Fun album!

Duran Duran's most successful album is bipolar. The hits are the strong points of the album, other songs feel a bit more like filler.

An 80s pop classic. Needs to be played at the right time of day and in the right setting, but there's no denying that the safe sound of Rio is always enjoyable.

A classic eighties album. Rio, save a prayer, and, hungry like the wolf, are great singles, but the rest is a bit dull to be honest, but at least it syms up the time and place which is always a good thing in pop music.

I've never been the biggest fan of the sound of the 80 's, but when the music is really good there is no way to resist!
After a hearing all the songs are in the head and we sing
at the same time with Simon Le Bon.

Play the f****** bass John

There is no filler , no bad track

Duran Duran were a dark synth band influenced by Bowie and the doors - there music was never taken seriously because of their pin ups teeny bop image that the press put on them - probably DDs own fault because of their onslaught on MTV
But it's sad that people didn't listen to the music because this is amazing stuff
Please give it all a listen or two and forget about who's playing the music and enjoy

Bought it originally and it wasn't until I listened to it again on vinyl this year that I appreciated what a great album it was (and is).

A good pop album the songs released as singles are the best tracks.(Rio Save A Prayer Hungry Like The Wolf). Also this is by far their best album they never reached these heights again.

If you haven't watched the Futurama films, do it! They are about 4 times as long as the episodes and are just as funny. Also, you get one of the epicest quotes ever:

Zapp: "Meanwhile, we shall sing top hits from the '80s."
Kif: "Which '80s, sir?"
Zapp: "For me, there are only one '80s." ...starts singing "Hungry Like a Wolf",

which brings up a very important point: this album couldn't be more shamelessly the '80s and probably gets the #1 spot on my "Why the '80s were awesome"-list. It's a shiny, synthy, pompous, danceable, syncopated paradise... and above all, it's violently catchy!

I don't know how else to describe it other than awesome... awesome to the max!

An essential New Wave album, Lonely In Your Nightmare and Save A Prayer are my favorites