Future Past (Duran Duran album) - Composition

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Future Past is the fifteenth studio album by the British band Duran Duran, released on 22 October 2021. It is the band's first album to be released through BMG, and their first since 2015's Paper Gods six years prior.[8][9]

Future Past

Studio album by

Duran Duran

Released

22 October 2021

Length

50:59

Label

BMG
Tape Modern

Producer

Erol Alkan
Joshua Blair
Duran Duran
Kaz Haga
Peter Karlsson
Hannie Knox
Mathieu Kranich
Giorgio Moroder

Duran Duran chronology

Paper Gods
(2015)

Future Past
(2021)

Singles from Future Past

"Invisible"
Released: 19 May 2021
"More Joy!"
Released: 5 August 2021
"Anniversary"
Released: 31 August 2021[1]
"Tonight United"
Released: 24 September 2021[2]
"Give It All Up"
Released: 20 October 2021
"Laughing Boy"
Released: 9 February 2022

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Clash	7/10[5]
musicOMH	[6]
The Telegraph	[7]
Uncut	[3]

The album, co-produced by the band alongside Mark Ronson, Giorgio Moroder and Erol Alkan, also features guest appearances by Tove Lo, Ivorian Doll, Japanese band Chai, and Mike Garson. Blur's Graham Coxon is the guitarist on the album.[9]

The band released the album's first single "Invisible" on 19 May 2021.[10] The tracks "More Joy!" featuring Chai, "Anniversary", "Tonight United" and "Give It All Up" featuring Lo were also released in advance of the album.[11]

Background and content

John Taylor described Future Past as a "very emotionally deep album", revealing that the lyrics were primarily written before 2020's COVID-19 lockdowns: "Many of the songs are about emotional crises, or long-term intimacy issues, let's call them. When we came back after lockdown, I felt that those lyrics, particularly 'Invisible,' spoke to the moment, because the last 18 months have really been about intimacy politics."[12]

Cover art

The cover is a colourised and combined image of two black-and-white pictures by Japanese photographer Daisuke Yokota. Nick Rhodes met Yokota in 2017 while researching for a documentary about Japanese photographers. The album's art director Rory McCartney laid the images over the top of one another, creating the effect of a stationary silhouette in red with another silhouette in green moving beyond it, which resonated with McCartney.[13]

Track listing

*Future Past* – Standard edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Invisible"	Simon Le Bon John Taylor Roger Taylor Nick Rhodes Erol Alkan	Duran Duran Alkan	3:11
2.	"All of You"	Le Bon J. Taylor R. Taylor Rhodes Graham Coxon	Duran Duran Alkan	4:05
3.	"Give It All Up" (featuring Tove Lo)	Le Bon J. Taylor R. Taylor Rhodes Coxon Alkan Tove Lo	Duran Duran Alkan Peter Karlsson^[a]	5:07
4.	"Anniversary"	Le Bon J. Taylor R. Taylor Rhodes Coxon Alkan	Duran Duran Alkan	5:18
5.	"Future Past"	Le Bon J. Taylor R. Taylor Rhodes Coxon Alkan	Duran Duran Alkan	3:52
6.	"Beautiful Lies"	Le Bon J. Taylor R. Taylor Rhodes Giorgio Moroder	Duran Duran Moroder Joshua Blair^[a]	3:36
7.	"Tonight United"	Le Bon J. Taylor R. Taylor Rhodes Moroder	Duran Duran Moroder Blair^[a]	3:07
8.	"Wing"	Le Bon J. Taylor R. Taylor Rhodes Coxon Mark Ronson	Duran Duran Blair	5:19
9.	"Nothing Less^[c]"	Le Bon J. Taylor R. Taylor Rhodes Alkan	Duran Duran Alkan	4:25
10.	"Hammerhead^[c]" (featuring Ivorian Doll)	Le Bon J. Taylor R. Taylor Rhodes Alkan Vanessa Mahi Lei Jennings Christopher Layton	Duran Duran Alkan	3:33
11.	"More Joy!" (featuring Chai)	Le Bon J. Taylor R. Taylor Rhodes Coxon Alkan	Duran Duran Alkan Kaz Haga^[b] Mathieu Kranich^[b] Hannie Knox^[b]	3:39
12.	"Falling" (featuring Mike Garson)	Le Bon J. Taylor R. Taylor Rhodes	Duran Duran Alkan	5:49
Total length:				50:59

