Red Carpet Massacre

在Andy选择再度退团后，四人组的杜兰杜兰问世第13张录音室作品《Red Carpet Massacre》。由超级制作人提姆巴兰(小野猫、蜜西艾莉特)以及偶像型男贾斯汀联手制作/合唱的"Nite-Runner"，让杜兰杜兰最拿手的Synth-Pop再升级，依旧建构电子合成乐的铺陈，更为时尚新潮的牵引炫丽电子摇滚线条；首波主攻"Falling Down"，请到贾斯汀全权操刀，以舒缓动人吉他播弦拉出序幕，随后灌入讨喜流畅中板摇滚节拍，多出大量的吉他SOLO部分，更在曲末精采呈现；复古Disco Funk的"Skin Divers"以及通入超级电流的"Tempted"，皆是适合舞场炒热气氛的推荐作；玛丽亚凯莉、玛丹娜、妮莉费塔朵等人畅销作品的幕后推手Nate Hills a.k.a. Danja助阵之同名曲"Red Carpet Massacre"和"Last Man Standing"，一再突显杜兰杜兰勇于突破创新的企图，在每个阶段与不同制作小组合作，脑力激荡延展出所有音乐的可能性，这场世代的交手绝对盛况可期！ While Duran Duran have worked steadily since their 1993 comeback, The Wedding Album, they haven't always sounded as stylish and creatively tuned-in as they do on 2007's Red Carpet Massacre. Perhaps it's because there hasn't always been a definitive sound for the band to catch onto in the way that adult alternative informed the mature aesthetic of The Wedding Album. Interestingly, rather than go for the sound of more obvious neo-new wave bands like the Killers, Red Carpet Massacre finds the original lineup of vocalist Simon LeBon, keyboardist Nick Rhodes, bassist John Taylor, and drummer Roger Taylor -- guitarist Andy Taylor left prior to recording -- hooking up with modern dance-pop producers Danjahandz and Timbaland for a sound that at once returns the band to its edgy, club-oriented roots while also updating its sound to fit in on the radio next to such contemporary Timbaland-helmed acts as Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado. In fact, Timberlake even co-wrote and produced the very "FutureSex/LoveSounds"-ish ballad "Falling Down." These are darkly atmospheric, pulsating tracks that make the most of Duran Duran's longstanding knack for moody, somewhat cheeky dance-rock. To theses ends, dark disco cuts like "Nite-Runner" and "Skin Divers," with their dominatrix whip beats, high-pitched choruses, and obligatory Timbaland raps, are both deliciously hedonistic and crisply appointed electro-soul numbers. Similarly, tracks like the synth-driven title cut and the angular and oddly funky "Zoom In" come as close as the band has been in years to re-creating its own glamorous and neon-coated '80s aesthetic.