The new Duran Duran album ‘Paper Gods’ is the highest charting Duran Duran album is ‘Arena’ in 1984.
Duran Duran only really impacted in the Australian chart with their first four albums. The biggest, the second album ‘Rio’, reached no 1 in 1982.
‘Paper Gods’ debuted this week at no 19 on the ARIA Album chart. The last Duran Duran album ‘All You Need Is Now’ peaked at 79.
Duran Duran Australian chart peaks
Duran Duran (no 9, 1981)
Rio (no 1, 1982)
Seven and the Ragged Tiger (no 2, 1983)
Arena (no 8, 1984)
Notorious (no 30, 1986)
Big Thing (no 46, 1988)
Decade (no 89, 1989)
Liberty (no 56, 1990)
The Wedding Album (no 20, 1993)
Thank You (no 63, 1995)
Medazzaland (did not chart, 1997)
Greatest (no 82, 1998)
Pop Trash (did not chart, 2000)
Astronaut (no 22, 2004)
Red Carpet Massacre (no 69, 2007)
All You Need Is Now (no 79, 2011)
Paper Gods (no 19, 2015)
The new ‘Paper Gods’ album reunites Duran Duran with producer Nile Rodgers, who worked with the band on ‘The Wild Boys’, the studio track from the live album ‘Arena’ and on the 1986 ‘Notorious’ album.
‘Paper Gods’ also features Mr Hudson, Mark Ronson, Janelle Monae, Lindsay Lohan and John Frusciante.
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