29/04/2026
Duran Duran’s 1990s album Duran Duran aka ‘The Wedding Album‘ and Thank You are to be reissued in April on vinyl for the first time since their original release.
The albums follow BMG’s recent extras-free vinyl pressings of Duran’s albums released after they left EMI, from 1997’s Medazzaland to All You Need Is Now from 2011. With Big Thing reissued on vinyl in 2024, it leaves 1990’s Liberty as the only Duran Duran album not to have been repressed on vinyl this century.
Given the limited nature of their 90s pressings, The Wedding Album and Thank You both fetch three-figure sums for original vinyl pressings. This is despite the two records being squashed onto single LP editions at the time, even though The Wedding Album has a 63-minute runtime and covers set Thank You lasts 54 minutes. The new pressings, on Warner, are both 2LP sets, on black vinyl.
Released in 1993, ‘The Wedding Album‘ revived Duran’s commercial fortunes. Featuring the hits ‘Ordinary World‘ and ‘Come Undone‘, it reached No 4 in the UK – their first Top Five album since Seven And The Ragged Tiger a decade earlier – and No 7 in the US, Duran’s best chart peak Stateside since Rio had reached No 6 in 1982.
Despite being eponymous, the album’s unofficial name (which stuck almost immediately) is derived from its artwork, featuring photos of the weddings of the parents of Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor and Warren Cuccurullo.
Two years after Duran Duran (The Wedding Album), 1995’s Thank You was the last album Duran Duran released on their original record label, EMI. Featuring covers of Sly And The Family Stone, Public Enemy, The Doors, Led Zeppelin and Iggy Pop among others, it reached No 12 in the UK and No 19 in the US. Its singles – versions of Lou Reed’s ‘Perfect Day’ and Melle Mel’s ‘White Lines’, were Top 30 hits in the UK. The latter remains a regular in Duran’s live show.
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DURAN DURAN
Duran Duran (reissue) (2xLP)
Parlophone
Cat: 505419 7915512. Rel: 10 Apr 26
Mint/Mint P3,400
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DURAN DURAN
Thank You (reissue) (2xLP)
Parlophone
Cat: 505419 7915543. Rel: 10 Apr 26
Mint/Mint P3,500
