What Came Next...Duran Duran ”Seven and the Ragged Tiger”

Afte the success of Rio the pressure was on to keep Duran Duran a hitmaking machine. Despite going to exotic locations to film videos, wearing the latest fashions and being featured on the cover of a number of magazines, the sudden fame was weighing on the band, and their fortunes were in danger of being seized by the British government. In tax exile they began working on what was originally a concept album, but soon became Seven and the Ragged Tiger. It would spawn their first number one hit in the U.S., but it would be the last the classic version of the band would record for over two decades.