The single is the worst track on it.
WOW. Officially gagging for this.
― Defecate on Myspace (Schlafsack), Friday, 17 December 2010 05:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Rio is one of my favourite albums. I can be swayed.
― schlomo replay (acoleuthic), Friday, 17 December 2010 11:01 (thirteen years ago) link
I really like this album. The single is the worst track on it. The collaborations are subtle and well used. Overall it sounds like Duran circa 82. Best album since Notorious (though I really like Big Thing).
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, December 17, 2010 5:47 AM (9 hours ago)
I agree with all of this, apart from liking Big Thing (one of their worst albums for me) I can't believe the title track is the first single, the chorus is good but the verse is so bad. I think Runway Runaway is my favourite track.
I'm shocked they've pulled this off, every album since Medazzaland I've wanted to be their return to form it feels like they've got pretty close this time. I thought Astronaut was quite a poor album apart from Nice and Taste the Summer, it seems like they've done a whole album with that kind of sound.
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 17 December 2010 15:42 (thirteen years ago) link
this is great.
― akm, Thursday, 23 December 2010 16:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Don't mind the new single. Who's the new guitarist these days?
― Alex in NYC, Thursday, 23 December 2010 19:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Dom Brown, I think.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 23 December 2010 21:00 (thirteen years ago) link
It really is good. It sounds like a follow-up to Rio without sounding like it's trying to be a follow-up to Rio, and the actual songs are good as well. There's not a duff moment on the whole thing.
The only problem I have with it (if it's even a problem) is that it sounds a bit too '80s. Also, all the television appearances are on housewife shows like Loose Women and The One Show, which shits me a bit. Duran Duran's never been a backward-looking band so I hope it isn't starting now.
― Bentley Rhythm Trayce (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 2 January 2011 12:20 (thirteen years ago) link
What a crap sentence.
New interview at the Quietus with Simon Price:
http://thequietus.com/articles/05889-duran-duran-interview-all-you-need-is-now
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 17 March 2011 15:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Duran Duran's never been a backward-looking band so I hope it isn't starting now.
I hope so. I mean, after the disastrous "Red Carpet Massacre", which was even worse than "Big Thing" (another disappointing album that would have benefited from being a bit more backward-looking)
― You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro), Thursday, 17 March 2011 22:21 (thirteen years ago) link
I thought Astronaut was quite a poor album apart from Nice and Taste the Summer, it seems like they've done a whole album with that kind of sound.
"Nice" and "Taste The Summer" sound more like "Notorious" tracks than "Rio" tracks though.
― You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro), Thursday, 17 March 2011 22:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Happy 30th to Rio.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 21:13 (eleven years ago) link
Watched its Classic Albums" chapter Sunday afternoon!
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 21:14 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr3HCNIgv40
― Vini Reilly Invasion (Elvis Telecom), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 02:11 (eleven years ago) link
I suppose one or two of their songs I *do* have a mild soft spot for... but mostly dud.
Japan, on the other hand...
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Thursday, 10 May 2012 00:47 (eleven years ago) link
Apologies for the spam but I really think Duran Duran fans (and fans of Japan, post punk, new pop and glam) will find this feature interesting.
Duran Duran Versus Japan - The Substance Of Style
(It's not about who's better by the way...)
― Doran, Sunday, 31 March 2013 15:28 (eleven years ago) link
Fantastic article for sure.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 31 March 2013 15:31 (eleven years ago) link
Damn! Impressive.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 31 March 2013 15:33 (eleven years ago) link
I've been listening to a lot of Duran Duran (81-82) and David Sylvian (83-85) lately so I thought this would be perfect reading right now but I didn't like it very much.
― brotherlovesdub, Sunday, 31 March 2013 15:58 (eleven years ago) link
love it.
― mr.raffles, Sunday, 31 March 2013 23:22 (eleven years ago) link
Thanks to Geir (and unregistered) I'm listening to Rio again.
This album is a fucking miracle, right?
― check yr poptimism (imago), Sunday, 6 October 2013 01:14 (ten years ago) link
completely and utterly
― obi wankin' obi (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 6 October 2013 01:33 (ten years ago) link
check the 'Classic Albums' Rio doc if you haven't seen it. one of the better episodes for sure IMO.
― piscesx, Sunday, 6 October 2013 01:35 (ten years ago) link
Ordinary world is classic
― done and dusted (Ross), Friday, 4 May 2018 06:39 (five years ago) link
Come Undone is better though
― NO REGERTS (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 4 May 2018 09:11 (five years ago) link
I love this band. I won't dismiss any of their albums - Liberty might arguably be their weakest & the production doesn't do it any favours, but it still has some really great songs on it.
To me, they released their best work to date with their 13th album All You Need Is Now.I'm very fond of Big Thing too.
