Night Versions: The Essential Duran Duran

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For the Soulwax album, see Nite Versions.
Night Versions: The Essential Duran Duran
Night Versions: The Essential Duran Duran cover
Remix album by Duran Duran
Released 31 March 1998
Genre New Wave
Length 70:30
Label EMI
Producer Duran Duran and various
Professional reviews
Duran Duran chronology
Medazzaland
(1997)		 Night Versions
(1998)		 Greatest
(1998)

Night Versions: The Essential Duran Duran is a compilation album of remixes by Duran Duran. From the very beginning of their career, the band had dubbed the extended dance remixes of their songs "night versions", as they were intended for play in nightclubs.

Unlike many of their contemporaries, Duran Duran didn't just extend the intro or loop the bridge section of a song to pad out a dance track for a 12-inch single. As Allmusic explained, "According to Nick Rhodes' liner notes, they recorded extended versions of their singles to be used in night clubs. Rather than have the master tapes cut and taped into remixes, Duran Duran went back into the studio and recorded longer versions of the songs with more instrumental breaks."

The collection had been in the works for some time, but it was released by Capitol/EMI in April 1998, about the same time that Duran Duran was dismissed from the record label after an eighteen year history. EMI was quick to start mining the band's back catalogue; Night Versions was followed seven months later by the greatest hits collection Greatest, and by another remix collection Strange Behaviour four months after that.

Similar to other releases in Capitol's "Essential" range, this disc was only commercially available for 6 months from the time of release. This may account for the inflated value of the disc, considering all the material and more was released on the latter Strange Behaviour collection. It has given influence not only in title but also to its concept to the album Nite Versions by soulwax.

The Music

The collection includes all of the singles released between 1981 and 1984, and two album tracks. The majority of the songs are on the main audio disc.

Also included is a separate enhanced CD containing a bonus mix of "New Moon on Monday". To unlock the disc and enjoy the enhanced content, users were required to visit the DuranDuran.com official website. The process was difficult and error-prone, and did not function at all with many Apple Macintosh computers, and the reward was minimal: the audio quality of "New Moon On Monday" wasn't exceptional, and the promised video content turned out to be a slow-moving collage of album and single covers.

Track listing

CD One:

  1. "Planet Earth (Night Version)" – 6:16
  2. "Girls on Film (Night Version)" – 5:27
  3. "My Own Way (Night Version)" – 6:34
  4. "Hungry Like the Wolf (Night Version)" – 5:14
  5. "Rio (12" Dance Version)" – 6:42
  6. "New Religion (Night Version)" – 5:14
  7. "Hold Back the Rain (Remix)" Carnival version] – 7:00
  8. "Is There Something I Should Know? (Monster Mix)" – 6:40
  9. "Union of the Snake (Monkey Mix)" – 6:23
  10. "The Reflex (Dance Mix)" – 6:34
  11. "The Wild Boys (Wilder Than Wild Boys Extended Mix)" – 8:00

CD Two:

  1. "New Moon on Monday (Extended Mix)" – 6:00


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Duran Duran
Simon Le Bon • Nick Rhodes • John Taylor • Roger Taylor
Andy Taylor • Warren Cuccurullo • Sterling Campbell
Albums
Compilations,
EPs and remixes
Singles
"Planet Earth" • "Careless Memories" • "Girls on Film" • "My Own Way" • "Hungry Like the Wolf" • "Save a Prayer" • "Rio" • "Is There Something I Should Know?" • "Union of the Snake" • "New Moon on Monday" • "The Reflex" • "The Wild Boys" • "A View to a Kill" • "Notorious" • "Skin Trade" • ""Meet El Presidente"" • "I Don't Want Your Love" • "All She Wants Is" • "Do You Believe in Shame?" • "Burning the Ground" • "Violence of Summer (Love's Taking Over)" • "Serious" • "Ordinary World" • "Come Undone" • "Too Much Information" • "Perfect Day" • "White Lines" • "Out of My Mind" • "Electric Barbarella" • "Someone Else Not Me" • "(Reach Up for The) Sunrise" • "What Happens Tomorrow" • "Nice" • "Falling Down"
Videos
Duran Duran Video 45 • Duran Duran • Dancing on the Valentine • Sing Blue Silver • Arena (An Absurd Notion) • The Making of Arena • Three to Get Ready • Working for the Skin Trade • 6ix by 3hree • Decade: Greatest Hits • Extraordinary World • Greatest • Live from London
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