{"product_id":"duran-durans-rio","title":"Duran Durans Rio","description":"\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57303789797758,"sku":"NW9781501355189","price":10.03,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781501355189.jpg?v=1778712866","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/duran-durans-rio","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}