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Duran Duran: Liberty

Michele Kirsch, Select, September 1990

DURAN DURAN, like most early '80s hygienic post-punk pop, played alongside current chart hits has you yearning for stuff you hated first time round. Compare 'Girls On Film' or 'Save A Prayer' to '90s post­soap pop from Kylie or Jason and you'll be turning up the volume, singing along and whining, "They don't write songs like they used to".

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