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{{Infobox album 
| Name = Red Carpet Massacre
| Type = studio
| Artist = [[Duran Duran]]
| Cover = Redcarpetcover.jpg
| Released = 13 November 2007
| Recorded = 2006-2007
| Genre = [[New Wave music|New Wave]], [[Rock music|rock]], [[synthpop]], [[hip hop]]
| Length = 49:13
| Label = [[Epic Records|Epic]]
| Producer = Duran Duran, [[Danja (musician)|Danja]], [[Timbaland]], [[Justin Timberlake]]
| Last album = ''[[Reportage (album)|Reportage]]'' (Unreleased Album) (2004)
| This album = '''''Red Carpet Massacre''''' (2007)
| Next album = ''[[Live at Hammersmith '82!]]'' (2009)
| Misc = {{Extra album cover
 | Type = album
 | Cover = Red Carpet Massacre Special Edition.jpg
 | Lower caption = Deluxe Edition cover
 }}
 {{Singles
 | Name = Red Carpet Massacre
 | Type = album
 | single 1 = [[Falling Down (Duran Duran song)|Falling Down]]
 | single 1 date = {{start date|df=yes|2007|11|5}}
 }}
}}
'''''Red Carpet Massacre''''' is the twelfth studio album by English [[pop rock]] band [[Duran Duran]]. It was released on 19 November 2007 in Europe, and on 13 November in the United States.

Most of the music on the current incarnation of the album was completed in late 2006 after the departure of band member [[Andy Taylor (guitarist)|Andy Taylor]], when music producer [[Timbaland]] began working with the band.

For the week of 19 November, ''Red Carpet Massacre'' debuted at #36 on the U.S. [[Billboard 200]] chart, selling about 29,000 copies in its first week.<ref>Jonathan Cohen, [http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1047254/keys-storms-chart-with-mega-selling-as-i-am "Keys Storms Chart With Mega-Selling 'As I Am'"], Billboard.com, 21 November 2007.</ref> However, the following week the album fell to #116. For the week of 26 November, the album debuted at #44 in the UK, becoming the 2nd poorest UK Chart entry in the band's career, after ''[[Pop Trash]]'' from 2000. The album entered the Italian chart at #10. As of 2 May 2008, the album has moved 88,000 copies in the U.S.<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1045659/ask-billboard "Ask Billboard, 'TRASH' FOR SALE"], Billboard.com, 2 May 2008.</ref> The album spent only three consecutive weeks in the [[Billboard 200]] chart.
Also in the U.S., it was completely ignored by critics.

It was the band's only other album released with [[Epic Records]]. The band parted ways with [[SonyBMG|Sony Music]] in 2009.

==Early sessions==
The band did its initial recording for its follow-up to ''[[Astronaut (Duran Duran album)|Astronaut]]'' with producer [[Michael Patterson (producer)|Michael Patterson]] between September 2005 and April 2006. [[Roger Taylor (Duran Duran drummer)|Roger Taylor]] said in March 2006, "The record will be in some ways a homage to our roots as a band, more direct and a return to our dance and 'new wave' origins", and that they had brought fifteen tracks to near completion.<ref>"[http://www.duranduran.com/postcards/rogerstudio.html A postcard from the studio]", [[Roger Taylor (Duran Duran drummer)|Roger Taylor]], 22 March 2006.</ref>

The record was provisionally titled ''[[Reportage (album)|Reportage]]'' and expected in late May 2006 with a summer tour to follow, but as reported in ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', the new album was delayed as guitarist [[Andy Taylor (guitarist)|Andy Taylor]] had a falling-out with the rest of the band for unknown reasons, and eventually the material was shelved altogether in favour of recording ''Red Carpet Massacre''.<ref name="Billboard">[http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/56395/duran-duran-grooves-with-timbaland-timberlake Duran Duran Grooves With Timbaland, Timberlake] - [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard.com]], 20 Dec. 2006</ref><ref name="Sun">Newton, Victoria. "[http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,4-2007120331,00.html Back to the Duran board, lads]", ''[[The Sun (newspaper)|The Sun Online]]''. 15 March 2007.</ref>

In early October, vocalist [[Simon Le Bon]] announced that the band had recorded three songs with famed hip hop producer [[Timbaland]], his protégé [[Danja (musician)|Nate "Danja" Hills]] and engineer [[Jimmy Douglass]] at [[Manhattan Center Studios]] during September.<ref>"[http://www.hhnlive.com/news/more/430.html Duran Duran and Timbaland]", ''HHNLive'', 3 October 2006.</ref> Trade magazine ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' reported that one of those tracks was "Nite-Runner", featuring [[Justin Timberlake]], which at the time was expected to be the first single from the album. Two additional songs on which the band worked with Timbaland were titled "Skin Divers" and "Zooming In". Also mentioned were two other tracks: "48 Hours Later" and "Transcendental Mental", that were not used on the album.<ref name="Billboard" />

