Rio
by Duran Duran

Album
Rio by Duran Duran
Year: 1982
Release date: 1982-05-10
Overall rank: 555th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 589 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1982 (8th)
Award Top 100 albums of of the 1980s (86th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (555th)

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Rio is ranked as the best album by Duran Duran.

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Rio track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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1.
Rio
Average Rating: 84 (177 votes)Comments: View 3
2.
My Own Way
Average Rating: 79 (118 votes)Comments: View 1
3.
Lonely In Your Nightmare
Average Rating: 77 (111 votes)Comments: View 2
4.
Hungry Like The Wolf
Average Rating: 85 (191 votes)Comments: View 5
5.
Hold Back The Rain
Average Rating: 79 (112 votes)Comments: View 2
6.
New Religion
Average Rating: 79 (113 votes)Comments: View 1
7.
Last Chance On The Stairway
Average Rating: 77 (107 votes)Comments: View 1
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Save A Prayer
Average Rating: 85 (167 votes)Comments: View 5
9.
The Chauffeur
Average Rating: 81 (123 votes)Comments: View 2

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Rio rankings

Rio rankings summary
Overall rank: 555th | 1980s rank: 86th | 1982 rank: 8th  Overall chart history
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75/100
 !		10/06/2026 15:00 Bach  Ratings distribution  73375/100
 
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 !		09/30/2026 13:39 Siromynian  Ratings distribution  1,78674/100
 
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 !		09/27/2026 05:03 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,33033/100

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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 75.9/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.4.


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Rio forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 09/24/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5445): By MW19704U
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by MW19704U () 1. by (1973) 2. by (1967) 3. by (1972) 4. by (1998) 6. (1970) 7. by (1968) 8. by by (1969) 10. by by by (1994) 15. by (1982) 16. by (2003) 17. by (1968) 19. by (2002) 20. (1966) 21. by by (1979) 23. by (1970) 24. by by by (1980)…”
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“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by StreakyNuno () 1. by (1973) 2. by (1975) 3. by (1967) 4. by (1972) 5. by by (1967) 7. by (2004) 9. by (1977) 11. (1977) 12. by (1979) 13. by (1966) 14. (1982) 15. (1989) 16. by (1988) 17. (1986) 18. by by (2020) 22. by (1985) 23. by (1997)…”
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From BestEverAlbums 08/20/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5410): By Deckiller
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Deckiller () 1. by by (2015) 3. by (2002) 4. by (1969) 5. by (1969) 6. by by (1992) 8. by by by (1970) 11. by by (1986) 13. by (1981) 15. (1977) 17. by (1986) 18. by (2013) 20. (1969) 21. by (1972) 22. by (1973) 23. by (1971) 24. by by…”
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Rio comments

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85/100
From 01/28/2015 23:57 | #132845 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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!
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95/100
From 01/29/2016 07:19 | #158048 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

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
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65/100
From 10/19/2014 12:36 | #124794 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Album tracks New Religion, On My Own are ok but the Hits are what hold this album together best tracks Hungry like the Wolf, Save a Prayer.
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From 06/13/2012 01:02 | #44319 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Ok not exactly the most compelling lyrics ever. But still. Great pop album.
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90/100
From 03/23/2019 14:22 | #233937 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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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Best Albums of  1982
1. Thriller by Michael Jackson
2. The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden
3. The Dreaming by Kate Bush
4. Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen
5. Pornography by The Cure
6. 1999 by Prince
7. Avalon by Roxy Music
8. Rio by Duran Duran
9. Love Over Gold by Dire Straits
10. The Nightfly by Donald Fagen