*Future Past* – Deluxe edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Invisible"	Le Bon J. Taylor R. Taylor Rhodes Alkan	Duran Duran Alkan	3:11
2.	"All of You"	Le Bon J. Taylor R. Taylor Rhodes Coxon	Duran Duran Alkan	4:05
3.	"Give It All Up" (featuring Tove Lo)	Le Bon J. Taylor R. Taylor Rhodes Coxon Alkan Tove Lo	Duran Duran Alkan Karlsson^[a]	5:07
4.	"Anniversary"	Le Bon J. Taylor R. Taylor Rhodes Coxon Alkan	Duran Duran Alkan	5:18
5.	"Future Past"	Le Bon J. Taylor R. Taylor Rhodes Coxon Alkan	Duran Duran Alkan	3:53
6.	"Velvet Newton"	Le Bon J. Taylor R. Taylor Rhodes Coxon	Duran Duran Alkan	2:40
7.	"Beautiful Lies"	Le Bon J. Taylor R. Taylor Rhodes Moroder	Duran Duran Moroder Blair^[a]	3:36
8.	"Tonight United"	Le Bon J. Taylor R. Taylor Rhodes Moroder	Duran Duran Moroder Blair^[a]	3:08
9.	"Wing"	Le Bon J. Taylor R. Taylor Rhodes Coxon Ronson	Duran Duran Blair	5:19
10.	"Nothing Less^[c]"	Le Bon J. Taylor R. Taylor Rhodes Alkan	Duran Duran Alkan	4:26
11.	"Laughing Boy"	Le Bon J. Taylor R. Taylor Rhodes Coxon	Duran Duran Alkan	4:55
12.	"Hammerhead^[c]" (featuring Ivorian Doll)	Le Bon J. Taylor R. Taylor Rhodes Alkan Mahi Jennings Layton	Duran Duran Alkan	3:34
13.	"Invocation"	Le Bon J. Taylor R. Taylor Rhodes Coxon Alkan	Duran Duran Alkan	2:08
14.	"More Joy!" (featuring Chai)	Le Bon J. Taylor R. Taylor Rhodes Coxon Alkan	Duran Duran Alkan Haga^[b] Kranich^[b] Knox^[b]	3:39
15.	"Falling" (featuring Mike Garson)	Le Bon J. Taylor R. Taylor Rhodes	Duran Duran Alkan	5:49
Total length:				1:00:46

Japanese edition bonus tracks[14]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
15.	"Five Years"	David Bowie	Bowie Ken Scott	4:45
16.	"Falling" (featuring Mike Garson)	Le Bon J. Taylor R. Taylor Rhodes	Duran Duran Alkan	5:49
Total length:				1:05:35

Notes

^a signifies vocal producer
^b signifies an assistant producer
^c These tracks are not included on vinyl version

Tour

On 15 March 2022, a 14-date North American tour to promote the album, as well as to celebrate the band's album Rio's 40th anniversary, was announced. The tour was to begin on 19 August 2022 in Welch, Minnesota and conclude on 11 September 2022 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. Due to inclement weather, the first show was postponed to a later date. Nile Rodgers and Chic served as the opening act. Rodgers was a major early influence to the band and has collaborated with Duran Duran at numerous points throughout the band’s history.

Shows

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening act
North America
20 August 2022	Chicago	United States	United Center	Nile Rodgers & Chic
22 August 2022	Toronto	Canada	Budweiser Stage
23 August 2022	Columbia	United States	Merriweather Post Pavilion
25 August 2022	New York City		Madison Square Garden
26 August 2022	Columbus		WonderBus Festival	N/A
30 August 2022	Fort Worth		Dickies Arena	Nile Rodgers & Chic
1 September 2022	Las Vegas		Encore Theatre at Wynn	None
3 September 2022	Las Vegas		Encore Theatre at Wynn	None
4 September 2022	San Francisco		Chase Center	Nile Rodgers & Chic
7 September 2022	Phoenix		Footprint Center
9 September 2022	Los Angeles		Hollywood Bowl
10 September 2022
11 September 2022

Personnel

Duran Duran

Simon Le Bon – vocals
Nick Rhodes – keyboards, band photo
John Taylor – bass
Roger Taylor – drums

Additional musicians

Barli – backing vocals
Graham Coxon – guitar
Joshua Blair – piano, programming (all tracks); string arrangement (1–3, 5–8), keyboards (3–8), guitar (6), additional keyboards, keyboards programming (9, 10, 12)
Erol Alkan – programming (1, 9), synthesizer (1, 3), drum programming (2–5, 9, 10, 12), hand clap (2, 10), percussion, tambourine (2)
Tove Lo – vocals (3)
Giorgio Moroder – additional keyboards (6, 7)
Saffron Le Bon – backing vocals (6, 7, 9, 10)
Mark Ronson – guitar (8)
Ivorian Doll – vocals (10)
Chai – vocals (11)
Mike Garson – piano (12)

Technical

Wendy Laister – executive production
John Webber – mastering
Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing
Joshua Blair – engineering, Pro Tools
Austin Creek – engineering (12)
Peter Karlsson – vocal engineering (3)
Cory Bice – vocal engineering (3)
Ritchie Kennedy – additional engineering (1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 10), engineering assistance (3)
Tom Herbert – engineering assistance (1–5, 9, 10, 12)
Ed Farrell – engineering assistance (1–5, 9, 10, 12)
Matt Wolach – mixing assistance
Benji Compston – production management
Hannie Knox – production assistance

