Armstrong wrote the lyrics to many of the new tracks before the presidential election race. The new album aims to challenge the listener lyrically and thematically, raising topical issues and politically charged questions.
“We’re going into this record cycle with a lot of gratitude, a lot of humility.” “All those health issues are behind us,” Cool said. The singer’s substance abuse issues are now in the past. The group recorded the new effort without a producer, which marks their first independently made release since 1992’s Kerplunk.Ĭool also unveiled that the whole recording process was a much healthier road for frontman Billie Joe Armstrong than a state he was in a few years ago. took the pressure off,” the drummer explained. “We gave ourselves enough time and we weren’t watching the clock. The band members’ studio work was top secret for everyone except their wives, Cool revealed to EW. More: Check Out GREEN DAY’s New Song, Lyric Video ‘Bang, Bang’ Green Day’s drummer Tre Cool has finally shed some light on why the band decided to record their upcoming 12th studio album, Revolution Radio, in secrecy. * An extended version recorded at Sony Studios in New York City for Hard Rock Live was included on a promotional 2-track CD in June 2000 by the band's new label Hollywood Records, running at 6:08.The recording process was kept top secret for everyone except the band members’ wives… * A live version recorded on Simon Mayo's Radio 1 show featured as a B-side to the band's later 1995 single "White Lines". * The "AC Edit" was featured on a US promo CD that came packaged with the Decade album. It would eventually be released in the UK on the first CD single for "Come Undone". This live version was found on a number of "Ordinary World" releases outside the UK, most notably the Canadian and American cassette single and featured additional musicians, Gerry L and AD'A. * The "Acoustic Version" was recorded at the May 15 "No Ordinary Tour" live performance at Tower Records in Hollywood, which was simulcast to Hard Rock Cafés around the world. There were several other versions of "Ordinary World" released: This mini-Decade was spread over the two CD singles released during the campaign. To capitalise on the success of "Ordinary World" and the new Duran Duran fans it was finding, EMI used the single's release to lure these new fans to the band's back catalogue. Many other older singles were also used as B-sides. "My Antarctica", a song from the band's previous album Liberty, featured as the main B-side of the "Ordinary World" single. The music video was filmed by director Nick Egan at Huntington Gardens in San Marino, California. The song won an Ivor Novello Award in May 1994 and later featured in the soundtrack to the film Layer Cake in 2005. The strings in the song were arranged and performed by Nick Rhodes, using a Kurzweil K2000, a digital synthesizer that was highly advanced for its time. Le Bon later said of the event, "If you're talking about name dropping, he's one of the biggest names you could drop, Pav-The-Man." Simon LeBon would go on to sing the song with Pavarotti at a WarChild benefit, which was released on home video as Pavarotti & Friends: Together for the Children of Bosnia. The song can be credited as introducing Duran Duran to a new generation of fans. In the UK, the original January release date stood. The single proved so popular that Capitol had to push the US release date up, ultimately releasing it in December. It wasn't until Capitol leaked "Ordinary World" to a radio station in Florida in the autumn of 1992 that it looked like Duran Duran mania might yet hit again. Their album Liberty had proved a commercial failure, its two singles failing to make a significant showing on British or American charts. 6 in the British charts.īy the early 90s, Duran Duran's popularity had faded. "Ordinary World" is the first single from Duran Duran's self-titled 1993 album, better known as The Wedding Album.
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