This week marks the UK release of Duran Duran On Track. To celebrate, the focus turns to the band's 40th anniversary album, Future Past, which graces the back cover of the book.
The front cover of Duran Duran’s entry in the On Track series features four of the band’s albums: Rio, Seven And The Ragged Tiger, The Wedding Album and Paper Gods.
The release of Future Past in 2021 heralded a new era for the band. The album received glowing reviews upon release and hit number 3 on the UK charts, and an induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame followed the next year. Most surprisingly, the album has exposed a younger audience to Duran Duran, thanks to the LP's first single, which became a streaming smash years later after being used in TikTok edits among gamers.
“Invisible” is a strong pop-funk track, but the album includes other sublime moments: the effervescent “All Of You,” the celebratory single “Anniversary” and the dark ballad “Wing” among them. In addition to “Invisible” and its sleeper success, Future Past held further surprises, including the bubbly “More Joy!” and the harder-hitting “Hammerhead.”
Duran Duran have found room in their hit-packed setlist for “Invisible” after fans of the games Metal Gear Solid, Fortnite and Death Stranding 2 (Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima's new game) propelled the song into the band's top 10 most popular tracks of all time on Spotify. And it keeps gaining ground.
New fans who want to learn more about the band and their catalog as well as longtime Duranies should find something for them in Duran Duran On Track (Sonicbond Publishing). The book is available now in the UK and will be released September 26 in the US.
Check out Linktree for preorder links. The book can also be ordered from many other major retailers.