Izdavač: Ostalo
Žanr: Pop, Rok
Poreklo: Strani izvođač

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Studio album by Duran Duran
Released 24 November 1986
Recorded June–September 1986
Studio
West Side (London)
AIR (London)
Abbey Road (London)
Skyline (New York City)
Genre
Funk rock
Length 46:56
Label
EMICapitol
Producer
Duran DuranNile Rodgers
Duran Duran chronology
Arena
(1984) Notorious
(1986) Big Thing
(1988)

Notorious is the fourth studio album by the English pop rock band Duran Duran, released on 24 November 1986 by EMI Records.[1] Produced by the band with Nile Rodgers, its musical style differed from the band`s previous albums with a funk rock sound. It is the first album to feature the band as a trio with singer Simon Le Bon, keyboardist Nick Rhodes and bassist John Taylor, as drummer Roger Taylor and guitarist Andy Taylor both left by the time the album was released.[2] Andy Taylor would later be replaced by former Missing Persons guitarist Warren Cuccurullo, who completed recording parts of the album in addition to Rodgers and session drummer Steve Ferrone.[3]

Notorious peaked at number 16 on the UK Albums Chart and number 12 on the Billboard 200. It has been certified platinum and sold over 1,000,000 copies worldwide. The album yielded three singles: `Notorious`, `Skin Trade`, and `Meet El Presidente`; `Notorious` was a worldwide success, as it reached number seven and number two in the UK Singles Chart and the Billboard Hot 100, respectively. Despite being a commercial failure selling fewer copies than their previous releases, it received positive reviews from critics, who praised the band`s maturity and production.

Background and recording
Following the success of their previous album Seven and the Ragged Tiger and its subsequent world tour, Duran Duran planned to take a break for a year but all the band members ended up working on two side projects: the Power Station and Arcadia which were both moderate successes. The band would regroup in 1985 to record the song `A View to a Kill` for the James Bond film of the same name and performed at the Live Aid charity concert in July of the same year, which proved to be the last time all original members played together.[4]

By the time it came to record the new album at the beginning of 1986, drummer Roger Taylor had quit the group, citing exhaustion and overwhelmed with the band`s success.[5] The remaining three members would continue to work on the album, with producer Nile Rodgers of Chic also contributing to guitar and drummer Steve Ferrone who worked with the Average White Band, Chaka Khan and Scritti Politti.

Andy Taylor`s departure and Warren Cuccurullo
Guitarist Andy Taylor was expected to record with the band in early stages of the album. He did not show up when the sessions began and tensions arose when the band realized the guitarist was in Los Angeles planning his own solo career and was not satisfied with the musical direction the band members were going for. The recording sessions would be interrupted by a legal battle between both parties. After several months however, the band agreed to let him go but Taylor would play on several tracks before his departure.[6] Andy would write in his autobiography, Wild Boy: My Life in Duran Duran about his final studio session. `I plugged in my guitar, played a few tracks with the engineer in order to honour my contractual obligations and then left to phone my lawyer. It was over.`[7]

In a 1986 interview, Andy Taylor stated, `When I got to the studio, they had already started. It didn`t matter. I just didn`t want to be in the band anymore. They were playing this dance and R&B style of music and I wanted to play rock `n` roll. I left on good terms with them. I don`t feel any hostility.`[8] Keyboardist Nick Rhodes reflected on the circumstances saying, `When John went on the Power Station tour with him, he felt they were growing up. I went over to Los Angeles in January to see Andy to talk about the new album and try out new ideas. It was very uneasy. Anyway, it doesn`t matter. I think the fact was we came to do the album the three of us really wanted to do and he didn`t. He wanted to make a solo record. I just wish he told us a bit earlier.[9]

During the sessions, Taylor began hanging out with members of American rock band Missing Persons which had broken up. Guitarist Warren Cuccurullo would eventually contact the band several times, being initially rebuffed. When the album reached the mixing stage, the band would invite Warren over and was hired as a replacement, in which he contributed on several tracks on the album.[10] Cuccurullo would eventually become a full-time member of the band in 1989 after their tour supporting their follow-up album Big Thing.

Music
Given the experience the band members had on their side projects, there was a massive change in the musical style of Duran Duran. The sound of Notorious was an obvious direction, especially due to the fact that the band`s last two hit singles `The Wild Boys` and the James Bond theme `A View to a Kill` were `edgier` but were worldwide successes nevertheless. The band wanted to distance themselves away from their synth-pop approach and explore a `funkier urban` sound. Rhodes mentioned that the band wanted to focus more on their music and less on their image. `On the last tour, the audience was too loud in some places,` Rhodes said. `The screaming little girls tend to make their way to the front of the stage and make a lot of noise. We like the young fans. But it would be nice if they were a little quieter.`[8]

Rhodes further elaborated on the musical change saying, `I think Notorious is quite typical on some of the dance tracks on the album, but it`s certainly nothing like any of the old stuff`, while lead singer Simon Le Bon stated that the involvement of Nile Rodgers helped with the musical direction the band was looking for. Bassist John Taylor and the rest of the band were also influenced by disco band Chic, in which Rodgers was the guitarist. The band also commented that the writing process was easier, in comparison with the tense recording sessions of Seven and the Ragged Tiger. `John, particularly has had a very funky nerve,` said Le Bon. `He was the one who really pushed to get Nile. Nick would probably declare that he did. I was just happy to get along with anybody just to get some music down.`[11]

Lyrics
Similar to their previous works, the lyrical content on Notorious focused on certain topics. Due to the band`s determination to move to a more sophisticated style, the results were more mature such as the negative aspects of the press (`Notorious`), work exploitation (`Skin Trade`), band tensions (`Vertigo (Do the Demolition)`, manipulation (`So Misled`), and political intrigue (`Meet El Presidente`).[12] The band named several tracks after several Alfred Hitchcock films, such as Vertigo and Rope – the original title for `Hold Me`.

Rhodes and Le Bon said that the writing for the album was easier in comparison to the tension and hysteria-filled sessions of Seven and the Ragged Tiger. Nile Rodgers said of composing the title track, `[...] `Notorious` is basically James Brown soul-power. That`s when I started to groove and started playing along with it. And Nick Rhodes went, `Wow! A D-minor 6th. That`s such a great chord. We got to write that into a song.`[13]

All tracks are written by John Taylor, Nick Rhodes and Simon Le Bon

Side one
No. Title Length
1. `Notorious` 4:18
2. `American Science` 4:43
3. `Skin Trade` 5:57
4. `A Matter of Feeling` 5:58
5. `Hold Me` 4:33
Side two
No. Title Length
6. `Vertigo (Do the Demolition)` 4:44
7. `So Misled` 4:04
8. `Meet El Presidente` 4:21
9. `Winter Marches On` 3:26
10. `Proposition` 5:03
Total length: 46:56

Personnel
Duran Duran

Simon Le Bon – vocals
Nick Rhodes – keyboards
John Taylor – bass guitars
Technical

Daniel Abraham – engineering, mixing
Nile Rodgers – production
Duran Duran – production
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Artwork

John Swannell – photography
Christy Turlington – cover model
Frank Olinsky – design
Additional musicians

Steve Ferrone – drums
Andy Taylor – guitars (tracks 2, 4–6)
Nile Rodgers – guitars (tracks 1–4, 7, 8, 10)
Warren Cuccurullo – guitars (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 10)
Mac Gollehon – horns
Jimmy Maelen – percussion
The Borneo Horns – horns
Curtis King Jr. – additional vocals
Brenda White-King – additional vocals
Tessa Niles – additional vocals
Cindy Mizelle – additional vocals