thing is in the 80's at their peak everyone apart from their adoring fans hated them, for me you may as well have given that award to go west or spandau ballet though duran always had better songs, i'm a closet fan of their music but don't think they should have won that award, still after the spice girls won it a couple of years back, all credibility in a lifetime achievement award went down the toilet pan anyway, i mean bands like the stones and the who used to win it!!! i actually prefer the post original line up material, 'notorious' 'big thing' and 'liberty' are cracking records imo...