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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Sin Of The City" refers to the Happy Land fire in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity on March 25, 1990 that killed 87 people (although the song lyrics say 89 were killed).

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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Real Life Writes The Song]]: "Sin Of The City" refers to the Happy Land fire in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity on March 25, 1990 that killed 87 people (although the song lyrics say 89 were killed).
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* {{Landlord}}: A rather shady one in "Sin Of The City" is mentioned as having "six thousand code violations."
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* CoverVersion: "Femme Fatale" from ''Music/TheVelvetUndergroundAndNico'' by Music/TheVelvetUnderground.

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* CoverVersion: "Femme Fatale" from ''Music/TheVelvetUndergroundAndNico'' by Music/TheVelvetUnderground.Music/VelvetUnderground.

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* [[AlbumCoverDesigners Album Cover Designer]]: Nick Egan.



* CoverVersion: "Femme Fatale" from Music/LouReed and the Velvet Underground.

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* CoverVersion: "Femme Fatale" from Music/LouReed and the Velvet Underground.''Music/TheVelvetUndergroundAndNico'' by Music/TheVelvetUnderground.
* DesignStudentsOrgasm: Nick Egan.

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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Sin Of The City" refers to the Happy Land fire in New York City on March 25, 1990 that killed 87 people (although the song lyrics say 89 were killed).

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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Sin Of The City" refers to the Happy Land fire in New York City UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity on March 25, 1990 that killed 87 people (although the song lyrics say 89 were killed).



* ShoutOut: "Too Much Information" mentions {{Creator/MTV}} and {{Creator/BBC}} as the networks that they are "destroyed by", which is ironic in the case of MTV, since it's the network that helped make Duran Duran become very popular in the 1980s.
* TooMuchInformation: One of the songs from the album. Subverted trope, as it is really about the effect of media bombardment.

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* ShoutOut: "Too Much Information" mentions {{Creator/MTV}} Creator/{{MTV}} and {{Creator/BBC}} Creator/TheBBC as the networks that they are "destroyed by", which is ironic in the case of MTV, since it's the network that helped make Duran Duran become very popular in the 1980s.
* TooMuchInformation: One of the songs from the album. Subverted trope, as it is really about the effect of media bombardment.bombardment.
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* CoverVersion: "Femme Fatale" from Music/LouReed and the Velvet Underground.
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* Scatting: In "Drowning Man": "NA NANA NA NANA NANA NA NA."

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* Scatting: {{Scatting}}: In "Drowning Man": "NA NANA NA NANA NANA NA NA."
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* Scatting: In "Drowning Man": "NA NANA NA NANA NANA NA NA."
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* AmoralAttorney: "To Whom It May Concern" is a song written in response to the manipulation the band had encountered from one of their attorneys. The character that they address is referred to as "Mr. Bones."

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* AmoralAttorney: "To Whom It May Concern" is a song written in response to the manipulation the band had encountered from one of their attorneys. The character that they address is referred to as "Mr. Bones."Bones," and the lyrics for the song appear in the liner notes in the form of an official letter that was meant to be sent to the character.
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* AmoralAttorney: "To Whom It May Concern" is a song written in response to the manipulation the band had encountered from one of their attorneys. The character that they address is referred to as "Mr. Bones."
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* ShoutOut: "Too Much Information" mentions {{Creator/MTV}} and {{Creator/BBC}} as the networks that they are "destroyed by", which is ironic in the case of MTV, since it's the network that helped make Duran Duran become very popular in the 1980s.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''Duran Duran, a.k.a. The Wedding Album]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''Duran Duran, Duran'', a.k.a. The ''The Wedding Album]]Album'']]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''Duran Duran, a.k.a. The Wedding Album]]
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: A line from "Sin Of The City": "The city has more a hundred thousand wars, all for one of Forbes' Four Hundred whores."

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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: A Implied from a line from "Sin Of The City": "The city has more a hundred thousand wars, all for one of Forbes' Four Hundred whores."
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Sin Of The City" refers to the Happy Land fire in 1990 that killed 87 people (although the song lyrics say 89 were killed).

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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Sin Of The City" refers to the Happy Land fire in New York City on March 25, 1990 that killed 87 people (although the song lyrics say 89 were killed).
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* TooMuchInformation: One of the songs from the album. Subverted trope, as it is really about media bombardment.

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* TooMuchInformation: One of the songs from the album. Subverted trope, as it is really about the effect of media bombardment.

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!!Principal Members:
* Nick Rhodes – keyboards
* Simon Le Bon – vocals
* John Taylor – bass guitar
* Warren Cuccurullo – guitar, acoustic guitar in "Ordinary World"
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* AlbumCoverDesigner: Nick Egan.

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* AlbumCoverDesigner: [[AlbumCoverDesigners Album Cover Designer]]: Nick Egan.
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* AlbumCoverDesigner: Nick Egan.
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Music/DuranDuran's 1993 self-titled album, which is best known by fans as '''''"The Wedding Album"'''''.

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Music/DuranDuran's 1993 self-titled album, which is best known by fans as '''''"The Wedding Album"'''''.
Album"''''', with its cover featuring wedding photos from the parents of the four band members.
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* RecordProducer: Mark Ronson (Amy Winehouse, Adele, Kaiser Chiefs, Lily Allen).

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* RecordProducer: Mark Ronson (Amy Winehouse, Adele, Kaiser Chiefs, Lily Allen).John Jones and Duran Duran.
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* RecordProducer: Mark Ronson (Amy Winehouse, Adele, Kaiser Chiefs, Lily Allen).
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* LyricsVideoMismatch: "Come Undone". The lyrics appear to be about offering to help a person who's coming apart at the seams. The video is about a woman performing an underwater escape from chains and a male transvestite, among other images.
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* SelfTitledAlbum: The second one released by the band.
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* NewSoundAlbum
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Can you guess what "U.M.F." is ''supposed to mean'' when you hear the line "making love to the ultimate mind"?
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: A line from "Sin Of The City": "The city has more than a hundred thousand wars, all for one of Forbes' four hundred whores."

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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: A line from "Sin Of The City": "The city has more than a hundred thousand wars, all for one of Forbes' four hundred Four Hundred whores."
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Sin Of The City" refers to the Happy Land fire in 1990 that killed 87 people (although the song lyrics say 89 were killed).

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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Sin Of The City" refers to the Happy Land fire in 1990 that killed 87 people (although the song lyrics say 89 were killed).killed).
* TooMuchInformation: One of the songs from the album. Subverted trope, as it is really about media bombardment.
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# Sin Of The City

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# Sin Of The CityCity
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!!This album provides examples of
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: A line from "Sin Of The City": "The city has more than a hundred thousand wars, all for one of Forbes' four hundred whores."
* FemmeFatale: One of the songs from the album.
* NayTheist: The subject of "None Of The Above."
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Sin Of The City" refers to the Happy Land fire in 1990 that killed 87 people (although the song lyrics say 89 were killed).
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Music/DuranDuran's 1993 self-titled album, which is best known by fans as '''''"The Wedding Album"'''''.

!!Tracklist:
# Too Much Information
# Ordinary World
# Love Voodoo
# Drowning Man
# Shotgun
# Come Undone
# Breath After Breath
# U.M.F.
# Femme Fatale
# None Of The Above
# Shelter
# To Whom It May Concern
# Sin Of The City

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