Red Carpet Massacre by Duran Duran
Should Be Given More Credit
It happens only two tracks in: Just when your e re-acquainting yourself with
Simon Le Bons sexy whine and settling in for a disc full of digestible,
modernized new wave, Red Carpet Massacre takes a turn toward the
Timberlake-like. By the time you reach track eight, the sizzling instrumental
Tricked Out, the effect is so pronounced you cant be sure whose chocolate
got into whose peanut butter. But you do know this, and with more
certainty than you once placed in the power of the Hungry Like the Wolf
video to get you through your teen-age day: Massacre is one hot record.
Timbaland, the brilliant knob-twister behind Timberlakes FutureSex/Love
Sounds, as well as his protegé, Danja, imbue it with buoyancy and way -
past-midnight moodiness; on a couple of tracks, most notably Skin Divers,
which includes a short rap verse, Timbaland pitches in on vocals, and on a
couple of others, he taps Timberlake to help out. That the contributions of
that tag-team of hitmakers take nothing away from the tightness and
characteristic chic of the band--that they enhance the hypnotic sheen of
Duran Duran, rather than subjugate it--makes a certain sense. After all, if
Timberlake brought sexy back, it had probably only been missing since
Duran Durans mid-80s heyday. --Tammy La Gorce
Theres an expectation that Duran has a certain sound and really, its too
bad because they have always been so much more than surface
musicians. This album will be one that is a great miss. There arent too
many bands now-a-days that carry the true face continuity but I
unfortunately think Duran has been categorized as a fluffy boy band since
the 80s when that could be at least 80% from the truth.
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