==Andy Taylor leaves the band==
[[Andy Taylor (guitarist)|Andy Taylor]] did not perform at any of Duran Duran's October shows and had not participated during the New York sessions with Timbaland, and on 25 October, a message posted on the band's site announced: "As of last weekend [...] the four of us have dissolved our partnership and will be continuing as Duran Duran without Andy, as we have reached a point in our relationship with him where there is an unworkable gulf between us and we can no longer effectively function together."<ref>"A Message to our Fans", [http://www.duranduran.com/news/index.asp?EventDate=all Duran Duran official site: News page], 25 October 2006. (large page)</ref>

[[Dominic Brown]], who had taken Taylor's place at several previous missed concerts in the past, was hired as Duran Duran's guitarist, taking part in the recording sessions. Brown has since performed with the band as their full-time touring guitarist.

Taylor told ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine that he was in favour of a more electric sound, whereas Simon Le Bon wanted to go in a different direction involving people like [[Justin Timberlake]], and [[Timbaland]]. In addition, Taylor wrote in his autobiography that in the renewed bickering between himself, Nick Rhodes and Simon LeBon grew worse, and it was not helped by Taylor's emotional state following the death of his father, later diagnosed as clinical depression.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sheffield |first=Rob |url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/0446509302 |title=Wild Boy: My Life in Duran Duran (9780446509305): Andy Taylor: Books |publisher=Amazon.com |date= |accessdate=2012-03-06}}</ref>

According to Taylor's autobiography, the final straw came when he discovered that the band's management had not been able to secure a working visa for him to record in the United States. The other band members maintained that they fully expected him to show up for the recording session with Timbaland, but that he became incommunicado and was unreachable by phone or e-mail, leaving them no choice but to continue on without him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/D/Duran_Duran/2007/12/01/4699628-sun.html |title=CANOE - JAM! Music - Artists - Duran Duran : Duran Duran starts over |publisher=Jam.canoe.ca |date=2007-12-01 |accessdate=2012-03-06}}</ref>

==Remaking the album==
The band decided to rewrite the whole album following Taylor's departure. Fourteen songs had been completed for ''Reportage'' but according to Simon Le Bon: "When we sat down and listened to what we had done on our own, we didn’t feel we had a lead track, so we got in touch with Timbaland, who was the only producer out there that we knew we all liked."{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}}

Following the New York sessions in September, Duran Duran moved to [[Metropolis Studios]] in London with Danja and Douglass for the next sessions. According to tabloid newspaper ''The Sun'', in March 2007 Duran Duran had one track left that needed a female vocal, and they were trying to arrange to work with [[Nelly Furtado]], [[Lily Allen]] and/or [[Britney Spears]]. Ultimately, a female vocal on the album never came to be, however.{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}}

In June, Duran Duran announced on their official website that they were recording yet another track with Justin Timberlake, titled "[[Falling Down (Duran Duran song)|Falling Down]]". However, it was "Nite-Runner" that the band decided to debut live at the much-anticipated fan-club only [[Hammerstein Ballroom]] concert in [[New York City]] on 17 June, and Le Bon was still touting it as the probable first single in a post to the band's official website.<ref>"[http://www.duranduran.com/postcards/simonNYC2007.html A Postcard from Gotham]", Simon Le Bon, 21 June 2007.</ref> Several other album tracks ("The Valley", "Red Carpet Massacre", "Skin Divers" and "Box Full O' Honey") were played over the sound system at the concert, but were not performed live.

Following the New York concert and a listening party for the media at which the album title was announced, band members Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor and Roger Taylor went back to England to work on some mixes for the album and perform at the [[Concert for Diana]] and the [[Live Earth]] concerts in London. They completed one more recording session in New York and then returned to London to put the finishing touches on the album before its release.<ref>Greene, Andy. [http://www.duranitaly.com/rolling07.html Duran Duran's Techno Jam]" ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' 2007"</ref>

Duran Duran drummer Roger Taylor slammed Sony for turning the work on their 2007's album Red Carpet Massacre into "a nightmare". According to him, the record label wanted to make their record "a bit pop" and forced them to collaborate with Timbaland, which turned out to be a painful experience. {{Citation needed|date=May 2011}}

