Paper Gods

Paper Gods

Standard and deluxe edition cover. On the Target-exclusive edition, the shades of blue in the background are replaced with shades of pink.
Studio album by Duran Duran
Released 11 September 2015
Studio London[1]
Genre
Length 57:21 (standard edition)
63:05 (Target exclusive)
69:54 (deluxe edition)
Label Warner Bros.
Producer
Duran Duran chronology
All You Need Is Now
(2011)All You Need Is Now2011		 Paper Gods
(2015)
Singles from Paper Gods
  1. "Pressure Off"
    Released: 19 June 2015
  2. "Last Night in the City [2]"
    Released: 10 March 2017

Paper Gods is the fourteenth studio album from British new wave band Duran Duran on Warner Bros. Records. The record was announced on 15 June 2015 via an official press release posted on their website, confirming a scheduled worldwide release date of 11 September 2015. The record was produced by Mr Hudson and Joshua Blair, who has worked with the band on All You Need Is Now (2010) and A Diamond in the Mind; Nile Rodgers, who had previously first worked on the band's "The Reflex", his remixed version reaching number 1, "The Wild Boys" single and Notorious album, and Mark Ronson, who produced All You Need Is Now. The first single, "Pressure Off", features vocals from American singer Janelle Monáe.[1] Duran Duran promoted the album through the Paper Gods on Tour.

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic64/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Rolling Stone[5]
The Guardian[6]
PopMatters[7]
Billboard[8]
NY Times[9]
Consequence Of SoundB-[10]
Entertainment WeeklyB-[11]
Q[12]
Drowned In Sound5/10[13]

Release

The album cover, designed by artist Alex Israel, is his 2013 painting titled, "Sky Backdrop",[14] that features icons that represent the band's history. This includes lips and the eye painted by artist Patrick Nagel for their Rio album;[15] also representing the Rio album is a chauffeur's cap alluding to that record's closing track "The Chauffeur"; a pink telephone, champagne glass and the saxophone representing the single "Rio"; a sumo wrestler representing their controversial video for "Girls on Film"; Duran Duran's teeth are shown to be from "The Wild Boys"; the Eiffel Tower is a reference to the title song from the film A View to a Kill; a rocket from the greatest hits album, Decade; a silhouette of a female representing the single "Skin Trade";[16] an image of a tiger and a snake nodding to their third album Seven and the Ragged Tiger; a white shoe from the single cover and the music video of "Come Undone"; a stylized ice cream cone taken from their "Perfect Day" single.[1][17] The deluxe physical copy of the record comes with sixteen stickers of Duran Duran iconography to mirror the album cover.[18]

Promotion

The band announced a tour of the United States and the United Kingdom to coincide with the album's release.[19]

The lead single from the album, "Pressure Off", was released in the United States on 19 June, first via Microsoft's Xbox Music.[20] The song subsequently appeared on Google Music.[21]

Commercial performance

On 3 October 2015, the album entered the Billboard 200 at number 10 and became their first top 10 album since 1993's Duran Duran (1993). In its second week, the album fell to number 76, and in its third and final week fell to number 194. In the UK it hit number 5. In Italy it hit number 2. The album reentered the Billboard 200 at #45 during the week of January 12, 2016 (5 months after its original release date of September 4, 2015).

Track listing

All tracks written and produced by John Taylor, Roger Taylor, Nick Rhodes, Simon Le Bon, with additional writers and producers noted

