Careless Memories

The second Duran Duran single was something of an anomaly in that it barely scraped into the UK top 40. Shockingly, the urgent A-side is not one of the band’s famous “night versions,” so an opportunity was lost along the way. But it remains Duran Duran’s most high-velocity “rocker” that fairly crackles with an urgency I can’t recall them obtaining ever since. Following the band’s reasonably successful debut single, “Planet Earth” EMI chose this single, and in a “let’s see you do better” moment, let the band pick their third single, “Girls On Film.” The rest is history, but let the record state that I prefer this song.

Originally ripped by DjPaulT to 12”s of MP3 @ 320kbps goodness

Duran Duran; Careless Memories 12”

A.     Careless Memories

B1.  Fame

B2.  Khanada

Planet Earth 12" is still available here

And the 2CD version of their debut album is here