Rio
by Duran Duran
Duran Duran bestography
Rio is ranked as the best album by Duran Duran.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Rio track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11 hours ago | evo | 117 | 76/100 |
| ! | 01/07/2026 00:21 |  Brandon8 | 1,023 | 89/100 |
| ! | 12/22/2025 19:01 | Olli | 6,734 | 63/100 |
| ! | 12/13/2025 03:53 | Devilwoac | 355 | 95/100 |
| ! | 12/12/2025 19:05 | Tony58 | 735 | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.8/100, a mean average of 74.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.5.
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Great album, full of catchy pop tunes and awesome bass lines. No weak tracks. Highlights are Rio, Save a Prayer and Hungry like the Wolf.
I love 80s synth-pop production here, there are some highlights - hit songs, the lyrics are often cringy, but overall very enjoyable listen. Hungry Like A Wolf is a timeless party banger.
Jboy56 01/25/2022 12:45 | #280053
Classic entry to the early 80s romantic and New Age flavored pop. Still sounds very fresh and stays listenable forever.
very strong everything. sexy. stylized. pop new wave.
Squonk007 06/03/2021 10:01 | #270307
A decent pop album, not every song works but there are one or two 80's classics on here. A great live band.
Good album, but I don't understand the ratings.
Currently 8th in 1982, but the rating is only 76/100
Wwooww...100/100 ????????????
teague 07/14/2020 19:42 | #255581
A lot of great atmosphere on a lot of the songs on here. I do think there are a couple duds, namely Hold Back the Rain and Last Chance on the Stairway, but the rest are pretty good.
TheDude85 11/01/2019 16:56 | #244340
Ultimate early 80s New Romantic synth pop. The fellows in Duran Duran knew how to write big hooks and exploit the emergence of MTV. The music holds up.
Game changing eighties synth pop/rock album, possibly underrated by non musicians, particularly in relation to what Nick Rodes accomplished with the keyboard aspects. Four absolutely cracking eighties tracks in 'Rio', 'Hungry Like the Wolf', 'Save a Prayer' and 'New Religion'.
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