#71 – Duran Duran – “Hungry Like the Wolf” – (1982)

Rio is Duran Duran’s best album. Okay, best album of the 80s – I’ll argue that 1993s self-titled album, aka “The Wedding Album”, is better. But talking about Rio I was torn between “Hungry Like the Wolf” and the album’s title track, but “Hungry Like the Wolf” won on the fact that it is more upbeat and that it is shorter. “Rio” kind of drags, but this one just goes. Gotta love the guitar riff that comes flying through before the tribal-like drums that help evoke the jungle that they are singing about – and that is featured in the music video… although, I’m not sure just how many wolves there are in the jungle.