When first listening to Duran Duran’s new album, Red Carpet Massacre, I was thoroughly impressed.  The music hit numerous great beats, and the lyrics flowed.  But then some sense got knocked into me when I researched the new album.

Justin Timberlake and Timbaland produced most of Duran Duran’s new album.  They both contribute through some of the album with vocal versus and choruses.  However, their production, or influence, can clearly be heard in almost all tracks.  The album is certainly not overproduced (also known as Britney’s new album), but you can, again, tell it’s produced by JT/Timbaland. 

There’s certainly nothing wrong with JT and Timbaland’s production of Red Carpet Massacre — they made it a great album.  But it’s certainly not Duran Duran and “Hungry Like the Wolf” and “I Don’t Want Your Love.”  But, I suppose, it’s a new Duran Duran for the pop market; produced for mass consumption. 

You see, it’s just that the album is more of a TT album than that of a DD album.  But the songs that are DD songs, they certainly hold on to their roots.  But those songs are limited compared to the TT influence. 

My take on DD’s album?  A rating of 3 out of 5.  If TT released this album as their own?  A rating of 4 out of 5. 

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