Rio (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Rio
Type = Album
Artist = Duran Duran


Released = Start date|1982|5|10
Recorded = January-February 1982 at AIR Studios in London
Genre = Rock, new wave
Length = 42:38
Label = Capitol/EMI
Producer = Colin Thurston
Reviews = *"Allmusic" Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kifixqt5ldke link]

Last album = "Duran Duran" (1981)
This album = "Rio" (1982)
Next album = "Seven and the Ragged Tiger" (1983) Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate Cover
Type = album


Cover size = 200
Lower caption = Alternate Rio cover used on 2001 limited edition remaster
Misc = Singles
Name = Rio
Type = album
single 1 = My Own Way
single 1 date = Start date|1981|11|16
single 2 = Hungry Like the Wolf
single 2 date = Start date|1982|5|4
single 3 = Save a Prayer
single 3 date = Start date|1982|8|9
single 4 = Rio
single 4 date = Start date|1982|11|1

"Rio" is an album by Duran Duran, originally released worldwide on May 10, 1982, but re-released in November 1982 in the United States. It reached #2 in the UK and #1 in Australia.

The album went gold in the US on March 1, 1983, and platinum on April 26 1983, eventually reaching double platinum status. It peaked at number five on the "Billboard" 200 album chart in the US on June 5, 1983, and remained on the chart for 129 weeks.

In 2000, "Rio" was ranked #98 in "Q" magazine's "100 Greatest British Albums". In 2003, it was listed at #65 in the "NME" "100 Greatest Albums of All Time". In 2004, "CMJ" ranked it as #1 in their "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1982". ["CMJ", January 5, 2004, p.10]

"Rio" will become part of the Classic Albums series, when released on DVD on November 4, 2008.

Recording and release dates

The first song to be recorded for "Rio" was "My Own Way", written and recorded in October 1981, and released as a single in November 1981. The rest of the album was recorded in spring of 1982 at Air Studios in London, with producer and engineer Colin Thurston. "My Own Way" was re-recorded as well; the album version is significantly different from the single version.

The second single, "Hungry Like the Wolf" was released in the UK on May 4 1982. It peaked at #5 in the charts on May 15 1982.

The "Rio" album was first released worldwide on May 10 1982, and quickly shot to #2 in the UK on May 22 1982. The image on the album's distinctive purple cover was painted by artist Patrick Nagel. The cover itself was designed by Malcolm Garrett.

The lyrics of "Hold Back the Rain" - written by lead singer Simon Le Bon - deal with bassist John Taylor's emerging drug problem and excessive lifestyle. [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzJbvQojXGI YouTube - John Taylor & Simon Le Bon Clip ] ]

The album in America

The North American version was released on Capitol's Harvest Records label, with rather poor sound quality, and didn't do well at first. EMI in Britain had promoted Duran Duran as a New Romantic band, but that genre was barely known in the United States, and Capitol was at a loss about how to sell the band.fact|date=August 2008

The band, however, had their own plans and ambitions for promotion. They reunited with director Russell Mulcahy (who had directed the music video for their first single, "Planet Earth"), and planned the release of a full length video album -- eleven videos for the best songs off of the "Duran Duran" and "Rio" albums. The band travelled to Sri Lanka and Antigua between tour dates to film the memorable videos for the singles "Rio", "Hungry Like the Wolf" and "Save a Prayer", as well as the lesser-known "Lonely in Your Nightmare" and "Waiting for the Nightboat" -- the latter a creepy zombiefest set on a deserted island.

While filming the tropical videos, guitarist Andy Taylor contracted malaria and was hospitalized on his return to England. This forced the delay of Duran Duran's European tour, and the record company decided to hold the release of the third single until the band was ready to promote it again.

"Save a Prayer" was finally released on August 9 1982, and peaked at #2 on the UK charts on August 22 1982.

