{"product_id":"9781501355189","title":"Duran Duran's Rio","description":"Author: Zaleski, Annie\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781501355189\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jul 2021\u003cbr\u003ePages: 176 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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, \u003ci\u003eRio\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e However, \u003ci\u003eRio\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eRio \u003c\/i\u003esucceed, this book explores how and why \u003ci\u003eRio\u003c\/i\u003e 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.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46629806801054,"sku":"UBD-9781501355189","price":19.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781501355189.jpg?v=1774221565","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781501355189","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}