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Been having a Duran Duran kind of day so far, which is a good thing! :)

 First off, I absolutely dig the vintage sound of their newest album All You Need Is Now. Apparently when they went into the studio with Grammy Award-winning producer Mark Ronson (a huge force behind this brand new release!) they were aiming for a kind of sequel to 1982's Rio.

What we get instead (as all music suggests) is more of a follow-up to 1983's Seven And The Ragged Tiger. Missing on the newest album is Andy Taylor, but luckily the new album doesn't suffer for it.

 All of the songs are pretty darn good, but stand-outs include: "Blame the Machines," "Leave a Light On," "Girl Panic!" (love that exclamation point!) and "Too Bad You're So Beautiful."

from Wikipedia:

Critical reception

[hide] Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMediaNY	[4]
The Boston Globe	[5]
The Buffalo News	(Positive)[6]
The Daily Mail	[7]
Consequence of Sound	[8]
Idaho Statesman	[9]
Metromix	[10]
The Music Cycle	[11]
Newsday	(B)[12]
PopMatters	[13]
Prefix Magazine	[14]
Rolling Stone	[15]

Also of note:
this amazing cover of the classic and
lovely DD song: "Come Undone"
by the Icelandic duo MoR...
it's just gorgeous!!!