Duran Duran - Strange Behaviour (2CD)- 1999 (mp3-vbr) [rykker]

Tracklist

Disc One
1 Planet Earth (Night Mix) 6:58
2 Girls On Film (Night Version) 5:31
3 My Own Way (Night Version) 6:37
4 Hungry Like The Wolf (Night Version) 5:12
5 Hold Back The Rain (Remix) 6:38
6 Rio (Carnival Version) 6:41
7 New Religion (Carnival Version) 5:19
8 Is There Something I Should Know? (Monster Mix) 6:41
9 Union Of The Snake (The Monkey Mix) 6:28
10 New Moon On Monday (Extended Version) 6:03
11 The Reflex (Dance Mix) 6:33
12 Wild Boys (Wilder Than Wild Boys Extended Mix) 8:01

Disc Two
1 Notorious (Extended Mix) 5:15
2 Skin Trade (Stretch Mix) 7:41
3 Meet El Presidente (The Presidential Suite) 7:14
4 American Science (Chemical Reaction Mix) 7:42
5 I Don't Want Your Love (Dub Mix) 7:36
6 All She Wants Is (US Master Mix) 7:19
7 Violence Of Summer (Power Mix) 4:58
8 Come Undone (Come Undub) 4:47
9 Love Voodoo (Sidney Street 12" Mix) 4:40
10 Too Much Information (12" Jellybean Mix) 6:43
11 None Of The Above (Drizabone 12" Mix) 6:36
12 Drowning Man (D:Ream Ambient Mix) 6:45

Year: 1999
Running Time: Total: 154:17 (disc 1)76:45 (disc 2)77:32

(review by By Rylo P. Coltrane)
Leave it to those wonderful European record companies to give us the best of what the U.S. doesn't really offer! I love a good remix, and this 2-cd set does deliver, I'll give it that.
Now, previous to this purchase, I had heard the term "Night Version" and/or "Carnival Version" (as it applies to a Duran Duran song) but had never really understood the term. I found out that it basically means "extended remixes incorporating long stretches of instrumental music", which is actually a good thing. I had long lamented the absence of "New Moon on Monday" from the DECADE cd but refused to buy the GREATEST compilation, and rightly so, because here it is right here, and in a longer form!
This is one of those cd-sets where you should just put them in the player and listen to while you do housework or wash dishes or something. Thoroughly enjoyable, and I even got acquainted with some really early tracks of which I had previously been unaware (New Religion, Hold Back the Rain).
"The Reflex" (Dance mix) is a must-have, and I must say that I happen to like the dub versions of "I Don't Want Your Love" and "Come Undone." All in all, no real selection of Duran Duran cd's would be complete without these two. Besides, you want to brag about your exclusive import cd to all your friends, right?


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