"We delivered an album to Sony that was a natural-sounding, almost rock album, and they were like: "We need something a bit pop, do you fancy doing a couple of tracks with Timbaland?" That whole project was a nightmare", he claimed. {{Citation needed|date=May 2011}}

Roger Taylor added: "The thing was, we got an opportunity to work with Timbaland, so we thought: "Great, let's go for it". When Timbaland saw the guitar and the bass and the drums come in to the studio, I think he was mortified, because everything's in a box for those guys".{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}}

This is slight at odds with the interviews with the band on the DVD which came with the Deluxe Edition of the album. In it they praise Timberlake, Timbaland as well as producer Danja.{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}}

==Singles==
"Falling Down" was the first, and ultimately only single released from the album. "Skin Divers" was planned to be released as the second single. "Nite-Runner" was also planned to be the possible lead single from the album{{fact|date=August 2012}}. It is unknown why it was shelved.

==Release and reception==
{{Album ratings
|MC = (61/100)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/red-carpet-massacre|title=Red Carpet Massacre Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|accessdate=26 April 2012}}</ref>
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1211381|pure_url=yes}}|title=Red Carpet Massacre - Duran Duran|publisher=[[Allmusic]]}}</ref>
|rev2 = [[bbc.co.uk|BBC Music]]
|rev2score = (Positive)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/2fvr/|title=Music - Review of Duran Duran - Red Carpet Massacre|publisher=[[bbc.co.uk|BBC Music]]}}</ref>
|rev3 =''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''
|rev3score = <ref>http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/albums/e3idd293825dd51c45c5befa05a4719606c{{Dead link|date=September 2011}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
|rev4score = B+<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20158441,00.html|title=Red Carpet Massacre Review|last=Vozick-Levinson|first=Simon|publisher=''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''|date=10 November 2007}}</ref>
|rev5 = ''[[NME]]''
|rev5score = {{Rating|4|10}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/duran-duran/9245|title=Duran Duran: 'Red Carpet Massacre'|publisher=''[[NME]]''}}</ref>
|rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork Media]]''
|rev6score = (3.8/10)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/reviews/albums/10910-red-carpet-massacre/|title=Duran Duran - Red Carpet Massacre|publisher=''[[Pitchfork Media]]''}}</ref>
|rev7 =[[PopMatters]]
|rev7score = {{Rating|6|10}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/50958/duran-duran-red-carpet-massacre/|title=Duran Duran: Red Carpet Massacre|publisher=[[PopMatters]]}}</ref>
|rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev8score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/17122082/review/17139336/red_carpet_massacre|title=Red Carpet Massacre : Duran Duran : Review|last=Sheffield|first=Rob|publisher=''[[Rolling Stone]]''|date=15 November 2007|accessdate=26 April 2012|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071103111433/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/17122082/review/17139336/red_carpet_massacre|archivedate=3 November 2007|deadurl=yes}}</ref>
|rev9 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
|rev9score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/duran-duran-red-carpet-massacre-epic|title=Duran Duran, 'Red Carpet Massacre' (Epic)|publisher=''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''}}</ref>
|rev10 = ''[[The Times|Times Online]]''
|rev10score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article2832708.ece|title=Duran Duran: Red Carpet Massacre review|publisher=''[[The Times|Times Online]]'' | location=London|first1=Anushka|last1=Asthana}}</ref>
|rev11 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
|rev11score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/duran_duran/reviews/10623|title=Duran Duran - Red Carpet Massacre|publisher=''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''}}</ref>
}}
The album received mixed reviews from critics, and is second lowest-selling Duran Duran album in the band's history. Only ''[[Pop Trash]]'' has sold fewer copies.

