Tracks
Side A
- 11982Rio5:37E major
- 21981My Own Way4:51E major
- 31982Lonely in Your Nightmare3:51E major
- 41982Hungry Like the Wolf3:41C major
- 51982Hold Back the Rain4:01E major
Side B
- 11982New Religion5:32D major
- 21982Last Chance on the Stairway4:21E major
- 31982Dutch Top 40: peak position 19 in week 12 of 1985, 7 weeks in the chartSave a Prayer5:33F♯ major
- 41982The Chauffeur5:22F♯ major
Source of the Dutch Top 40 entries: top40.nl
Sound of Rio
Rio sounds brighter than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 122 bpm.
Quietest track: The Chauffeur · most energetic: Hold Back the Rain
Across 9 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of the line-up
The five members of Duran Duran around the time of Rio, with the years they belonged to the group. This is the band line-up around that time, not necessarily who is heard on the album. The thin line is this album and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line for more. A linked name has its own page.
Nick Rhodes
John Taylor
Roger Taylor
Andy Taylor
Simon Le Bon1980198519901995200020052010201520202025Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Still a member
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Frequently asked questions
When was Rio by Duran Duran released?
Rio came out in 1982.
How many tracks are on Rio?
Rio has nine tracks, 43 minutes in total, spread over two vinyl sides.
Which tracks from Rio made the Dutch Top 40?
One track from this album reached the Dutch Top 40: Save a Prayer. It got to number 19 in week 12 of 1985.
Which category is Rio in?
Rio is filed under studio albums. On the home page, sorted by category, the album sits on that shelf, among the other albums by Duran Duran.
Which other albums by Duran Duran are in the collection?
The collection holds one more album by Duran Duran: Greatest (1998).
Who was in Duran Duran when Rio came out?
In 1981 and 1982, Duran Duran consisted of Nick Rhodes, John Taylor, Roger Taylor, Andy Taylor and Simon Le Bon. That is the line-up of the group in those years, not necessarily who is heard on the album. A linked name has a page of its own.
What do the percentages for the sound of Rio mean?
They come from an acoustic analysis of the recordings as they are on Spotify: per track a score from 0 to 100 for energy, danceability, mood and acoustic, plus the tempo and the key. They are the outcome of a model, not a measurement of the music itself; 93% acoustic means the model is fairly sure that mostly acoustic instruments are heard. The sound of the album is the average of its tracks, each track counting equally, and the comparison is with the average of all analysed tracks in the collection.
How do you play Rio?
With the round Spotify button after each track, or the whole album at once via the play button next to the cover. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
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