Duran Duran “Duran Duran” 1981/1983. On this day, April 25th, in 1983, Duran Duran reissued their debut record in the USA, Canada, Japan, Mexico, Taiwan and South Africa, due mainly to the phenomenal success of their sophomore release, Rio.

There were three major differences between the 1981 and 1983 release: 1. “To The Shore” was gone, making way for a new track the band had recorded “Is There Something I Should Know?” (which debuted at #1 on the UK charts and reached #4 in the US),  2.  The longer Night Version of “Planet Earth” was replaced regular single version of “Planet Earth,”  and 3. the cover art was completely different, changing from a New Romantic photo of the band, complete with puffy pirate shirts and alternately dyed black or blonde hair, with an updated picture that has the boys wearing either vaguely safari leather jackets (Simon) or biker jackets (Andy) and freshly updated hair colors (blonde tips for John and fiery orange for Nick). (Roger, Simon and Andy seem to be au naturel.) (There was a common, no-need-to-update thread between the album cover photos, though: pillowy, pouty lips). The re-release of Duran Duran was a success – the album hit the Top 10 in the US.