Standard edition[22]
No.TitleWriter(s)Additional Producer(s)Length
1."Paper Gods" (featuring Mr Hudson)Mr HudsonMr Hudson7:04
2."Last Night in the City" (featuring Kiesza)Kiesza, Mr HudsonMr Hudson, Josh Blair4:44
3."You Kill Me with Silence"Mr HudsonMr Hudson4:26
4."Pressure Off" (featuring Janelle Monáe and Nile Rodgers)Nile Rodgers, Mark Ronson, Mr Hudson, Janelle MonáeRonson, Rodgers, Mr Hudson, Blair[a]4:21
5."Face for Today"Dom BrownBlair3:52
6."Danceophobia" (featuring Lindsay Lohan)Brown, Mr HudsonBlair, Mr Hudson[b]4:14
7."What Are the Chances?" (featuring John Frusciante)Brown, Mr HudsonBlair, Mr Hudson[b]4:55
8."Sunset Garage" (featuring Hollie Cook)Mr HudsonMr Hudson, Blair4:43
9."Change the Skyline" (featuring Jonas Bjerre)Mr HudsonBlair, Rodgers[b]3:57
10."Butterfly Girl"BrownBlair3:15
11."Only in Dreams"Rodgers, Ronson, Mr HudsonRodgers, Ronson, Mr Hudson[b], Blair[b]6:05
12."The Universe Alone" Blair5:48
Total length:57:40
Deluxe edition (bonus tracks)[23]
No.TitleWriter(s)Additional Producer(s)Length
13."Planet Roaring"BrownBlair3:49
14."Valentine Stones" Blair3:30
15."Northern Lights"BrownBlair5:13
Total length:69:54
Target-exclusive edition (bonus tracks)[24]
No.TitleAdditional Producer(s)Length
13."On Evil Beach"Blair2:48
14."Cinderella Ride"Blair3:56
Total length:63:05
Notes

Personnel

Duran Duran[1]
Technical personnel[1]
Additional musicians[1][22]

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Argentine Albums (CAPIF)[25] 1
Australian Albums (ARIA)[26] 19
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[27] 24
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[28] 19
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[29] 8
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[30] 7
Croatian Foreign Albums (IFPI) [31] 7
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[32] 14
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[33] 27
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[34] 4
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[35] 28
French Albums (SNEP)[36] 60
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[37] 24
Greek Albums (IFPI) [38] 14
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[39] 6
Irish Albums (IRMA)[40] 27
Italian Albums (FIMI)[41] 2
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[42] 24
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[43] 16
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [44] 18
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[45] 15
UK Albums (OCC)[46] 5
US Billboard 200[47] 10
US Digital Albums (Billboard)[48] 10
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[49] 2
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[50] 8

References

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  2. ↑ "Last Night in the City". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  3. ↑
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  6. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/10/duran-duran-paper-gods-review
  7. ↑ http://www.popmatters.com/review/duran-duran-paper-gods/
  8. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/6700469/duran-duran-paper-gods-album-review
  9. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/10/arts/music/review-duran-duran-yet-again-with-paper-gods.html
  10. ↑ https://consequenceofsound.net/2015/09/album-review-duran-duran-paper-gods/
  11. ↑ http://ew.com/article/2015/09/03/paper-gods-by-duran-duran-review/
  12. ↑ "Duran Duran: Paper Gods". Q: 109. Oct 2015.
  13. ↑ http://drownedinsound.com/releases/18997/reviews/4149375
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  17. ↑ "Duran Duran - Perfect Day at Discogs". Discogs. Discogs. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  18. ↑ "Duran Duran - Paper Gods Deluxe Fan Edition CD". Warner Music Store. Warner Bros. Records. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
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  21. ↑ "Duran Duran: Pressure Off". Google Music. Google. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  22. 1 2 "Duran Duran: Paper Gods". Google Play. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  23. ↑ "Duran Duran: Paper Gods (Deluxe Edition)". Google Play. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  24. ↑ "Duran Duran: Paper Gods (Target Exclusive)".
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  48. ↑ "Duran Duran – Chart history" Billboard Digital Albums for Duran Duran.
  49. ↑ "Duran Duran – Chart history" Billboard Top Alternative Albums for Duran Duran.
  50. ↑ "Duran Duran – Chart history" Billboard Top Tastemaker Albums for Duran Duran.
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