![]() ![]() ![]() Contents 1 Background 2 The videos 2.1 'Rio' (Russell Mulcahy) 2.2 'Planet Earth' (Russell Mulcahy) 2. It was certified Gold by the RIAA (Billboard magazine for the week ending 24 November 1984). Those that almost made the grade but deserve an honorary mention include luscious B-sides Faith In Colour and Like An Angel the subtler end of Duran balladry in Too Late Marlene (Big Thing), Starting To Remember ( Pop Trash ) and Point Of No Return ( Astronaut ) as well as pop highpoints I Take The Dice ( Seven And The Ragged Tiger ) and Too Much Information (the ‘Wedding Album’ ).Ī few moments from Rio are also absent (well, we couldn’t include them all), and newer fare such as Face For Today and Paper Gods also just missed the boat. This pioneering video album won a 1984 Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video. Apparently, the previous mixing on ‘RIO’ didn’t fit the US market, and at the invitation of Capitol Records North America, proceeded to have. DJs around the country began to play the remixed dance versions of the ‘RIO’ album tracks. We’ve chosen to disallow both covers (skilfully circumnavigating the much-maligned Thank You LP) and side-projects to avoid any squabbling, and there’s a lengthy list of cuts that were reluctantly consigned to the ‘bubbling under’ category. Released on, Rio reached No.2 in the UK and spawned a further three Top 10 singles, establishing Duran Duran as the biggest pop group in Britain. Duran Duran’s ‘CARNIVAL’ remix EP was released in the US in September of 1982 to great success. Beyond the album hits, there’s a singular chart-topping satellite single, album tracks revamped with cutting-edge producers (and then put through the Duran mould) and a few B-sides that were plainly as good as any of those carefully-selected album choices. ![]()
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