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''Rio'' is an album by Duran Duran , originally released worldwide on May 10 , 1982 (see 1982 In Music ), but re-released in November in the United States . It reached #2 on the UK charts. The album went Gold in the US on March 1 , 1983, and platinum on April 26 , eventually reaching double platinum status. It peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US (on June 5 , 1983 ), and remained on the charts there for 129 weeks -- almost two and a half years. In 2003 , ''Rio'' was listed at number 65 in the '' NME '' "100 Greatest Albums Of All Time", and ranked #98 in ''Q'' magazine's "100 Greatest British Albums". In 2004 , '' CMJ '' ranked it as #1 in their "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1982". BACKGROUND ''Rio'' was recorded in spring of 1982 at Air Studios in London , with producer and engineer Colin Thurston, on the Capitol / EMI label. The album's distinctive purple cover was painted by artist Patrick Nagel . The first single, "Hungry Like the Wolf" was released in the UK on May 4 (backed with "Careless Memories (Live)"). It peaked at #5 in the charts on May 15 . The ''Rio'' album was first released worldwide on May 10 , and quickly shot to #2 in the UK on May 22 . 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 England 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. 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 Zombie fest 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 second single until the band was ready to promote it again. "Save a Prayer" (b/w "Hold Back the Rain") was finally released on August 9 , and peaked at #2 in the UK charts on August 22 . 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 , ''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 US, 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. '']]On November 1 , the "Rio" single was released worldwide, backed with "The Chauffeur (Sing Blue Silver)" in the UK, and with "Hold Back The Rain" in the US and the rest of Europe. The single peaked at #9 in UK on November 13 . Also in November, Capitol re-released the ''Rio'' album in the US, with Kershenbaum's new remixes. 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:
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 is vastly more common than the second, and has a matrix #ST-1-12211-Z16 #2. These remixed versions of "Hungry" and "Hold Back the Rain" were later released on CD on the ''Night Versions – The Essential Duran Duran'' 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 , the Kershenbaum remix of the "Hungry" single was released in 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, Beta, and laserdisc) to coincide with the North American re-issue of the "Rio" single on March 11 , four months after its original release. This single included the Kershenbaum 7" remix of "Rio", backed with "Hold Back The Rain (remix)", and peaked at #14 in US on April 2 . It should be noted that ''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 this release includes 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 - UK LP VERSION/ US LP VERSION 1 All songs written and arranged by Duran Duran . # "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) TRACK LISTING - US KERSHENBAUM VERSION 1 All songs written and arranged by Duran Duran . # "Rio Album Remix " (5:24) # "My Own Way Remix " (4:31) # "Lonely In Your Nightmare Album Remix " (4:52) # "Hungry Like the Wolf Album Remix " (4:02) # "Hold Back the Rain 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 album. TRACK LISTING - US KERSHENBAUM VERSION 2 All songs written and arranged by Duran Duran . # "Rio Album Remix " (5:24) # "My Own Way Remix " (4:31) # "Lonely In Your Nightmare Album Remix " (4:52) # "Hungry Like the Wolf Version " (5:14) # "Hold Back the Rain 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. Mixes not listed as such on album. TRACK LISTING - CD ALBUM VERSION All songs written and arranged by Duran Duran . # "Rio" (5:33) # "My Own Way" (4:51) # "Lonely In Your Nightmare" (3:50) # "Hungry Like the Wolf" (3:41) # "Hold Back the Rain Album Version " (3:47) # "New Religion" (5:31) # "Last Chance on the Stairway" (4:18) # "Save a Prayer Version " (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 disc. SINGLES # "My Own Way" (1981) # "Hungry Like The Wolf" (1982) # "Save A Prayer" (1982) # "Rio" (1982) COVERS AND TRIBUTES ''The Duran Duran Tribute Album'', a 1997 collection of Cover Version s, included the following tracks from ''Rio'':
Nirvana performed the song "Rio" during the Rock In Rio show in Brazil, on January 16 , 1993. PERSONNEL Duran Duran are:
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