Home / Music / Patrick Nagel's Rio cover was inspired by 1950s cigar packagingMusic linernotes album music duran-duranPatrick Nagel's Rio cover was inspired by 1950s cigar packagingThe cover of Duran Duran’s Rio was painted by Patrick Nagel and designed by Malcolm Garrett to resemble 1950s cigar packaging. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesThe Rum Runner was Duran Duran's early home baseDuran Duran used vibraphone, marimba, and a lit cigarette as instruments on RioEMI Records released Duran Duran's debut in 1981EMI put out Rio in 1982.Duran Duran's debut featured 'Girls on Film' and its controversial MTV videoExploreKevin Parker recorded and produced Innerspeaker aloneJim O'Rourke helped corrupt Wilco's sound on Yankee Hotel FoxtrotTruth was recorded in four days across three London studiosAndrew Gold produced All This and Heaven Too himselfMichael J. Powell kept producing Anita Baker after RapturePrevious Philip Garris designed Toto's debut cover, inspired by the Sword of DamoclesNext Otis Blue was recorded in a single 24-hour session at Stax