The Music Book Podcast

004 Annie Zaleski on Duran Duran

Mar 21, 2023

34:44

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Episode notes

Is UB40 a Mythical Birmingham Band?

02:20

The Road to Rio

02:10

Is This Your Personal Journey With the Record?

02:40

Introduction

2min

How Do You Pitch a Durandran Album?

3min

How Did You Prepare to Write the Book?

2min

Is This Your Personal Journey With the Record?

3min

Is UB40 a Mythical Birmingham Band?

2min

The Road to Rio

2min

How Did You Get Ahold of People Who Were Not Going Out?

2min

Did You Talk to Everyone Before You Started Writing?

3min

Was There Anything You Thought You Were Surprising About?

2min

10.

You Know, I'm Not That Together at 19 Years Old

4min

11.

Did You Have Any Feedback on the Book?

2min

12.

I Edited a Book a Lot, I'm a Virgo.

2min

13.

Is MTV a Challenge?

2min

14.

Music Videos

3min

On this episode, Marc talks with Annie Zaleski, author of Duran Duran's Rio, an entry in Bloomsbury's 33.3 series exploring classic albums. The book originally came out in 2021, and about a year later, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of "Rio," a second, larger edition was released with extra material and illustrations. Annie is a great at telling stories and unearthing information, and her book is so full of details and insight, painting a portrait of a band that was more than just a chart-topping pop act.

Hope you enjoy our chat with Annie!