Seven and the Ragged Tiger es un álbum de Duran Duran, publicado en 1983 por EMI. El disco incluye 9 canciones, entre ellas «The Reflex», «New Moon On Monday», «(I'm Looking For) Cracks In The Pavement» y «I Take The Dice».
Sobre el álbum
El álbum Seven and the Ragged Tiger, de 1983, es la obra que captura a Duran Duran en la cima absoluta de su fama mundial, en el apogeo de la "Duranmania". Este disco es un trabajo concebido para los grandes estadios, con un sonido de pop-funk grandilocuente y una producción expansiva diseñada para un público global. Es el sonido de la banda más grande del planeta en ese momento.
La producción del álbum es impecable y tecnológicamente muy avanzada para su época. El uso de los sintetizadores de Nick Rhodes es más prominente y sofisticado que nunca, creando texturas y atmósferas complejas. El disco tiene un sonido muy pulido y de una enorme ambición.
El álbum contiene tres sencillos que se convirtieron en éxitos masivos en todo el mundo. "The Reflex", en su versión remezclada por el legendario Nile Rodgers de la banda Chic, se convirtió en su número uno más grande e icónico. "Union of the Snake" y "New Moon on Monday" son ejemplos perfectos de su pop bailable y lleno de estilo.
A pesar de su enorme éxito, algunos críticos consideraron que el álbum carecía de la frescura y la espontaneidad de sus trabajos anteriores. A pesar de ello, 'Seven and the Ragged Tiger' es un testimonio del poder y la ambición de una banda que dominó el mundo del pop como pocas antes o después. Es la banda sonora de su coronación.
Listado de Canciones
- The Reflex
Letra
You've gone too far this time And I'm dancing on the valentine I tell you somebody's fooling around With my chances on the danger line I'll cross that bridge when I find it Another day To make my stand High time is no time for deciding If I should find a helping hand Why don't you use it? Try not to bruise it Buy time don't lose it Why don't you use it? Try not to bruise it Buy time don't lose it The reflex is a lonely child Who's waiting by the park The reflex is a door to finding Treasure in the dark And watching over lucky clover Isn't that bizarre? Every little thing the reflex does Must be answered with a question mark I'm on a ride and I want to get off But they won't slow down the round-about I sold the radio and T.V. set Don't want to be around when this gets out Why don't you use it? Try not to bruise it Buy time don't lose it Why don't you use it? Try not to bruise it Buy time don't lose it The reflex is a lonely child Who's waiting by the park The reflex is a door to finding Treasure in the dark And watching over lucky clover Isn't that bizarre? Every little thing the reflex does Must be answered with a question mark Why don't you use it? Try not to bruise it Buy time don't lose it Why don't you use it? Try not to bruise it Buy time don't lose it The reflex is a lonely child Who's waiting by the park The reflex is a door to finding Treasure in the dark And watching over lucky clover Isn't that bizarre Every little thing the reflex does Must be answered with a question mark The reflex - what a game! He's hiding all the cards The reflex is in charge of finding Treasure in the dark And watching over lucky clover Isn't that bizarre? Every little thing the reflex does Leaves you answered with a question mark - New Moon On Monday
Letra
Shake up the picture The lizard mixture With your dance on the eventide You got me coming up with answers All of which I deny I said it again Could I please rephrase it? Maybe I can catch a ride I couldn't really put it much plainer But I'll wait till you decide Send me your warning siren As if I could ever hide Last time la luna I light my torch And wave it for the new moon on Monday And a fire dance Through the night I stayed the cold day With a lonely satellite Breaking away With the beast of both worlds A smile that you can't disguise Every minute I keep finding Clues that you leave behind Send me from these reminders As if I'd forget tonight This time la luna - (I'm Looking For) Cracks In The Pavement
- I Take The Dice
Letra
Midnight I think I'm gonna make it Feel the magical lash of the roll and the crash in their lives Headline in tomorrow's papers Kill that light it's so bright And you're shining it right in my eyes Chorus: Show me your secret and tell me your name Catch me with your fizzy smile Try to remember again and again What it is that I recognise Don't ask me now When I need you I don't know how To believe in your advice Just this once I take the dice Midnight so what's the point of faking For a kiss or a whisper you pull out a desperate prize Hold tight onto Daddy's bracelet Make them pay for their chances With money they don't think that's nice (chorus) - Of Crime And Passion
Letra