Remixes and reissues

Meanwhile, the band had worked with producer David Kershenbaum to create some new dance mixes for their twelve-inch club singles. In September, Capitol collected the remixes and released them on an EP called "Carnival". It included "Rio", "Hold Back The Rain", "My Own Way", "Hungry Like The Wolf", and "New Religion", and was released in North America, Spain, the Netherlands, Japan and Taiwan. Deejays who heard the new mixes could not get enough, and started to put the dance mixes on the air. On October 2 1982, "Carnival" became the first EP by any band to make an appearance on the US charts, although it only sat at #98 for one week.

Following the success of the Kershenbaum remixes, Capitol changed its marketing strategy on Duran Duran from New Romantic to dance band. Frustrated with their lack of success in the U.S., the band capitalized on the moment and pressed Capitol to allow them to issue a remixed and remastered version of the "Rio" album in North America. The company agreed, and brought Kershenbaum back to remix the rest of the album.

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Capitol re-released the "Rio" album in the U.S., with Kershenbaum's new remixes in November 1982. All tracks benefited from some minor reworking, but the significant structural differences in the songs on this second pressing (matrix #ST-1-12211-Z13-REI #1) include:

:* Kershenbaum "album version" of "Hungry Like the Wolf" (later used on the American 7" single re-release):* Kershenbaum "nite version" of "Hold Back the Rain":* Kershenbaum "My Own Way" - drastically different from the original:* Kershenbaum "Lonely In Your Nightmare"

As the album began to take off, Capitol rushed a third pressing of the "Rio" album into stores, identical to the second, except that the "album version" of "Hungry Like the Wolf" was replaced with longer Kershenbaum "nite version". The third pressing (matrix #ST-1-12211-Z16 #2) is much more common than the second.

These remixed versions of "Hungry Like the Wolf" and "Hold Back the Rain" were later released on CD on the "" compilation in 1998, and "My Own Way" was released in the 2003 "Singles Box Set 1981-1985". However, the Kershenbaum version of "Lonely in Your Nightmare" is only available on the second and third pressings of this vinyl album; it has not yet been officially issued on CD.

On December 3 1982, the Kershenbaum remix of the "Hungry Like the Wolf" single was released in the US, some six months after its initial UK release. The single included both the album version and the "Carnival" remix. It peaked at #3 in the US on Christmas Day.

Part of the continued success of the album was due to the very popular videos, in heavy rotation on MTV. The video album "Duran Duran" was released (on VHS, Betamax, and laserdisc) to coincide with the North American re-issue of the "Rio" single on March 11 [2003] , four months after its original release. This single included the Kershenbaum 7" remix of "Rio" and peaked at #14 in US on April 2 1983.

Versions on CD

"All" official versions of the "Rio" album released on CD have been made from the original UK master tapes, and do not include any of the Kershenbaum remixes. This includes the release, in 2001, of a 20-year anniversary reissue, completely remastered from the original. The packaging on a limited edition version of this release (EMI; 529 9240/Capitol; 72435-25919-0-9) included an alternate version of the famous Nagel cover painting, submitted by the artist along with the first when he completed the commission. (This image was first used for the Japanese 7" single of "My Own Way".)

Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Duran Duran.

UK/US Original LP

# "Rio" – 5:33
# "My Own Way" – 4:51
# "Lonely In Your Nightmare" – 3:50
# "Hungry Like the Wolf" – 3:41
# "Hold Back the Rain" – 3:57
# "New Religion" – 5:33
# "Last Chance on the Stairway" – 4:21
# "Save a Prayer" – 5:33
# "The Chauffeur" – 5:13

US Kershenbaum version 1: Harvest ST-12211

# "Rio" [US album remix] – 5:24
# "My Own Way" [Carnival remix] – 4:31
# "Lonely In Your Nightmare" [US album remix] – 4:52
# "Hungry Like the Wolf" [US album remix] – 4:02
# "Hold Back the Rain" [US album remix] – 6:24
# "New Religion" – 5:31
# "Last Chance on the Stairway" – 4:18
# "Save a Prayer" – 5:33
# "The Chauffeur" – 5:12
* Tracks 1-5 remixed by David Kershenbaum. Mixes not listed as such on the album.

