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Duran Duran's 1995 covers album Thank You was recently voted the worst album of all time by a Q magazine poll. Although we respectfully disagree (Sonic Youth's NYC Ghosts & Flowers is clearly the worst album of all time), we are certainly wary of any attempt by the band to pay homage to its influences. And while the words "Nick Rhodes & John Taylor Present" don't quite get our panties in a bunch like they used to, we've decided to holster our cynicism (and switch to thongs) temporarily, as news of an inspired new compilation spearheaded by the Duran Duran founders has just arrived at Pitchfork HQ.

And no, kids, it's not another "Queer Eye" tie-in.

Boasting the full title Nick Rhodes & John Taylor Present: Only After Dark, the CD, due out May 8 on EMI in the UK, culls 18 semi-obscure tracks from the late 70s/early 80s post-punk, post-glam movement-- including entries from such pioneers as David Bowie, Brian Eno, Wire, and Magazine-- that served to inspire the early days of Duran Duran.

You know, they could just call it Cliffs Notes: The Killers, and make out like bandits this summer.

Unlimited supply:

01 Human League - Being Boiled (fast version)
02 Yellow Magic Orchestra - Computer Games
03 David Bowie - Always Crashing in the Same Car
04 Psychedelic Furs - Sister Europe
05 Simple Minds - Changeling
06 Mick Ronson - Only After Dark
07 John Foxx - Underpass
08 The Normal - Warm Leatherette
09 Bryan Ferry - In Crowd
10 Brian Eno - The True Wheel
11 Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric?
12 Kraftwerk - The Robots (single edit)
13 Donna Summer - I Feel Love
14 Wire - I Am the Fly
15 Magazine - Shot by Both Sides
16 Grace Jones - Private Life
17 Iggy Pop - The Passenger
18 Ultravox - Slow Motion

Duran Duran are currently in the studio working on their next album.