Astronaut (Duran Duran album)

Astronaut
Studio album by Duran Duran
Released	28 September 2004 (2004-09-28)
Recorded	2001–2004
Studio	Sphere (London)
Genre	New wave pop rock synth-pop
Length	49:52
Label	Epic
Producer	Dallas Austin Duran Duran Don Gilmore Nile Rodgers Mark Tinley
Duran Duran chronology
The Singles 1986–1995 (2004) Astronaut (2004) Red Carpet Massacre (2007)
Singles from Astronaut
"(Reach Up for The) Sunrise" Released: 30 August 2004 "What Happens Tomorrow" Released: 18 January 2005 "Nice" Released: 2005

Astronaut is the eleventh studio album by English rock band Duran Duran, released on 28 September 2004 by Epic Records. It was Duran Duran's first studio album since Pop Trash (2000), and the first (and to date, last) full album since Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983) to be recorded by the most famous five-member lineup of the band (the stand-alone 1985 single "A View to a Kill" was their last studio recording together).

Astronaut received mixed reviews from critics but was nevertheless a commercial success, peaking at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart to become the band's highest-charting album in the UK since Seven and the Ragged Tiger in 1983. The album also peaked at 17 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and reached the top ten in six other countries.

In 2021, the band signed a deal for the album with BMG (along with Medazzaland, Pop Trash and Red Carpet Massacre) which saw it being re-issued in the UK on various digital platforms.^[1]