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
|
| total_length = 46:74
| writing_credits = yes
| title1 = The Valley
| length1 = 4:57
| writer1 = Duran Duran & Danja
| title2 = Red Carpet Massacre
| length2 = 3:17
| writer2 = Duran Duran & Danja
| title3 = Nite-Runner (feat. [[Justin Timberlake]] & [[Timbaland]])
| length3 = 3:58
| writer3 = Duran Duran, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake & Danja
| title4 = [[Falling Down (Duran Duran song)|Falling Down]] (feat. Justin Timberlake)
| length4 = 5:41
| writer4 = Duran Duran & Justin Timberlake
| title5 = Box Full O' Honey
| length5 = 3:10
| writer5 = Duran Duran & Danja
| title6 = Skin Divers (feat. Timbaland)
| length6 = 4:24
| writer6 = Duran Duran, Timbaland & Danja
| title7 = Tempted
| length7 = 4:22
| writer7 = Duran Duran & Danja
| title8 = Tricked Out
| note8 = instrumental
| length8 = 2:45
| writer8 = Duran Duran & Danja
| title9 = Zoom In (feat. Timbaland & [[Danjahandz]])
| length9 = 3:25
| writer9 = Duran Duran, Timbaland & Danja
| title10 = She's Too Much
| length10 = 5:30
| writer10 = Duran Duran & Danja
| title11 = Dirty Great Monster
| length11 = 3:40
| writer11 = Duran Duran & Danja
| title12 = Last Man Standing
| length12 = 4:05
| writer12 = Duran Duran & Danja
}}
{{Track listing
|headline=iTunes and Japanese release bonus track
| writing_credits = yes
| title13 = Cry Baby Cry<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/International/Arch/ES/DuranDuran/index.html|title=Sony Music Online Japan : デュラン・デュラン}}</ref>
| length13 = 3:57
| writer13 = Duran Duran
}}
{{Track listing
|headline=iTunes UK and Italian release bonus tracks
| writing_credits = yes
| title14 = Nite-Runner (Live)
| length14 = 4:05
| writer14 = Duran Duran, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake & Danja
| title15 = Red Carpet Massacre (Live)
| length15 = 3:09
| writer15= Duran Duran & Danja
}}

===Deluxe edition DVD===
Consists of videos showing the making of the album.
# "The Album"
# "The Artwork"
# "The Video" - the making of the "[[Falling Down]]" music video
# "The Campaign"
# "The Out-Takes"

===Vinyl edition===
A.
# "The Valley" – 4:57
# "Red Carpet Massacre" – 3:17
# "Nite-Runner" (co-written, produced and featuring [[Timbaland]] & [[Justin Timberlake]]) – 3:58
B.
# "[[Falling Down (Duran Duran song)|Falling Down]]" (co-written, produced and featuring [[Justin Timberlake]]) – 5:41
# "Box Full O' Honey" – 3:10
# "Skin Divers" (co-written, produced and featuring [[Timbaland]]) – 4:24
# "Tempted" – 4:22
C.
# "Tricked Out" – 2:45
# "Zoom In" (co-written and produced with [[Timbaland]] & [[Danjahandz]]) – 3:25
# "She's Too Much" – 5:30
D.
# "Cry Baby Cry" – 3:57
# "Dirty Great Monster" – 3:40
# "Last Man Standing" – 4:05

The Vinyl edition is limited to 2000 numbered copies and is pressed on red vinyl.

==Personnel==
===Performances===
Duran Duran are:
* [[Simon Le Bon]] - vocals
* [[John Taylor (bass guitarist)|John Taylor]] - bass
* [[Nick Rhodes]] - keyboards
* [[Roger Taylor (Duran Duran drummer)|Roger Taylor]] - drums
* [[Dominic Brown]] - guitars

With:
* [[Simon Willescroft]] - saxophone on track 11
* [[Marcella Araica]] - additional programming on track 1
* [[Terri Walker]] - additional vocals on track 6
* [[Jim Beanz]] - additional vocals on tracks 3 & 10
* [[Justin Timberlake]] - additional vocals on tracks 3 & 4
* [[Timbaland]] - additional vocals on tracks 3 & 6

===Production===
* [[Duran Duran]] - producer
* [[Danja (musician)|Danja]] - producer
* [[Timbaland]] - producer on tracks 3, 6 & 9
* [[Justin Timberlake]] - producer on tracks 3 & 4
* [[Jim Beanz]] - vocal production on tracks 5, 9, 10, 11 & 12
* [[Jimmy Douglass]] - producer, engineer, mixer
* [[Matthew Hager]] - engineer on "Falling Down" and mixer on "Cry Baby Cry"

==Release history==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Country
! Release date
|-
| United States<ref name="Duran Duran official website">{{cite web|url=http://www.duranduran.com |title=Duran Duran official website |publisher=Duranduran.com |date= |accessdate=2013-05-23}}</ref>
| 13 November 2007
|-
| Europe<ref name="Duran Duran official website"/>
| 19 November 2007
|}

==Chart positions==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Chart
!Position
|-
|rowspan="2"|2007
|US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|36
|-
|[[UK Albums Chart]]
| style="text-align:center;"|44
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [http://www.secondsupper.com/Music/Reviews/Article.aspx?ArticleID=367 The Second Supper] Review of ''Red Carpet Massacre''
* {{metacritic album|red-carpet-massacre}}

[[Category:2007 albums]]
[[Category:Duran Duran albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Danja]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Timbaland]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Justin Timberlake]]

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