The two live albums, this and On The Night, for some reason, both fail to capture the band's live brilliance. Maybe it's just a case of ya hadda be...
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There is an interesting contrast on this 94-minute double-disc live album (recorded at London's Hammersmith Odeon in July 1983) between the music, much of which is slow and...
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Brothers in Arms brought the atmospheric, jazz-rock inclinations of Love Over Gold into a pop setting, resulting in a surprise international best-seller. Of course, the...
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Dire Straits' minimalist interpretation of pub rock had already crystallized by the time they released their eponymous debut. Driven by Mark Knopfler's spare, tasteful...
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In 1980, Warner Brothers released Dire Straits/Making Movies, which contained Dire Straits' two finest albums (interestingly, their first and third) onto one cassette. If...
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Ignored by the public and tad disappointing after the brilliance of Movies, it was still notable for recording legend Jerry Wexler's co-production and the Knopfler epic,...
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Adding a new rhythm guitarist, Dire Straits expands its sounds and ambitions on the sprawling Love Over Gold. In a sense, the album is their prog rock effort, containing...
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Without second guitarist David Knopfler, Dire Straits began to move away from its roots rock origins into a jazzier variation of country-rock and singer/songwriter...
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Released in late 1988, as everyone was waiting for the follow-up for Brothers in Arms, the 12-track Money for Nothing does an adequate job of summarizing hits and highlights...
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It took Mark Knopfler more than six years to craft a followup to Dire Straits' international chart-topper, Brothers In Arms, but though On Every Street sold in the expected...
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On The Night 5/4/1993, Yahoo! Music, Bill Holdship
The two live albums, this and Alchemy, for some reason both fail to capture the band's live brilliance. Maybe it's just a case of ya hadda be...
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A live document of Dire Straits' 1991-92 world tour supporting the On Every Street album, On the Night works sporadically, offering enough good material to interest fans but...
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Actually an EP, notable for the "fun" '60s-ish title track, where Knopfler let down his guard momentarily...but that track is also available on the Money For Nothing...
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Always a quiet act, Dire Straits dissolved quietly in 1995 as Mark Knopfler prepared his first full-fledged solo album. Meanwhile, this documentary effort, the group's third...
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Exactly ten years after Dire Straits' first compilation, Money for Nothing, appeared in the stores, their second, Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits, was...
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