Duran Duran's Rio (inbunden)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
184
Utgivningsdatum
2021-07-01
Förlag
Bloomsbury Academic USA
Dimensioner
165 x 119 x 13 mm
Vikt
182 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9781501355189

Duran Duran's Rio

Häftad,  Engelska, 2021-07-01
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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 soundinfluences include danceable disco, tangy funk, swaggering glam, and Roxy Music's art-rockthe 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 inspirationand a reflection of a musical, cultural, and technology zeitgeist.
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Containing new interviews with four of the original five band members along with commentary from colleagues and former label execs and radio programmers of that period, the Rio book offers a behind-the-scenes making of the album and song analysis as well the records enduring popularity decades later. * Forbes * With new music on the horizon from Duran Duran in 2021, it's illuminating to look back to the exciting moment where the song that broke them in the U.S., "Hungry Like the Wolf," started to happen. * Salon * Engaging cultural history, told from a perspective of fondness but with a clear journalistic eye. * Spectrum Culture * Author Annie Zaleski dives deep into the albums history, creation and legacy, including interviews with the band themselves. * Sydney's Daily Telegraph * Excellent offers a fresh insight into this classic record. * Choice * With the books original interviews and meticulous research into each facet of Rio, Annie Zaleski offers new insights into Duran Durans music and creative process, along with the albums accompanying videos and its pop-cultural, historical, and industry contexts. * Perfect Beat *

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Annie Zaleski is an award-winning freelance journalist, editor, and critic based in Cleveland, Ohio. Previously, she was on staff at the Riverfront Times and Alternative Press. Her profiles, interviews, and criticism have appeared in publications such as Rolling Stone, NPR Music, The Guardian, Salon, Time, Billboard, The A.V. Club, Vulture, The Los Angeles Times, Stereogum, Cleveland Plain Dealer, and Las Vegas Weekly. She also writes liner notes, including for the 2016 reissue of R.E.M.'s Out of Time.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction 1. The Road to Rio 2. Writing and Recording Rio 3. Why Rio Matters 4. Duran Duran, Video Pioneers 5. Winning Over US Radio 6. 1983: The Year of Duran Duran 7. Rio's Impact and Resonance Acknowledgments Bibliography Index