Duran Duran's Rio

by Annie Zaleski

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 150135518X
• ISBN13: 9781501355189
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.7" x 6.5"