― Valentijn, Friday, 4 May 2018 09:58 (five years ago) link
I'm pretty sure I've posted about this before but:
Circa 1981, my best friend's older sister (let's call her Stephanie) had a Journey poster on her bedroom door. In it, Steve Perry is singing a note that appears to emanate from his lower intestine. His eyes are tightly closed; sweat is pouring down his face. His hair looks a bit like Joan Baez's; his jeans scrupulously follow the contours of his testicles.
By 1983, Steve was gone from Stephanie's door. It now held the icy-cool stares of Duran Duran, in Members Only-style jackets against a backdrop of lavender and aqua. Their lipstick perfectly matches the color of their immaculately pleated pants.
All I need to know about the difference between the 70s and 80s I learned from Stephanie's door.
I immediately started saving up to buy a Roland Juno 6.
― NO REGERTS (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 4 May 2018 10:06 (five years ago) link
Side 2 of Big Thing is fantastic, and the b-sides were pretty good too.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 4 May 2018 17:55 (five years ago) link
https://www.alcoholprofessor.com/blog/2018/06/20/taylor-made-cocktails/
― mick signals, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 21:06 (five years ago) link
Well...
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 13 July 2018 19:06 (five years ago) link
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/duran-durans-simon-le-bon-denies-sexual-misconduct-allegation-698560/
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 13 July 2018 19:08 (five years ago) link
It's obviously a sensitive subject, and one person's word against another, but just from that article it doesn't seem to ring true.
― groovypanda, Friday, 13 July 2018 19:26 (five years ago) link
glad we got that sorted
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Friday, 13 July 2018 19:33 (five years ago) link
Can someone please explain?.
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 12 October 2018 02:03 (five years ago) link
link doesn't work but you can always post a question here it's ilm after all
― niels, Friday, 12 October 2018 08:48 (five years ago) link
Sorry. The reason for this strange behavior.
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 12 October 2018 11:03 (five years ago) link
Great write-ups Alfred.
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 12 October 2018 12:23 (five years ago) link
I wish the rest of their albums were as good as Rio - the leap from the debut to that is incredible, but fucking hell did they hit a wall fast creatively.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 12 October 2018 12:28 (five years ago) link
― Gavin, Leeds
Thanks!
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 12 October 2018 12:36 (five years ago) link
My list would be very similar. I'd put Notorious behind Seven Ragged & The Tiger. I guess I'd probably throw in All You Need Is Now in seventh place as the best of their later albums (not there is much competition).
I listened to Big Thing recently and it was slightly better than I remembered. It still has some issues though.
― kitchen person, Friday, 12 October 2018 15:01 (five years ago) link
Notorious is a great album, I still remember listening to it in my room on Christmas Day 1986 and my dad stopping in the doorway, listening for a sec, and approvingly saying "This is Duran Duran? I thought they were terrible". It was Winter Marches On playing. So from then on I was like "ah, this is their album that adults like" and now, as an adult, I do still quite like it! The first three albums I love in the uncritical way you love stuff from your childhood, but they're also somewhat inaccessible now for that reason. But I can listen to Notorious whenever and dig it.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 12 October 2018 15:38 (five years ago) link
still don't get why "Hold Me" wasn't the follow-up to "Notorious."
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 12 October 2018 15:39 (five years ago) link
Can someone please explain?
Please please tell you now
― Yah Mo B. Hawkins (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 12 October 2018 15:46 (five years ago) link
yeah, Hold Me makes way more sense as a single than Skin Trade! I would have released Meet El Presidente -> Hold Me -> American Science as singles.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 12 October 2018 15:56 (five years ago) link
I remember reading an interview with Nick a while back where he was talking about Skin Trade. The band and the label thought it was the huge hit on the album. When the title track slightly under-performed, they weren't worried because they knew they had Skin Trade as the secret weapon. They were shocked when it did so badly. Not sure why they thought Meet El Presidente would turn things around when it came to picking a third single.
― kitchen person, Friday, 12 October 2018 17:01 (five years ago) link
They even named the tour after a "Skin Trade" lyric: Strange Behavior.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 12 October 2018 17:44 (five years ago) link
Wait, what? Underperformed in the UK, maybe. In the United States, it was a massive #2 hit.
xpost
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 12 October 2018 18:27 (five years ago) link
Nah, "Skin Trade" only reached #39 US.
I bought the 45 back in '87, so I did my part!
But it's funny you say Y-100 in Miami broke "Ordinary World." I lived in South Florida at the time and remember it was Power 96 that played that song to death.
― Josefa, Friday, 12 October 2018 19:09 (five years ago) link
Josefa, I meant "Notorious" in case it wasn't clear.
I remember "Ordinary World" on Y-100, which was inching toward all-A/C in late '92 and early '93, but you might be right.
Wow, after all these years, I didn't know your history! A shout-out!
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 12 October 2018 19:15 (five years ago) link
Oh sorry, re Notorious.
Yeah, ancient history at this point, but I cherish the memories and still try to make it down there once in a while
― Josefa, Friday, 12 October 2018 19:18 (five years ago) link