Duran Duran: Astronaut [DualDisc]

by Duran Duran

Overview

El presente libro constituye el resumen de un amplio estudio realizado sobre la comunicación como fenómeno social y base del proceso docente educativo; destacándose además, la competencia comunicativa como una importante herramienta para el trabajo docente. En el material el lector encontrará una fuente para profundizar en la evolución de la visión de la comunicación y los aspectos que conforman su cuerpo teórico, tanto desde el análisis lingüístico y psicológico, como desde la dimensión social y pedagógica. Se sugieren además algunas técnicas o herramientas a tener en cuenta en la labor educativa, atendiendo a las características especiales de este tipo de comunicación y un estudio detallado sobre la competencia comunicativa, así como una propuesta para su análisis, a partir de estudiarla, en primer lugar, como una condición para el desarrollo social de la personalidad, y en segundo, como habilidad profesional; con el único objetivo de propiciar la elevación, tanto de la calidad del proceso de enseñanza aprendizaje, como de la maestría pedagógica de los docentes en el desarrollo de su ejercicio profesional.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/29/2005
Label:	Sony
UPC:	0827969351222
Rank:	58669

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Duran Duran   Primary Artist
Crossfade   Primary Artist
Roger Taylor   Drums,Vocals
Andy Taylor   Guitar,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
John Taylor   Guitar (Bass),Vocals
Nick Rhodes   Keyboards
Simon LeBon   Vocals
Sally Boyden   Vocals (Background)
Lily Gonzalez   Percussion
Tessa Niles   Vocals (Background)
Tony Byroads   Vocals,Sampling,Turntables,Vocals (Background)
Ed Sloan   Guitar,Vocals
Mitchell James   Guitar (Bass),Vocals (Background)
Mark Tinley   Keyboards
Brian Geiger   Drums

Technical Credits

Nile Rodgers   Audio Production,Producer,Vocal Producer,Additional Production
Dallas Austin   Audio Production,Engineer,Producer
Don Gilmore   Audio Production,Additional Production,Engineer,Producer
Mick Rock   Photography
Matt Pinfield   A&R
Jake Roberts   Programming,Rhythm Programming
Rich Hilton   Engineer,Pro-Tools
David Gray   A&R
Dean Barrett   Assistant Engineer
Andy Taylor   Composer,Producer,Group Member
Simon LeBon   Composer,Producer,Group Member
Jeremy Wheatley   Mixing,Engineer
Duran Duran   Composer,Producer,Performer,Executive Producer
Crossfade   Composer,Engineer,Producer,Art Direction
Tony Byroads   Group Member
Doug Ford   A&R
Leon Zervos   Engineer,Mastering
Ed Sloan   Composer,Group Member
Mitchell James   Group Member
Jason Nevins   Engineer,Programming
Mark Tinley   Engineer,Producer,Programming,Pre-Production
Richard Haughton   Photography
Robert McClaugherty   Executive Producer
Brian Geiger   Group Member
Clarissa Tossin   Artwork
Heidi Kelso   Producer
James A. Salkind   Post Production Supervisor
Bryan Gallant   Assistant
Sean Hogan   Artwork
Richard Edgeler   Assistant Engineer
David & Phil Massey   A&R
Bernie Beca   Artwork
Patty Palazzo   Artwork
Tilton Gardner   Executive Producer
Jake "The Snake" Roberts   Programming
Sean Fullan   Editing
Randy Staub   Mixing,Engineer
Richard Hilton   Engineer,Digital Editing
Mike Clink   Producer
Daniel Mendez   Engineer,Pro-Tools,Digital Editing
Nick Rhodes   Composer,Engineer,Producer,Group Member
Rick Sheppard   Engineer,Pro-Tools,Digital Editing
Francesco Cameli   Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Roger Taylor   Composer,Producer,Group Member
John Warwicker   Graphic Editing,Creative Director
John Taylor   Composer,Producer,Group Member
Melanie Vaughan   Producer
Kristian Schull   Cover Photo
Sara Syms   Graphic Design
David Massey   A&R
Wendy Laister   Executive Producer
Guy Farley   Arranger,String Arrangements
Daniel E. Catullo III   Producer,Executive Producer

Editorial Reviews

"It's like the Mamas & the Papas meets Kraftwerk." This line, more baffling than a lyric like "Shake up the picture, the lizard mixture, with your dance on the eventide," is how Simon Lebon described Astronaut to Rolling Stone. If it was meant to lower expectations of the first Duran Duran album to feature the Fab Five (meaning Lebon, Nick Rhodes, and the trio of unrelated Taylors) since Seven and the Ragged Tiger, it worked. Astronaut, rest assured, sounds nothing like that match made in hell. Instead, it resembles what the average lapsed Durannie might expect or even hope for -- a modern-sounding mixture of extroverted dance-pop and rock, with a couple of relatively subdued and introverted moments. No sound seems forced, and you can tell that the members are thrilled to be in the same studio with one another. Despite a disparate lineup of producers, including Don Gilmore (Linkin Park, Good Charlotte, Avril Lavigne) and Dallas Austin (Boyz II Men, Janet Jackson, Pink), the songs slide into one another as well as they do on any of the group's early albums. The big, glossy, buoyant songs work best, containing punching choruses and sleekly raucous motifs that manage to trigger faint memories without sounding recycled. The lighthearted midtempo funk of "Bedroom Toys," however, is a randy nightmare that's almost as awkward as any of the covers on Thank You. Even with a handful of forgettable songs beyond that, the album is easily the best one credited to the Duran Duran name since 1993's Wedding Album. That's not saying much, but the fact that these five fortysomethings have made something fresh and contemporary -- without acknowledging the '80s revival(s) -- is a feat of some kind. (Note: Short-fused Roxy Music fans are advised to avoid looking inside the accompanying booklet.) [In March 2005 Astronaut was re-released in Dual Disc format, with the DVD side in 5.1 Surround Sound and enhanced LPCM stereo and also including such additional features as video footage of the band in the studio and making the "(Reach Up for The) Sunrise" video.]