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}} ''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, 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.〔Jonathan Cohen, ("Keys Storms Chart With Mega-Selling 'As I Am'" ), Billboard.com, 21 November 2007.〕 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.〔("Ask Billboard, 'TRASH' FOR SALE" ), Billboard.com, 2 May 2008.〕 The album spent only three consecutive weeks in the ''Billboard'' 200 chart. It was the band's second and final album released with Epic Records. The band parted ways with Sony Music in 2009. ==Early sessions== The band did its initial recording for its follow-up to ''Astronaut'' with producer Michael Patterson between September 2005 and April 2006. 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.〔"(A postcard from the studio )", Roger Taylor, 22 March 2006.〕 The record was provisionally titled ''Reportage'' and expected in late May 2006 with a summer tour to follow, but as reported in ''Billboard'', the new album was delayed as 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''.〔(Duran Duran Grooves With Timbaland, Timberlake ) - Billboard.com, 20 Dec. 2006〕〔Newton, Victoria. "(Back to the Duran board, lads )", ''The Sun Online''. 15 March 2007.〕 In early October, vocalist Simon Le Bon announced that the band had recorded three songs with famed hip hop producer Timbaland, his protégé Nate "Danja" Hills and engineer Jimmy Douglass at Manhattan Center Studios during September.〔"(Duran Duran and Timbaland )", ''HHNLive'', 3 October 2006.〕 Trade 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.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Red Carpet Massacre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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