Design

Rory McCartney – art direction
Daisuke Yokota – cover art, photography

Charts

Chart performance for *Future Past*
Chart (2021)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[15]	16
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[16]	9
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[17]	16
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[18]	6
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[19]	53
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[20]	39
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[21]	12
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[22]	9
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[23]	21
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[24]	8
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[25]	29
Irish Albums (OCC)[26]	23
Italian Albums (FIMI)[27]	10
Japan Top Album sales (Billboard Japan)[28]	51
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[29]	35
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[30]	6
Scottish Albums (OCC)[31]	4
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[32]	36
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[33]	10
UK Albums (OCC)[34]	3
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[35]	1
US Billboard 200[36]	28

References

Martoccio, Angie (31 August 2021). "Duran Duran Celebrate 40 Years on 'Anniversary'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
"Duran Duran Team With Giorgio Moroder for New Single 'Tonight United'". Rolling Stone. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
"Future Past by Duran Duran". Metacritic. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2021). "Future Past - Duran Duran | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
Murray, Robin (21 October 2021). "Duran Duran – Future Past | Reviews". Clash. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
Young, Martyn (22 October 2021). "Duran Duran - Future Past | Album Reviews". musicOMH. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
McCormick, Neil (22 October 2021). "Future Past, review: Duran Duran deliver plenty of throwback fun with 15th studio album". The Telegraph. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
Brandle, Lars (19 May 2021). "Duran Duran Set 15th Album 'Future Past,' Drop 'Invisible': Stream It Now". Billboard. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
Pearis, Bill (18 May 2021). "Duran Duran announce new LP 'Future Past' feat. Lykke Li; Pre-order BV-exclusive lime green vinyl". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
"Duran Duran – INVISIBLE (Official Music Video)". 19 May 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021 – via YouTube.
Legaspi, Althea (20 October 2021). "Duran Duran and Tove Lo 'Give It All Up' for You on New Song". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
Tannenbaum, Rob (20 October 2021). "It's still very, very good to be Duran Duran". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
Collis, Clark (20 October 2021). "The story behind the cover of Duran Duran's new album, Future Past". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
"Duran Duran / デュラン・デュラン「FUTURE PAST / フューチャー・パスト」 | Warner Music Japan". ワーナーミュージック・ジャパン | Warner Music Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 February 2022.
"Australiancharts.com – Duran Duran – Future Past". Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
"Austriancharts.at – Duran Duran – Future Past" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
"Ultratop.be – Duran Duran – Future Past" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
"Ultratop.be – Duran Duran – Future Past" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
"Billboard Canadian Albums Chart: November 6, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
"Czech Albums – Top 100". ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select 202143 on the field besides the word "Zobrazit", and then click over the word to retrieve the correct chart data. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
"Danishcharts.dk – Duran Duran – Future Past". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
"Dutchcharts.nl – Duran Duran – Future Past" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
"Duran Duran: Future Past" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
"Offiziellecharts.de – Duran Duran – Future Past" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
"Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2021. 43. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
"Official Irish Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
"Italiancharts.com – Duran Duran – Future Past". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
"Billboard Japan Hot Albums: 2021/11/03 公開". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 November 2021.
"Charts.nz – Duran Duran – Future Past". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
"Portuguesecharts.com – Duran Duran – Future Past". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
"Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
"Spanishcharts.com – Duran Duran – Future Past". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
"Swisscharts.com – Duran Duran – Future Past". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
"Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
"Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
"Billboard 200 Chart: November 6, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved 2 November 2021.

External links

Future Past at Discogs (list of releases)

v t e Duran Duran
Nick Rhodes John Taylor Roger Taylor Simon Le Bon Stephen Duffy Simon Colley Andy Wickett Alan Curtis Jeff Thomas Andy Taylor Warren Cuccurullo Sterling Campbell
Studio albums	Duran Duran Rio Seven and the Ragged Tiger Notorious Big Thing Liberty Duran Duran (The Wedding Album) Thank You Medazzaland Pop Trash Astronaut Red Carpet Massacre All You Need Is Now Paper Gods Future Past
Live albums	Arena Live at Hammersmith '82! A Diamond in the Mind: Live 2011
Compilations, EPs and remixes	Carnival Master Mixes Decade Greatest Night Versions: The Essential Duran Duran Strange Behaviour Singles Box Set 1981–1985 The Singles 1986–1995 The Essential Collection From Mediterranea with Love
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"
Videography	Duran Duran Video 45 Duran Duran Dancing on the Valentine Sing Blue Silver Arena (An Absurd Notion) 6ix by 3hree Decade Greatest Live from London Live at Hammersmith '82! A Diamond in the Mind: Live 2011
Related artists	Arcadia Neurotic Outsiders The Devils The Power Station Swahili Blonde TV Mania John Frusciante Dominic Brown
Related articles	Discography Awards and nominations Reportage Tours All You Need Is Now Paper Gods on Tour Duran Duran's charity concert at Villa Park 1983 Drum Eilean Yasmin Le Bon Amber Le Bon

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Future Past è il quindicesimo album in studio del gruppo musicale britannico Duran Duran, pubblicato il 22 ottobre 2021. È il primo album della band ad essere pubblicato dalla BMG.[2][3] Future Past arrivò al 3º posto delle classifiche.

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