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Duran Duran, Rio

Audio CD

Disk ID: 310071

Disk length: 42m 34s (9 Tracks)

Original Release Date: 1982

Label: Unknown

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Tracks & Durations

1. Rio 5:33
2. My Own Way 4:50
3. Lonely In Your Nightmare 3:51
4. Hungry Like The Wolf 3:39
5. Hold Back The Rain 4:01
6. New Religion 5:30
7. Last Chance On The Starway 4:19
8. Save A Prayer 5:34
9. The Chauffeur 5:10

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Review

In the decade of decadence, Duran Duran knew how to live the life. It was reflected in their videos (sailboats, silly white hats, tropical surroundings, grease-painted feral women) and garishly displayed in their public lifestyles. But if you can remove these connotations from the album that started it all, you'll be left with music that is anything but gaudy. For the most part, Rio is an eerie and sumptuous record. With their raspy, arpeggio synth sounds and Simon Le Bon's uninflected vocals, the misty ballads "Lonely in Your Nightmare" and "Save a Prayer" can still tear your heart right out of your chest and abandon it bleeding on a rain-soaked, cobblestone street. With the dance-oriented singles "Rio" and "Hungry Like the Wolf," you dry out a bit, but the songs are far from airy or whimsical. One anomaly in this release, though, is the inappropriate prominence of John Taylor's bass lines. In every song, it sounds as if he is mixed more in expectation of a solo than as an integral part of the rhythm section. Ignore this technical distraction, however, and you'll enjoy rediscovering this gorgeous body of water-colored synthpop. --Beth Bessmer

Other Versions

Albums are mined from the various public resources and can be actually the same but different in the tracks length only. We are keeping all versions now.

Rio

Tracks: 9, Disk length: 42m 31s (-1m 57s)

Rio

Tracks: 9, Disk length: 42m 41s (+0m 7s)

Rio

Tracks: 9, Disk length: 42m 25s (-1m 51s)

Rio

Tracks: 9, Disk length: 42m 25s (-1m 51s)

Rio

Tracks: 9, Disk length: 42m 24s (-1m 50s)

Rio

Tracks: 9, Disk length: 42m 24s (-1m 50s)

Rio

Tracks: 9, Disk length: 42m 22s (-1m 48s)

Rio

Tracks: 9, Disk length: 42m 22s (-1m 48s)

Rio

Tracks: 9, Disk length: 42m 56s (+0m 22s)

Rio

Tracks: 9, Disk length: 42m 1s (-1m 27s)

Rio

Tracks: 9, Disk length: 35m 39s (-7m 5s)

Rio

Tracks: 10 (+1 tracks), Disk length: 1h 13m 27s (+30m 53s)

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