La Dolce Vita

La Dolce Vita (is an Italian phrase which means "the good life") is a "limited edition" LP vinyl box set released by EMI in 1986 containing the first 5 albums by Duran Duran and only issued in Italy.

About the box set
The box set contains the Italian versions of Duran Duran's first 5 albums "Duran Duran (1981 album) ","Rio","Seven and the Ragged Tiger" "Arena" and "Notorious",which also included a giant poster of the "Notorious" album cover.The clamshell box features an angel character embossed in gold leaf foil on the green,white and red colours of the Italian flag, with  words Duran Duran also embossed in gold leaf foil.The presentation of the "limited edition" box  gives the overall effect of a large box of expensive chocolates and was released on "New Year's Eve" in 1986.It was released by Emi,but there is no listing catalogue number for the item.

Duran Duran (1981 album)
Side A

1."Girls on Film" - (3.30)

2."Planet Earth" - (3:59)

3."Anyone Out There" - (3.53)

4."To The Shore" - (3:44)

5."Careless Memories" - (3:42)

Side B

1."Night Boat" - (5:24)

2 "Sound of Thunder" - (4:00)

3."Friends of Mine" - (5:25)

4."Tel Aviv" - (5:16)

Rio
Side A

1."Rio" - (5:33)

2."My Own Way" - (4:51)

3."Lonely In Your Nightmare" - (3:50)

4."Hungry Like the Wolf" - (3:41)

5."Hold Back the Rain" - (3:57 )

Side B

1."New Religion" - (5:33)

2."Last Chance on the Stairway" - (4:21)

3."Save a Prayer" - (5:33)

4."The Chauffeur" - (5:13)

Seven and the Ragged Tiger
Side A

1."The Reflex" - (5:29)

2."New Moon On Monday" - (4:16)

3 "Cracks in the Pavement" - (3:38)

4."I Take the Dice" - (3:18)

5."Of Crime And Passion" - (3:50)

Side B

6 "Union Of The Snake" - (4:20)

7."Shadows On Your Side" - (4:03)

8."Tiger Tiger" - (3:20)

9."The Seventh Stranger" - (5:22)

Arena
Side A

1. "Is There Something I Should Know?" - (4:34)

2. "Hungry Like The Wolf" - (4:01)

3. "New Religion" - (5:37)

4. "Save A Prayer" - (6:12)

5. "The Wild Boys" - (4:18)

Side B

1. "The Seventh Stranger" - (5:05)

2. "The Chauffeur" - (5:23)

3. "Union Of The Snake" - (4:09)

4 ."Planet Earth" - (4:31)

5."Careless Memories" - (4:07)

Notorious
Side A

1."Notorious" - (4:18)

2."American Science" - (4:43)

3."Skin Trade" - (5:57)

4."A Matter Of Feeling" - (5:56)

5."Hold Me" - (4:31)

Side B

6."Vertigo (Do The Demolition)" - (4:44)

7."So Misled" - (4.04)

8. "Meet El Presidente" - (4:19)

9. "Winter Marches On" - (3:25)

10."Proposition" - (4.57)