Future Past (Duran Duran album)
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Released | 22 October 2021 | |||
Length | 50:59 | |||
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Singles from Future Past | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 75/100[3] |
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Clash | 7/10[5] |
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Future Past is the fifteenth studio album by the British band Duran Duran, released on 22 October 2021. It is the band's first album to be released through BMG, and their first since 2015's Paper Gods six years prior.[8][9]
The album, co-produced by the band alongside Mark Ronson, Giorgio Moroder and Erol Alkan, also features guest appearances by Tove Lo, Ivorian Doll, Japanese band Chai, and Mike Garson. Blur's Graham Coxon is the guitarist on the album.[9]
The band released the album's first single "Invisible" on 19 May 2021.[10] The tracks "More Joy!" featuring Chai, "Anniversary", "Tonight United" and "Give It All Up" featuring Lo were also released in advance of the album.[11]
Background and content
John Taylor described Future Past as a "very emotionally deep album", revealing that the lyrics were primarily written before 2020's COVID-19 lockdowns: "Many of the songs are about emotional crises, or long-term intimacy issues, let's call them. When we came back after lockdown, I felt that those lyrics, particularly 'Invisible,' spoke to the moment, because the last 18 months have really been about intimacy politics."[12]
Cover art
The cover is a colourised and combined image of two black-and-white pictures by Japanese photographer Daisuke Yokota. Nick Rhodes met Yokota in 2017 while researching for a documentary about Japanese photographers. The album's art director Rory McCartney laid the images over the top of one another, creating the effect of a stationary silhouette in red with another silhouette in green moving beyond it, which resonated with McCartney.[13]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Invisible" |
| 3:11 | |
2. | "All of You" |
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| 4:05 |
3. | "Give It All Up" (featuring Tove Lo) |
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| 5:07 |
4. | "Anniversary" |
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| 5:18 |
5. | "Future Past" |
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| 3:52 |
6. | "Beautiful Lies" |
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| 3:36 |
7. | "Tonight United" |
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| 3:07 |
8. | "Wing" |
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| 5:19 |
9. | "Nothing Less[c]" |
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| 4:25 |
10. | "Hammerhead[c]" (featuring Ivorian Doll) |
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| 3:33 |
11. | "More Joy!" (featuring Chai) |
| 3:39 | |
12. | "Falling" (featuring Mike Garson) |
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| 5:49 |
Total length: | 50:59 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Invisible" |
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| 3:11 |
2. | "All of You" |
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| 4:05 |
3. | "Give It All Up" (featuring Tove Lo) |
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| 5:07 |
4. | "Anniversary" |
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| 5:18 |
5. | "Future Past" |
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| 3:53 |
6. | "Velvet Newton" |
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| 2:40 |
7. | "Beautiful Lies" |
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| 3:36 |
8. | "Tonight United" |
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| 3:08 |
9. | "Wing" |
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| 5:19 |
10. | "Nothing Less[c]" |
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| 4:26 |
11. | "Laughing Boy" |
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| 4:55 |
12. | "Hammerhead[c]" (featuring Ivorian Doll) |
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| 3:34 |
13. | "Invocation" |
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| 2:08 |
14. | "More Joy!" (featuring Chai) |
| 3:39 | |
15. | "Falling" (featuring Mike Garson) |
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| 5:49 |
Total length: | 1:00:46 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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15. | "Five Years" |
| 4:45 | |
16. | "Falling" (featuring Mike Garson) |
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| 5:49 |
Total length: | 1:05:35 |
Notes
- ^a signifies vocal producer
- ^b signifies an assistant producer
- ^c These tracks are not included on vinyl version
Tour
On 15 March 2022, a 14-date North American tour to promote the album, as well as to celebrate the band's album Rio's 40th anniversary, was announced. The tour was to begin on 19 August 2022 in Welch, Minnesota and conclude on 11 September 2022 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. Due to inclement weather, the first show was postponed to a later date. Nile Rodgers and Chic served as the opening act. Rodgers was a major early influence to the band and has collaborated with Duran Duran at numerous points throughout the band’s history.
