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<i>Future Past</i> (Duran Duran album)

Future Past (Duran Duran album)

2021 studio album by Duran Duran


Future Past is the fifteenth studio album by English rock 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]

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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 Tove 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

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Notes

  • ^a signifies vocal producer
  • ^b signifies an assistant producer
  • ^c These tracks are not included on vinyl version

Personnel

Duran Duran

Additional musicians

  • Barli – backing vocals
  • Graham Coxon – guitars
  • Joshua Blair – piano, programming (all tracks); string arrangement (1–3, 5–8), keyboards (3–8), guitars (6), additional keyboards, keyboards programming (9, 10, 12)
  • Erol Alkan – programming (1, 9), synthesizers (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 – guitars (8)
  • Ivorian Doll – vocals (10)
  • Chai – vocals (11)
  • Mike Garson – piano (12)

Technical

  • Wendy Laister – executive production
  • John Webber – mastering
  • Mark "Spike" Stentmixing
  • 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
  • Nick Rhodes – band photo

Charts

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References

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  2. "Duran Duran Team With Giorgio Moroder for New Single 'Tonight United'". Rolling Stone. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
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  4. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2021). "Future Past - Duran Duran | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  5. Murray, Robin (21 October 2021). "Duran Duran – Future Past | Reviews". Clash. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  6. Young, Martyn (22 October 2021). "Duran Duran - Future Past | Album Reviews". musicOMH. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  7. Brandle, Lars (19 May 2021). "Duran Duran Set 15th Album 'Future Past,' Drop 'Invisible': Stream It Now". Billboard. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  8. "Duran Duran – INVISIBLE (Official Music Video)". 19 May 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021 via YouTube.
  9. 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.
  10. Tannenbaum, Rob (20 October 2021). "It's still very, very good to be Duran Duran". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  11. Collis, Clark (20 October 2021). "The story behind the cover of Duran Duran's new album, Future Past". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  12. "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.
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