Album · 1982
Rio
by Duran Duran
Rio is a 1982 new wave album by Duran Duran. It runs 9 tracks across 42 minutes on Rhino.
New Wave · Synthpop · New Romantic
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- 51 /100
- 3 critics
- 9
- Tracks
- 42 min
- Runtime
- 128 bpm
- Tempo
- A major
- Key
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Cover art
2 credits
- Design
- Malcolm Garrett
- Photography
- Andy Earl
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Tracklist
9 tracks · 42 min
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Also released as
Every pressing below shares this page's rating and reviews — they are the same record.
- Rio (2001 Remaster)Remaster · 1993
Rio (Collectors Edition)Reissue · 1982 · 29 tracks
- 1Last Chance On the Stairway (Manchester Square Demo)
- 1Rio
- 2My Own Way
- 2My Own Way (Manchester Square Demo)
- 3Lonely In Your Nightmare
- 3New Religion (Manchester Square Demo)
- 4Like an Angel (Manchester Square Demo)
- 4Hungry Like the Wolf
- 5My Own Way (7'' Version)
- 5Hold Back the Rain
- 6Like an Angel
- 6New Religion
- 7Careless Memories (Live)
- 7Last Chance On the Stairway
- 8The Chauffeur (Blue Silver) [Early Version]
- 8Save a Prayer
- 9The Chauffeur
- 9My Own Way (Night Version)
- 10Rio (US Album Remix)
- 10Hungry Like the Wolf (Night Version)
- 11Rio (Night Version)
- 11My Own Way (Carnival Remix)
- 12New Religion (Carnival Remix)
- 12Lonely In Your Nightmare (US Album Remix)
- 13Hungry Like the Wolf (US Album Remix)
- 13Hold Back the Rain (Carnival Remix)
- 14My Own Way (Instrumental Version)
- 14Hold Back the Rain (US Album Remix)
- 15Hold Back the Rain (Alternate Remix)
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About
Rio is the second studio album by the British rock band Duran Duran, originally released worldwide on 10 May 1982. It reached #2 in the UK and #1 in Australia. The album was re-released in the United States in November 1982. It earned a Gold disc on 1 March 1983, and went Platinum on 26 April 1983, eventually reaching Double Platinum status. It peaked at number six on the Billboard 200 album chart in the US on 12 March 1983, and remained on the chart for 129 weeks.
In brief
- When was Rio released?
- Rio was released in 1982 on Rhino.
- How many tracks are on Rio?
- Rio has 9 tracks, with a runtime of 42 minutes.
- What genre is Rio?
- Rio is catalogued under New Wave, Synthpop, New Romantic.
- What BPM is Rio?
- Rio runs at a median tempo of 128 BPM across its tracks, most often in A major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Rio?
- Listeners of Rio also rate Songs From the Big Chair by Tears for Fears, The Best of Depeche Mode, Vol. 1 (Deluxe) by Depeche Mode, Power, Corruption & Lies by New Order.
Rio at a glance
- Labels
- EMI, Capitol Records
- Produced by
- Colin Thurston
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