Duran Duran's Rio by Zaleski, Annie;

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In the '80s, the Birmingham, England, band Duran Duran became closely associated with new wave, an idiosyncratic genre that dominated the decade's music and culture. No album represented this rip-it-up-and-start-again movement better than the act's breakthrough 1982 LP, Rio. A cohesive album with a retro-futuristic sound-influences include danceable disco, tangy funk, swaggering glam, and Roxy Music's art-rock-the full-length sold millions and spawned smashes such as ""Hungry Like the Wolf"" and the title track.

However, Rio wasn't a success everywhere at first; in fact, the LP had to be buffed-up with remixes and reissued before it found an audience in America. The album was further buoyed by colorful music videos, which established Duran Duran as leaders of an MTV-driven second British Invasion, and the group's cutting-edge visual aesthetic. Via extensive new interviews with band members and other figures who helped Rio succeed, this book explores how and why Rio became a landmark pop-rock album, and examines how the LP was both a musical inspiration-and a reflection of a musical, cultural, and technology zeitgeist.

Tartalomjegyzék:

Introduction
1. The Road to Rio
2. Writing and Recording Rio
3. Why Rio Matters
4. Duran Duran, Video Pioneers
5. Winning Over US Radio
6. 1983: The Year of Duran Duran
7. Rio's Impact and Resonance
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index