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Please Please Tell Me Now Playlist
This playlist captures the vibrant, stylish essence and musical innovation of Duran Duran during the 1980s, reflecting the biography's exploration of their rise, glamour, and enduring influence. The instrumental tracks blend synth-driven and atmospheric sounds reminiscent of the era's synth-pop and new wave, while the vocal tracks offer a diverse yet cohesive range of 80s-inspired and contemporary tunes that echo the band's charisma, creative dynamics, and cultural impact.
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Track List
20 songs
1
Love On A Real Train - From 'Risky Business' Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Remastered 2020
Tangerine Dream · Pilots Of Purple Twilight - The Virgin Recordings 1980 - 1983
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2
Last Train To Trancentral - Live From The Lost Continent
The KLF · Solid State Logik 1
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3
Pacific State
808 State · Clásicos de la Música Electrónica
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4
Music For A Found Harmonium
Patrick Street · Preludes, Airs And Yodels (A Penguin Cafe Primer)
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5
Tendril
Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein · Stranger Things, Vol. 2 (A Netflix Original Series Soundtrack)
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Hyperballad
Björk · Greatest Hits
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Computer World
Basskraft · A Bass Tribute To Kraftwerk
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8
Lux Aeterna (From "Requiem for a Dream") [Arr. for Solo Piano]
Clint Mansell · Black Swan of Piano
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9
An Ending (Ascent) - Remastered 2005
Brian Eno · Chill Soft Rock For Kids
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10
Rio
Duran Duran · Summer Smash HIts
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Obsession
Animotion · 80s Summer Nostalgia
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12
Never Tear Us Apart
INXS · Original Sin
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13
Shout
Tears For Fears · 80s Workout Mix
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14
Girls On Film
Duran Duran · Silvester 80er Hits
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15
Smalltown Boy - Planningtorock's 'The Love That You Need' Rework
Bronski Beat · Why? (feat. Neil Tennant) [Superchumbo Mix]
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16
I Melt With You
Modern English · Essential '80s - The New British Invasion
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17
Fade To Grey
Visage · Fetenhits - One Hit Wonder
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18
Temptation (7" Version) - 2015 Remaster
New Order · Massive Indie Hits
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19
Under the Milky Way
The Church · Melhores Hits / 80, 90
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