US Kershenbaum version 2: Capitol ST-12211

# "Rio" [US album remix] – 5:24
# "My Own Way" [Carnival remix] – 4:31
# "Lonely In Your Nightmare" [US album remix] – 4:52
# "Hungry Like the Wolf" [Night Version] – 5:14
# "Hold Back the Rain" [US album remix] – 6:24
# "New Religion" – 5:31
# "Last Chance on the Stairway" – 4:18
# "Save a Prayer" – 5:33
# "The Chauffeur" – 5:12
* Same as the first Kershenbaum remix album, except "Hungry Like the Wolf" has been replaced with the "Night Version" of the song. Mixes not listed as such on the album.

CD album version: EMI (CDP 7 46003 2)

# "Rio" – 5:33
# "My Own Way" – 4:51
# "Lonely In Your Nightmare" – 3:50
# "Hungry Like the Wolf" – 3:41
# "Hold Back the Rain" [CD version] – 3:47
# "New Religion" – 5:31
# "Last Chance on the Stairway" – 4:18
# "Save a Prayer" [single edit] – 5:25
# "The Chauffeur" – 5:12
* Same as the UK/US initial vinyl release, except for the "new" mix of Hold Back The Rain and the shortened mix of "Save A Prayer". Again, mixes not labelled as such on the disc.

ingles

# "My Own Way" (1981)
# "Hungry Like the Wolf" (1982)
# "Save a Prayer" (1982)
# "Rio" (1982)

Chart positions

Covers and tributes

"The Duran Duran Tribute Album", a 1997 collection of cover versions, included the following tracks from "Rio":
* "Rio", by ska punk band Goldfinger
* "The Chauffeur", by The Deftones
* "Hungry Like the Wolf", by Reel Big Fish
* "Save a Prayer", by Eve's Plum
* "New Religion", by Jimmy Eat World

Other covers include:
* "The Chauffeur", by Tre Lux
* German happy hardcore band Dune recorded "Save a Prayer" with the London Session Orchestra for their 1998 cover album "Forever and Ever"
* American electronic pop musical project Sleepthief covered "The Chauffeur", sung by Kirsty Hawkshaw, on its 2006 debut album "The Dawnseeker".

Alt-metal band Korn's vocalist Jonathan Davis performs "The Chauffeur"on his solo tour Alone, I Play Tour which began in November 2007. Davis has been vocal for years about his love for Duran Duran and cites The Chauffeur as his favorite Duran Duran song.

British dance act Shut Up And Dance's 1995 single "Save It 'Til the Mourning After" samples "Save a Prayer" whilst retaining its original chorus.

English band Arctic Monkeys makes a tribute to this song on the lyrics of their debut single "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor", saying on its pre-chorus "Your name isn't Rio and I don't care for sand" as opposite of the original songs chorus "Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand". Also, in 2007, "Save a Prayer" was referenced in the lyrics of "Teddy Picker" from their album "Favourite Worst Nightmare": "I don't want your prayer, save it for the morning after".

Personnel

Duran Duran are:
*Simon Le Bon - vocals
*Nick Rhodes - keyboards
*John Taylor - bass guitar
*Roger Taylor - drums
*Andy Taylor - guitar

Also credited:
* Colin Thurston - producer and engineer
* Renate - Technician
* Andy Hamilton - saxophone on "Rio"
* Malcolm Garrett, Assorted iMaGes, London - sleeve design
* Patrick Nagel - illustration
* Andy Earl - photography

References

* [http://www.ionpool.net/duran/rio.html Versions of Rio]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzJbvQojXGI Hold Back the Rain]

succession box
before = "Time and Tide" by Split Enz
title = Australian Kent Music Report number-one album
years = July 5 1982 – July 11 1982
after = "Avalon" by Roxy Music