.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:54:20
- Main artists: Duran Duran
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1995 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1995 Parlophone Records Ltd. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028.
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