DURAN DURAN's eponymous debut album was originally released in 1981. The album charted at no. 3 in the UK (27 June 1981) and remained in the charts for 18 weeks. It was later re-issued in 1983 with different artwork – targeting the US market where it reached no. 10 in the US Charts and remained there for 87 weeks! It featured the three singles "Planet Earth" (UK #12), "Careless Memories" (UK #37) and "Girls on Film" (UK #5).
This double disc re-issue features the original album plus B-sides to all the singles on disc one, plus lots of previously unreleased material on disc two, including the AIR Studios versions, the Manchester Square Demos, BBC Radio 1 Peter Powell session and Night Versions of "Planet Earth" and "Girls on Film".
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