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For other albums titled Decade, see decade (disambiguation).
Decade – Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by Duran Duran, released on November 15, 1989 (see 1989 in music).

The remix single "Burning The Ground" was released to radio to promote this album; it was created by producer John Jones mixing snippets of the band's biggest hits from the previous decade into a new piece of music. However, it wasn't included on the Decade album, and the CD single, released only in the UK, was only pressed up in a batch of 2,000 making it one of the more valuable Duran Duran rarities.

On a whole, the Decade album acted more as a mixed tape of Duran hits, as opposed to an essential album. It cherry picked hits from all the albums and presented them in mixes that were popular and mainstream among the public. Hence, you get the Nile Rodgers edit of "The Reflex" and the radio edits of "Notorious" and "Skin Trade".

Curiously, the album (probably due to time contraints) left off one single from each album: "Careless Memories", "My Own Way", "New Moon On Monday", "Meet El Presidente" and "Do You Believe In Shame?". Again, these were probably left off of because Decade was used to drum up mainstream interest in the band, being a "greatest hits" compilation.

Track listing

  1. "Planet Earth" (4:07)
  2. "Girls on Film" (3:30)
  3. "Hungry Like the Wolf" (3:25)
  4. "Rio" (5:38)
  5. "Save a Prayer" (5:33)
  6. "Is There Something I Should Know?" (4:05)
  7. "Union of the Snake" (4:20)
  8. "The Reflex [Single Mix]" (4:25)
  9. "Wild Boys" (4:16)
  10. "A View to a Kill" (3:35)
  11. "Notorious [Edit]" (3:58)
  12. "Skin Trade [Radio Cut]" (4:25)
  13. "I Don't Want Your Love [Shep Pettibone 7" Remix]" (3:47)
  14. "All She Wants Is" (4:36)

Personnel

Charts

AlbumBillboard (North America)
Year Chart Position
1989 The Billboard 200 67

Duran Duran
Simon Le Bon | Nick Rhodes | Andy Taylor | John Taylor | Roger Taylor
Warren Cuccurullo | Sterling Campbell
Discography
Albums and extended plays: Duran Duran | Rio | Carnival | Seven and the Ragged Tiger | Arena | Notorious | Big Thing | Liberty | Duran Duran (The Wedding Album) | Thank You | Medazzaland | Pop Trash | Astronaut
Compilations and remix albums: ' | Greatest | ' | Strange Behaviour | Singles Box Set 1981-1985 | Singles Box Set 1986-1995
Singles: "Planet Earth" | "Careless Memories" | "Girls on Film" | "My Own Way" | "Hungry Like the Wolf" | "Rio" | "Save A Prayer" | "Is There Something I Should Know?" | "Union of the Snake" | "New Moon on Monday" | "The Reflex" | "The Wild Boys" | "A View to a Kill" | "Notorious" | "Skin Trade" | "Meet El Presidente" | "I Don't Want Your Love" | "All She Wants is" | "Do You Believe In Shame?" | "Burning The Ground" | "Violence of Summer" | "Serious" | "Ordinary World" | "Come Undone" | "Too Much Information" | "Drowning Man" | "Perfect Day" | "White Lines" | "Out Of My Mind" | "Electric Barbarella" | "Someone Else, Not Me" | "(Reach Up For The) Sunrise" | "What Happens Tomorrow" |

 


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