Rio (studio album) by Duran Duran

Rio by Duran Duran
Year: 1982
Overall rank: 584th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 573 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1982 (8th)
Award Top 100 albums of the 1980s (89th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (584th)
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Rio is ranked as the best album by Duran Duran.

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Rio track list

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

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Rating: 79 (114 votes)Comments: 1
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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 573 votes)
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06/09/2025 09:57 Invader666  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 2,62865/100
 
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05/19/2025 04:04 brent13  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,44672/100
 
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05/12/2025 12:34 CharonBri  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,00175/100
 
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04/27/2025 01:37 AAL2014  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 3,04076/100

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This album is rated in the top 6% 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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60/100
From 01/22/2024 20:43
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.
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80/100
From 09/26/2022 15:35
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.
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85/100
From 01/25/2022 12:45
Classic entry to the early 80s romantic and New Age flavored pop. Still sounds very fresh and stays listenable forever.
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80/100
From 01/03/2022 16:40
very strong everything. sexy. stylized. pop new wave.
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40/100
From 06/03/2021 10:01
A decent pop album, not every song works but there are one or two 80's classics on here. A great live band.
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85/100
From 04/15/2021 17:28
Good album, but I don't understand the ratings.
Currently 8th in 1982, but the rating is only 76/100
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100/100
From 09/26/2020 15:52
Wwooww...100/100 ????????????
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Rating:  
80/100
From 07/14/2020 19:42
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.
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From 06/07/2020 11:10
New Religion is the best example of both musical rambling and the infectious pop perfection.
I feel like they needed better verses too.
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From 06/07/2020 11:08
This album could be a piece of platinum if they didn't feel the need to unnecessarily pad-out songs with dull instrumental bits. It doesn't work with pop as infectious as this.
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Best Albums of 1982
1. Thriller by Michael Jackson
2. The Dreaming by Kate Bush
3. The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden
4. Pornography by The Cure
5. Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen
6. 1999 by Prince
7. Avalon by Roxy Music
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