Now Available: Duran Duran, Rio: Deluxe Edition

It’s an album that dances on the sand – you know, just like that river twisting through a dusty land – and when it shines, it really shows you all it can, but it’ll shine twice as brightly for you if you pick up the two-CD deluxe edition, which you can find in stores right now.

Not that anyone really needs an additional excuse to own a copy of Rio, given that it features such classic Duran Duran tracks as the title track, “Hungry Like the Wolf,” and “Save a Prayer,” but this expanded version of the album includes the original nine tracks, album remixes of “Rio,” “Lonely In Your Nightmare,” “Hungry Like the Wolf,” and “Hold Back the Rain,” carnival remixes of “My Own Way,” “New Religion,” and “Hold Back the Rain,” the Manchester Square demos of “Last Chance on the Stairway,” “My Own Way,” “New Religion,” and “Like an Angel,” and more. All told, there are 27 songs on the set, plus the second disc closes with Simon Le Bon’s 1982 Christmas message. If that doesn’t warm the hearts of you diehard Durannies, we can’t imagine what will.

Here’s the full track listing for the two-disc deluxe edition of Rio, so give it a go: it sounds great, and it’s a wonderful expansion of a classic ‘80s album.

Disc: 1

1. Rio (2009 Remastered Version)
2. My Own Way (2009 Remastered Version)
3. Lonely In Your Nightmare (2009 Remastered Version)
4. Hungry Like The Wolf (2009 Remastered Version)
5. Hold Back The Rain (2009 Remastered Version)
6. New Religion (2009 Remastered Version)
7. Last Chance On The Stairway (2009 Remastered Version)
8. Save A Prayer (2009 Remastered Version)
9. The Chauffeur (2009 Remastered Version)
10. Rio (US Album Remix) [2009 Remastered Version]
11. My Own Way (Carnival Remix) [2009 Remastered Version]
12. Lonely In Your Nightmare (US Album Remix) [2009 Remastered Version]
13. Hungry Like The Wolf (US Album Remix) [2009 Remastered Version]
14. Hold Back The Rain (US Album Remix) [2009 Remastered Version]

Disc: 2

1. Last Chance On The Stairway (Manchester Square Demo)
2. My Own Way (Manchester Square Demo)
3. New Religion (Manchester Square Demo)
4. Like An Angel (Manchester Square Demo)
5. My Own Way (7'' Version) [2009 Remastered Version]
6. Like An Angel (2009 Remastered Version)
7. Careless Memories (Live)
8. The Chauffeur (Blue Silver) [Early Version] [2009 Remastered Version]
9. My Own Way (Night Version) [2009 Remastered Version]
10. Hungry Like the Wolf (Night Version) [2009 Remastered Version]
11. Rio (Night Version) [2009 Remastered Version]
12. New Religion (Carnival Remix) [2009 Remastered Version]
13. Hold Back The Rain (Carnival Remix) [2009 Remastered Version]
14. Simon's Christmas Message 1982