Rio by Duran Duran
Rio by Duran Duran 1982
1. Rio - I love this song. Everything about it is amazing. The funky bass groove, the whirling keyboard, the "rock" guitars, the sax solo. Love this song.
2. My Own Way - Great track. The verses are great, it's got this tension. Simon Lebon's vocals are spot on right here. At about 3 minutes the band goes into a "jam" Roger Taylor's guitar "solo" isn't the best and Simon Lebon is going off saying some stuff that you can't even understand. Still digging this track though, classic Duran Duran.
3. Lonely In Your Nightmare - Starts with this nice jangly guitar that is kind of 60's, it's pretty neat. This is one of their ballads but a good one. Vocal textures are great here. The atmosphere goes from cool and relaxed to lush and smooth. John Taylor goes into some fretless bass work too, very cool.
4. Hungry Like The Wolf - I don't even need to review this track.
5. Hold Back The Rain - Pretty cool track. A very fast, upbeat track. Some of keyboard work is cheesy, not overly so, but still cheesy. It doesn't end very well, but still good track. Edit: Really awful lyrics, Simon Lebon at his cheesiest.
6. New Religion - Great funky bass line throughout and just overall some great funky work mixed with Nick Rhodes' creepys keys. Not an amazing track, still pretty good. Simon Lebon breaks into a "rap" somewhere near the end. The textures are cool and the groove is amazing, so I'll give it a 3.5/5.
7. Last Chance On The Stairway - Starts with a great shimmering guitar part remiscent of "Is There Something I Should Know?", the chorus could be better. The texture here again is amazing, the whole band is playing extremely tight. Again some 80's wailing guitar work doesn't hit the ears well. Still despite a few blemishes still a good track.
8. Save A Prayer - An amazing ballad. The keyboards really make this track. This track really abandons the funky grooves that dominant most of this record. It's all about the melodies and the keyboard textures. Really a great track.
9. The Chaffeur - A creepy track. It has this weird staccato keyboard riff that is in most of the track. The vocals are processed to sound almost synthetic. The lyrics, I don't even think they are suppose to mean anything. The sound textures are so weird it's almost annoying but I like that. I think I prefer the live version on the Arena record though.
Pretty sweet buy for $13. I'm glad I finally snagged a Duran Duran record and this one certainly didn't let me down. Now I can get a Duran Duran shirt, that's my policy, buy the CD then get a T-shirt. The CD also comes with the music videos for "Hungry Like The Wolf", "Rio" and "Save A Prayer" and a great photo gallery.
1. Rio - I love this song. Everything about it is amazing. The funky bass groove, the whirling keyboard, the "rock" guitars, the sax solo. Love this song.
2. My Own Way - Great track. The verses are great, it's got this tension. Simon Lebon's vocals are spot on right here. At about 3 minutes the band goes into a "jam" Roger Taylor's guitar "solo" isn't the best and Simon Lebon is going off saying some stuff that you can't even understand. Still digging this track though, classic Duran Duran.
3. Lonely In Your Nightmare - Starts with this nice jangly guitar that is kind of 60's, it's pretty neat. This is one of their ballads but a good one. Vocal textures are great here. The atmosphere goes from cool and relaxed to lush and smooth. John Taylor goes into some fretless bass work too, very cool.
4. Hungry Like The Wolf - I don't even need to review this track.
5. Hold Back The Rain - Pretty cool track. A very fast, upbeat track. Some of keyboard work is cheesy, not overly so, but still cheesy. It doesn't end very well, but still good track. Edit: Really awful lyrics, Simon Lebon at his cheesiest.
6. New Religion - Great funky bass line throughout and just overall some great funky work mixed with Nick Rhodes' creepys keys. Not an amazing track, still pretty good. Simon Lebon breaks into a "rap" somewhere near the end. The textures are cool and the groove is amazing, so I'll give it a 3.5/5.
7. Last Chance On The Stairway - Starts with a great shimmering guitar part remiscent of "Is There Something I Should Know?", the chorus could be better. The texture here again is amazing, the whole band is playing extremely tight. Again some 80's wailing guitar work doesn't hit the ears well. Still despite a few blemishes still a good track.
8. Save A Prayer - An amazing ballad. The keyboards really make this track. This track really abandons the funky grooves that dominant most of this record. It's all about the melodies and the keyboard textures. Really a great track.
9. The Chaffeur - A creepy track. It has this weird staccato keyboard riff that is in most of the track. The vocals are processed to sound almost synthetic. The lyrics, I don't even think they are suppose to mean anything. The sound textures are so weird it's almost annoying but I like that. I think I prefer the live version on the Arena record though.
Pretty sweet buy for $13. I'm glad I finally snagged a Duran Duran record and this one certainly didn't let me down. Now I can get a Duran Duran shirt, that's my policy, buy the CD then get a T-shirt. The CD also comes with the music videos for "Hungry Like The Wolf", "Rio" and "Save A Prayer" and a great photo gallery.
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