Shooting for a contemporary, urban vibe, Duran Duran employs the so-in-demand production talents of Timbaland and his protégé Danja throughout this 12-track effort. Fortunately, this doesn’t make the group sound like Nelly Furtado or Britney Spears. The first six songs, in particular, deliver some killer vintage moments. The sparse techno groove of "The Valley", highlighted by Simon Le Bon’s confident and emotional vocals, recalls the 1981 breakthrough single "Planet Earth". The ballad "Falling Down", with its starlets-in-rehab theme, is an instantly memorable cross between "Girls On Film" and "Save A Prayer". (Hey, if aging pop musicians have to comment on young Hollywood, who better than Duran Duran?) And the Justin Timberlake–powered throb of "Nite-Runner" is a sure-fire club smash