Shows
Date | City | Country | Venue | Opening act | |||||||||
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North America | |||||||||||||
20 August 2022 | Chicago | United States | United Center | Nile Rodgers & Chic | |||||||||
22 August 2022 | Toronto | Canada | Budweiser Stage | ||||||||||
23 August 2022 | Columbia | United States | Merriweather Post Pavilion | ||||||||||
25 August 2022 | New York City | Madison Square Garden | |||||||||||
26 August 2022 | Columbus | WonderBus Festival | N/A | ||||||||||
30 August 2022 | Fort Worth | Dickies Arena | Nile Rodgers & Chic | ||||||||||
1 September 2022 | Las Vegas | Encore Theatre at Wynn | None | ||||||||||
3 September 2022 | |||||||||||||
4 September 2022 | San Francisco | Chase Center | Nile Rodgers & Chic | ||||||||||
7 September 2022 | Phoenix | Footprint Center | |||||||||||
9 September 2022 | Los Angeles | Hollywood Bowl | |||||||||||
10 September 2022 | |||||||||||||
11 September 2022 |
Personnel
Duran Duran
- Simon Le Bon – vocals
- Nick Rhodes – keyboards, band photo
- John Taylor – bass
- Roger Taylor – drums
Additional musicians
- Barli – backing vocals
- Graham Coxon – guitar
- Joshua Blair – piano, programming (all tracks); string arrangement (1–3, 5–8), keyboards (3–8), guitar (6), additional keyboards, keyboards programming (9, 10, 12)
- Erol Alkan – programming (1, 9), synthesizer (1, 3), drum programming (2–5, 9, 10, 12), hand clap (2, 10), percussion, tambourine (2)
- Tove Lo – vocals (3)
- Giorgio Moroder – additional keyboards (6, 7)
- Saffron Le Bon – backing vocals (6, 7, 9, 10)
- Mark Ronson – guitar (8)
- Ivorian Doll – vocals (10)
- Chai – vocals (11)
- Mike Garson – piano (12)
Technical
- Wendy Laister – executive production
- John Webber – mastering
- Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing
- Joshua Blair – engineering, Pro Tools
- Austin Creek – engineering (12)
- Peter Karlsson – vocal engineering (3)
- Cory Bice – vocal engineering (3)
- Ritchie Kennedy – additional engineering (1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 10), engineering assistance (3)
- Tom Herbert – engineering assistance (1–5, 9, 10, 12)
- Ed Farrell – engineering assistance (1–5, 9, 10, 12)
- Matt Wolach – mixing assistance
- Benji Compston – production management
- Hannie Knox – production assistance
Design
- Rory McCartney – art direction
- Daisuke Yokota – cover art, photography
Charts
Chart (2021) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[15] | 16 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[16] | 9 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[17] | 16 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[18] | 6 |
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[19] | 53 |
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[20] | 39 |
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[21] | 12 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[22] | 9 |
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[23] | 21 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[24] | 8 |
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[25] | 29 |
Irish Albums (OCC)[26] | 23 |
Italian Albums (FIMI)[27] | 10 |
Japan Top Album sales (Billboard Japan)[28] | 51 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[29] | 35 |
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[30] | 6 |
Scottish Albums (OCC)[31] | 4 |
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[32] | 36 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[33] | 10 |
UK Albums (OCC)[34] | 3 |
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[35] | 1 |
US Billboard 200[36] | 28 |
References
- ^ Martoccio, Angie (31 August 2021). "Duran Duran Celebrate 40 Years on 'Anniversary'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "Duran Duran Team With Giorgio Moroder for New Single 'Tonight United'". Rolling Stone. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Future Past by Duran Duran". Metacritic. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2021). "Future Past - Duran Duran | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Murray, Robin (21 October 2021). "Duran Duran – Future Past | Reviews". Clash. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ Young, Martyn (22 October 2021). "Duran Duran - Future Past | Album Reviews". musicOMH. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ McCormick, Neil (22 October 2021). "Future Past, review: Duran Duran deliver plenty of throwback fun with 15th studio album". The Telegraph. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Brandle, Lars (19 May 2021). "Duran Duran Set 15th Album 'Future Past,' Drop 'Invisible': Stream It Now". Billboard. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ a b Pearis, Bill (18 May 2021). "Duran Duran announce new LP 'Future Past' feat. Lykke Li; Pre-order BV-exclusive lime green vinyl". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "Duran Duran – INVISIBLE (Official Music Video)". 19 May 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021 – via YouTube.
- ^ Legaspi, Althea (20 October 2021). "Duran Duran and Tove Lo 'Give It All Up' for You on New Song". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ Tannenbaum, Rob (20 October 2021). "It's still very, very good to be Duran Duran". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ Collis, Clark (20 October 2021). "The story behind the cover of Duran Duran's new album, Future Past". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "Duran Duran / デュラン・デュラン「FUTURE PAST / フューチャー・パスト」 | Warner Music Japan". ワーナーミュージック・ジャパン | Warner Music Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ "Australiancharts.com – Duran Duran – Future Past". Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "Austriancharts.at – Duran Duran – Future Past" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Duran Duran – Future Past" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Duran Duran – Future Past" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ "Billboard Canadian Albums Chart: November 6, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ "Czech Albums – Top 100". ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select 202143 on the field besides the word "Zobrazit", and then click over the word to retrieve the correct chart data. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "Danishcharts.dk – Duran Duran – Future Past". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Duran Duran – Future Past" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "Duran Duran: Future Past" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Duran Duran – Future Past" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2021. 43. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ "Official Irish Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "Italiancharts.com – Duran Duran – Future Past". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "Billboard Japan Hot Albums: 2021/11/03 公開". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ "Charts.nz – Duran Duran – Future Past". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "Portuguesecharts.com – Duran Duran – Future Past". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "Spanishcharts.com – Duran Duran – Future Past". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Duran Duran – Future Past". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "Billboard 200 Chart: November 6, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
External links
- Future Past at Discogs (list of releases)
- CS1 Japanese-language sources (ja)
- Use dmy dates from October 2021
- Use British English from October 2021
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- 2021 albums
- Albums produced by Erol Alkan
- Albums produced by Giorgio Moroder
- Albums produced by Mark Ronson
- BMG Rights Management albums
- Duran Duran albums