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Seven and the Ragged Tiger
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
Seven and the Ragged Tiger is Duran Duran's third studio album and was released on 21 November 1983. After the success of Rio, the band lived outside Britain for a year to avoid paying tax. Recording ran from April to October 1983 in France, the Caribbean and Australia, with Alex Sadkin, Ian Little and the band as producers. The sessions went badly: there was little new material and tensions in the group were rising.
It is a new wave and synth-pop record in which synthesizers set the tone. Singer Simon Le Bon described the album as an adventure story about a small commando team. It yielded three singles: Union of the Snake, New Moon on Monday and a remix of The Reflex by Nile Rodgers, which reached number one in Britain and the United States. Critics were at first unkind, but the album was a great success and was the last studio record with the original line-up until 2004.
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Track list
- 1The Reflex5:30Apple Music ↗
- 2New Moon On Monday4:15Apple Music ↗
- 3(I'm Looking For) Cracks In the Pavement3:39Apple Music ↗
- 4I Take the Dice3:18Apple Music ↗
- 5Of Crime and Passion3:52Apple Music ↗
- 6Union of the Snake4:20Apple Music ↗
- 7Shadows On Your Side4:01Apple Music ↗
- 8Tiger Tiger3:21Apple Music ↗
- 9The Seventh Stranger5:22Apple Music ↗
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