{"product_id":"duran-durans-rio-9781501355189","title":"Duran Duran's 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Zaleski, Annie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501355189\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.50h x 4.70w x 0.50d","brand":"Annie Zaleski","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39573077426251,"sku":"9781501355189","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_ce6f857e-0cba-483a-a99d-67f890d2533b.jpg?v=1637602518","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/duran-durans-rio-9781501355189","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}