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Duran Duran's Rio glam the gear-grinding crunch of theIn the '80s, the Birmingham, England, band Duran Duran became closely associated with new wave, an idiosyncratic genre that dominated the decade's music and culture. No album represents this rip it up and start again movement better than the act's breakthrough 1982 LP, Rio . A cohesive album with a retro futuristic sound influences include danceable disco, tangy funk, swaggering glam, and Roxy Music's art rock the full length sold millions and spawned