Duran Duran's Rio Contributor(s): Zaleski, Annie (Author) |
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ISBN: 150135518X ISBN-13: 9781501355189 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2021 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Music | Individual Composer & Musician - Music | Genres & Styles - Dance - Music | History & Criticism - General |
Dewey: 782.421 |
LCCN: 2021000588 |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 4.7" W x 6.5" (0.40 lbs) 184 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |