I bought this CD for my wife as she LOVES Duran Duran. We also intended to go to their concert during their recent US tour and wanted to be up-to-date with their sound and songs. I like most of their old stuff, and on first listening to the CD it seemed to have a heavy Timberlake influence and be over-produced, and my super-fan wife agreed.

However, as the CD was kept in the car, we ended up listening to it over and over again. I wouldn't have believed it if someone had told me, but it has really grown on me and I now quite like it. Having recently seen them perform many of the songs on this CD live, my original impression of being over-produced has also disappeared.

To anyone that has every Duran Duran CD, then get this one too as you will hear the natural progression from past CDs leading to this one.

My rating is based on what my super-fan wife thinks of it, as she would know better than I would.

This isn't a great Duran Duran album, it is an amazing one!

I've been a fan since 81, and have to say that I've been there all the way. I was sceptical about their involvement with Timberlake and Timbaland and wondered what on earth Nate Hills would ever bring to it, especially after reading neither he or Timbaland had ever worked with a band. These guys are beat masters not song writers.

The answer is mixed, you can tell they have little experience of a band situation, but it makes me wonder how much more amazing their next collaboration will be having learnt from this one, this should have been entitled 'a work in progress', as they will nail it next time, this isn't quite there yet, I'm sure that the band realise this.

The sound is also mixed, going from the un-dynamic Timbaland (full on and on one level) sound, to Nate's 'how does this need to sound' sound. Tricked Out is the biggest mistake of the album, it's a cross between the Munsters and a cheap Sci-Fi show soundtrack.

Box full o' Honey steals the show, this is vintage Duran and better than anything in recent years, there is just something to it...

Dirty Great Monster, aside from it's theme hosts an interesting Lennon'ish harmony and an underdeveloped rhythm, this is also unfinished and appears to be one of those "we know what we want but can"t figure it out" situations. I think the likes of Nile Rodgers, who I gather is out of favour with the band, would have fixed

I finished listening to this wanting more, not another listen but more tracks. I just hope that us fans don't have as long to wait for the next instalment.

Oh yes, if you thought I'd forgotten Timberlake's efforts, well... Falling Down isn't a great track, it's an underdeveloped idea.

Buy it and love it, just expect better next time...Their name is Duran, Duran Duran.