Sadie’s Favourite Albums #6: RIO by Duran Duran
OK, OK… I know… but I’m gonna be honest here.
What can i say? I was young and had probably been overexposed to too much deep & meaningful hippy music. This was something new and exciting and very of the moment. They were cute with great suits and surrounded by gorgeous women on yachts!! Plus they were a much cooler alternative to Wham!
I still maintain these are great great pop songs… OK, the lyrics are dubious, but the melodies are simplisticly beautiful, there is some interesting production over a great beat. and this in my opinion makes for a great pop record, if pop is what your after.. And it was.
I’ll still dance to this album any day of the week.
Video is here.