"LIBERTY was the first Duran Duran album we didnât tour behind. I think we got back in to the Studio pretty soon after it was made, and started a new record, which was THE WEDDING ALBUM. It sometimes feels like LIBERTY is the first part of THE WEDDING ALBUM.
âViolence of Summerâ was the first single, and it is a very un-Duran Duran like song. It was in your face. I remember reading in a music paper that Phil Collins said it didnât sound like a Duran Duran song, so I buttonholed him about it once. He said it just didnât sound like us. There was something a bit rude about the song that I quite liked.
I think âSeriousâ is one of the best songs weâve ever written, and, in fact, it was Robert Palmerâs favorite Duran Duran song. Ferry Corsten used âSeriousâ as a sample on his song âFire,â and that was a dance hit for him.
âMy Antacticaâ is one of my favorite Duran Duran songs, ever. If we ever did âDuran Duran as Pink Floyd esoteric,â that would be in the set. I would love to suggest we learn that one up as an alternative to âSave A Prayer.â Itâs a beautiful and emotional song. Itâs important to me not to say what the song is about because the song is the statement. Other peopleâs interpretation is what matters, and it can spoil it for them if I was to say, âNo, itâs about this.â
I love the song âVenice Drowningâ too. I was quite proud of that one. It was my sort of sexy-zombie-vampire song.
There are some things I wasnât crazy about on the album, like âFirst Impression,â which wasnât from my heart. I didnât love âAll Across the Waterâ either. I think the issue with LIBERTY is that we were in a transition and there were some tracks that didnât have our whole heart in it.
The album came at a difficult time, when a lot of the world was saying, âWe donât want any more Duran Duran, weâve had enough of you.â Of course, we refused to go away. I wouldnât go back and change anything though, Iâd rather spend two weeks writing a new song then making changes to LIBERTY. It was a point in time for Duran Duran. I really do look back on LIBERTY with a lot of fondness."
- As told to Katy Krassner on the 25th anniversary of the release of LIBERTY (August 20, 1990)