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Medazzaland in Franklin, TN
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Medazzaland in Franklin, TN
Current price: $15.99
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The monumental embarrassment of their covers album,
Thank You
, derailed
Duran Duran
's impressive early-'90s comeback and its successor, the clumsily named
Medazzaland
, finds the group trying regain lost territory.
John Taylor
left the group early in the recording of
, leaving
Simon LeBon
and
Nick Rhodes
as the only surviving original members. With former
Missing Persons
member
Warren Cuccurullo
assisting on guitar, bass, and production,
LeBon
Rhodes
decide to update their basic
new romantic
dance-pop
to include
industrial
,
Brit-pop
, and
ambient
flourishes. Ironically, all this window dressing merely emphasizes that
are at their best when they concentrate on straight-ahead
and balladry, not when they try to be hip. Unfortunately, for most of
, the group tries to stay hip and contemporary, and ultimately that's what prevents the album from offering enough pleasure. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Thank You
, derailed
Duran Duran
's impressive early-'90s comeback and its successor, the clumsily named
Medazzaland
, finds the group trying regain lost territory.
John Taylor
left the group early in the recording of
, leaving
Simon LeBon
and
Nick Rhodes
as the only surviving original members. With former
Missing Persons
member
Warren Cuccurullo
assisting on guitar, bass, and production,
LeBon
Rhodes
decide to update their basic
new romantic
dance-pop
to include
industrial
,
Brit-pop
, and
ambient
flourishes. Ironically, all this window dressing merely emphasizes that
are at their best when they concentrate on straight-ahead
and balladry, not when they try to be hip. Unfortunately, for most of
, the group tries to stay hip and contemporary, and ultimately that's what prevents the album from offering enough pleasure. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
The monumental embarrassment of their covers album,
Thank You
, derailed
Duran Duran
's impressive early-'90s comeback and its successor, the clumsily named
Medazzaland
, finds the group trying regain lost territory.
John Taylor
left the group early in the recording of
, leaving
Simon LeBon
and
Nick Rhodes
as the only surviving original members. With former
Missing Persons
member
Warren Cuccurullo
assisting on guitar, bass, and production,
LeBon
Rhodes
decide to update their basic
new romantic
dance-pop
to include
industrial
,
Brit-pop
, and
ambient
flourishes. Ironically, all this window dressing merely emphasizes that
are at their best when they concentrate on straight-ahead
and balladry, not when they try to be hip. Unfortunately, for most of
, the group tries to stay hip and contemporary, and ultimately that's what prevents the album from offering enough pleasure. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Thank You
, derailed
Duran Duran
's impressive early-'90s comeback and its successor, the clumsily named
Medazzaland
, finds the group trying regain lost territory.
John Taylor
left the group early in the recording of
, leaving
Simon LeBon
and
Nick Rhodes
as the only surviving original members. With former
Missing Persons
member
Warren Cuccurullo
assisting on guitar, bass, and production,
LeBon
Rhodes
decide to update their basic
new romantic
dance-pop
to include
industrial
,
Brit-pop
, and
ambient
flourishes. Ironically, all this window dressing merely emphasizes that
are at their best when they concentrate on straight-ahead
and balladry, not when they try to be hip. Unfortunately, for most of
, the group tries to stay hip and contemporary, and ultimately that's what prevents the album from offering enough pleasure. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine