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''Arena'' is a Live Album by Duran Duran , originally released worldwide in 1984 (see 1984 In Music ), and reissued with two bonus tracks in 2004 , (see 2004 In Music ). BACKGROUND To cap off the band's highly successful 1983/1984 "Sing Blue Silver" World Tour, EMI released a live album, which according to the sleeve was "Recorded Around The World 1984". The album featured most of the band's big hits in a live environment, as well as some album tracks from '' Rio '' ( 1982 ) and '' Seven And The Ragged Tiger '' ( 1983 ), and a new studio track "The Wild Boys" produced by Nile Rodgers , who has previously remixed the single "The Reflex". "The Wild Boys" single was issued with six separate covers - one featuring each individual band member and one of the band collectively. At the time of release, critics were suspicious that the mix was too polished for a live album, as most of the audience was muted. The unique song arrangements and adlibs like "Is anybody hungry?" indicated that this was indeed a live effort. Other criticism arose from the omission of some of the band's biggest songs like "The Reflex", "Girls On Film" and "Rio". However, ''Arena'' still managed to peak at #6 in the UK ( November 24 ) and #4 in the US ( December 1 ). The album was eventually re-issued 1 June , 2004 and included two bonus tracks "Girls On Film" and "Rio". ''Arena'' would be the only full-length live Duran Duran release until the 2003 Encore Series of official Bootleg Recording s from shows in Japan and the West Coast of the USA . FURTHER EVENTS Capitalising on the band's success, EMI turned the album's release into a multimedia event. The concert film '' Arena (An Absurd Notion) '' on long form VHS was quickly followed by ''The Making of Arena''. These videos featured Duran Duran performing live in Oakland, California between Apr 12 - 15 , 1984 while Milo O'Shea reprised his role as the evil Dr. Durand Durand from the movie '' Barbarella '' ( 1968 ). The ''Arena'' video also featured the extended video for "The Wild Boys", as directed by . The film would never get made. Also released during this period for the ''Arena'' multi-media event were a board game called Into The Arena, a series of collectible cards, the tour documentary '' Sing Blue Silver '' and a book about the tour featuring extensive photos by Dennis O'Regan , also called '''Sing Blue Silver'''. Both the '''Sing Blue Silver''' documentary and '''Arena''' were reissued on DVD in 2004; the ''Arena'' DVD features ''The Making Of Arena'' as an extra. OTHER LIVE MATERIAL Two further live cuts from the 1984 world tour were released as B-sides to singles in 1984: "New Religion (Live in LA)" on the North American single for "The Reflex" and the live "Cracks in the Pavement (1984)" on "The Wild Boys". "New Religion" was recorded 9 February at The Forum , Los Angeles , and "Cracks in the Pavement" was recorded at the 5 March 1984 show at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto . This is the same concert where the video for "The Reflex" was filmed. TRACK LISTING: ORIGINAL RELEASE All songs written and arranged by Duran Duran . # "Is There Something I Should Know?" (4:34) # "Hungry Like The Wolf" (4:01) # "New Religion" (5:37) # "Save A Prayer" (6:12) # "The Wild Boys" (4:18) # "The Seventh Stranger" (5:05) # "The Chauffeur" (5:23) # "The Union Of The Snake" (4:09) # "Planet Earth" (4:31) # "Careless Memories" (4:07) TRACK LISTING: 2004 REISSUE All songs written and arranged by Duran Duran . # "Is There Something I Should Know?" (4:34) # "Hungry Like The Wolf" (4:01) # "New Religion" (5:37) # "Save A Prayer" (6:12) # "The Wild Boys" (4:18) # "The Seventh Stranger" (5:05) # "The Chauffeur" (5:23) # "The Union Of The Snake" (4:09) # "Planet Earth" (4:31) # "Careless Memories" (4:07) # "Girls On Film" (5:59) # "Rio" (5:55) SINGLES October 1984: "The Wild Boys" January 1985: "Save A Prayer (Live from the Arena)" PERSONNEL Duran Duran are:
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