‘Definitive book about the definitive album by the definitive band.” – Goodreads
About the Duran Duran Rio 33 1/3:
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, to find an audience in America, the LP needed to buffed-up with remixes, and reissued several times. A cutting-edge visual aesthetic and colorful music videos, both of which established Duran Duran as leaders of an MTV-driven second British Invasion, further buoyed the band. 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.
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How to Buy the Duran Duran Rio 33 1/3 book:
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Autographed Copies
I’ve teamed up with Mac’s Backs to offer autographed copies of the Rio book! Order your autographed copy. (Copies in stock!)
U.S.
Bloomsbury (US site)
Amazon
Bookshop.org
Indiebound
Barnes & Noble
Books-A-Million
Cleveland-Area Bookstores
Mac’s Backs – autographed copies also available; link above!
Visible Voice
The Learned Owl
Loganberry Books
Canada
Login Canada
Amazon
!ndigo
Bloomsbury
UK
Bloomsbury (UK)
Amazon
Rough Trade
Foyles
Waterstones
Book Depository
Australia
Bloomsbury
Booktopia
Dymocks
Metropolis Bookshop
Germany
Amazon
India
Bloomsbury
Italy
Amazon
Japan
Amazon
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