Why did you let me run When you knew I'd fall for the gaping hole Where your heart should be Liar-couldn't cut me deeper with a knife if you tried Just take a look (before you run off and hide) At your victim arise Clouds on you shoulder Aren't they grazed by the afterglow How quiet they gather When the storm is about to blow Chorus: No don't look away Caught in the crossfire And it ain't no wind of change I'm talking of crime and passion's rage Summer of madness or the undertow Dragged me up an alley for the blossoming fire On a stranger's smile Bride of wire-how disguise so easily cracked Saw your heart turn spade This orchid's turned to black Graze on your shoulder Like the clouds in the afterglow How quiet they gather When the storm is about to blow (chorus) Way down by the shoulder In the haze of the afterglow Stranded together And the storm is about to blow (chorus) - Union Of The Snake
Letra
Telegram force and ready I knew this was a big mistake There's a fine line drawing My senses together And I think it's about to break If I listen close I can hear them singers, oh Voices in your body coming through on the radio The union of the snake is on the climb Moving up it's gonna race it's gonna break Through the borderline Nightshades on a warning Give me strength at least give me a light Give me anything even sympathy There's a chance you could be right If I listen close I can hear them singers, oh Voices in your body coming through on the radio The union of the snake is on the climb Moving up it's gonna race it's gonna break Through the borderline The union of the snake is on the climb Moving up it's gonna race it's gonna break Through the borderline If I listen close I can hear them singers, oh Voices in your body coming through on the radio The union of the snake is on the climb Moving up it's gonna race it's gonna break Through the borderline The union of the snake is on the climb It's gonna race, it's gonna break, it's gonna move up Through the borderline The union of the snake is on the climb Moving up it's gonna race it's gonna break Through the borderline The union of the snake is on the climb It's gonna race, it's gonna break, it's gonna move up To the borderline - Shadows On Your Side
Letra
Shackled and raised for a shining crowd They want you to speak but the music is louder than All of their roar wit the heat of the planet's core-but The shadows are on your side As soon as the lights go down In the darkest place you can find You belong to the hands of the night Promises made with a distant friend Truth should be known it can only bend To a tune of its own Hey you'll never hear that voice again Scandal in white on a tangled vine With everybody to say that you're having the Time of your life when your life is on the slide-but The shadows are on your side As soon as the lights go down In the darkest place you can find You belong to the hands of the night Spinning a compass to choose your way You can run, you can dive, you can stand and you can soar Whichever way you can be sure-that The shadows are on your side As soon as the lights go down In the darkest place you can find You belong to the hands of the night Shadows on your side The shadows are on your side - Tiger Tiger
Letra
(Instrumental) - The Seventh Stranger
Letra
Those words are all remainders Echoes growing in the heart of twilight They lay back laughing at naivety's star Awaken all those whispers In the dusty shadow of a passing favour I wouldn't say that you were ruthless or right I couldn't see from so far Was I chasing after rainbows? One thing for sure you never answer when I call And I wiped away the water from my face To look through the eyes of a stranger For rumours in the wake of such a lonely crowd Trading in my shelter for danger I'm changing my name just as the sun goes down In the eyes of a stranger Can't tell the real from reflections When all these faces look the same to me In every city such a desolate dream Some days are strange to number Some say the seventh sounds a little bit stranger A year of Sundays seems to have drifted right by I could have sworn in one evening And I'm not seized in desperation No still reproaches on the table from before But I still can feel those splinters of ice I look through the eyes of a stranger For rumours in the wake of such a lonely crowd Trading in my shelter for danger I'm changing my name just as the sun goes down In the eyes of a stranger I must be chasing after rainbows One thing for sure you never answer when I call And I wipe away the water from my face To look through the eyes of a stranger For rumours in the wake of such a lonely crowd Trading in my shelter for danger I'm changing my name just as the sun goes down Walking away like a stranger From rumours in the wake of such a lonely crowd Trading in my shelter for danger I'm changing my name just as the sun goes down In the eyes of a stranger In the eyes of a stranger In the eyes of a stranger