Duran Duran's Rio, Limited Edition: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Classic Album

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Annie Zaleski

Duran Duran's Rio, Limited Edition

Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Classic Album

Annie Zaleski

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA
26 January 2023

Music reviews & criticism; Rock & Pop music; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups

Series: 33 1/3

This limited printing, hardcover 40th anniversary edition includes:

-an exclusive new interview with lead singer Simon Le Bon

-a Rio timeline -a newly designed book cover by Rio album sleeve designer, Malcolm Garrette -vintage Duran Duran photos and ads

-and much more...

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 and a cutting-edge visual aesthetic, both of which established the 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees as leaders of an MTV-driven second British Invasion. Via extensive new and exclusive 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.

By: Annie Zaleski
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9798765100233
Series: 33 1/3
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 26 January 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Annie Zaleski is an award-winning freelance journalist, editor, and critic based in Cleveland, Ohio. Previously, she was on staff at the Riverfront Times and Alternative Press. Her profiles, interviews, and criticism have appeared in publications such as Rolling Stone, NPR Music, The Guardian, Salon, Time, Billboard, The A.V. Club, Vulture, The Los Angeles Times, Stereogum, Cleveland Plain Dealer, and Las Vegas Weekly. She also writes liner notes, including for the 2016 reissue of R.E.M.'s Out of Time.

Reviews for Duran Duran's Rio, Limited Edition: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Classic Album

A refreshing new take on the band ... filled with loving anecdotes and pop culture history. * cargoART Magazine * A refreshing perspective on the band and their music. * Cream Magazine *