Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
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Free Music Review: 80's Anthem
Hit: 5 Stars
What can I say? This "album" came out when my oldest child was born. I had been on total bedrest for two months at a University Hospital. The baby was still born three months early, but survived. While he was still in the hospital, but I had been released, there was an oldies concert in the town where he was born which we attended. While the crew was setting up the equipment, the music from "Brothers in Arms" was blaring from the loudspeaker. I consider this collection of great eighties music to be my freedom album: freedom from bedrest (even though I did that willingly to have a child,) freedom from infertility and the freedom to still be "cool" at 30, despite the 60's adage: "Never trust anyone over 30!" I was at a dinner party once, and a man said he thought Dire Straits were the Beatles of the 80's. While I wouldn't go that far, I do feel that "Money for Nothing" is the Anthem of the 80's and the first three songs on the CD were among the best of that decade. The later songs are good too; a bit more mellow than the first. Overall, a great collection of songs is found in this (now) small package.Free Music Review: DIRE STRAITS AND MARK KNOPFLER ARE BRILLIANT
Hit: 5 Stars
I was surprised to hear that Dire Straits' Brothers In Arms had sold 29 million copies worldwide, the 3rd-best selling album of the 1980s, and the 12th best selling album of all time as I had always believed that they were my favorite band. This album is a classic (but not my favorite from them) and contains such masterpieces as So Far Away, Money For Nothing (which is their best song along with Heavy Fuel), and Walk of Life. This is great, but Love Over Gold and On Every Street were even better!Free Music Review: Commercial Peak! And That's Not A Bad Thing!
Hit: 5 Stars
After moderate success only with the three albums since their eponymous 1978 debut, nobody expected the Straits to pull a career-making album out of their bag of tricks. But then, Mr. Knopfler is always full of surprises! Much like 1980's "Making Movies", this album is a track-by-track triumph; the classic "Money For Nothing" is the most memorable and famous track, all eight and a half minutes of it; the title track is a long-standing concert favorite; and the infectious "Walk Of Life" and smooth "So Far Away" still live today on adult contemporary playlists. But there's even more here - "Why Worry" is a low-key plea for letting go of pain, and the smooth jazz of "Your Latest Trick" is a sensational highlight. "The Man's Too Strong" is a worthy number with sudden, jarring power chords making sure you're listening to what the boss has to say! You can see, however, the first strains of the demise of Dire Straits in this album. Knopfler's experimentation was growing too big for the band, and he would start playing with movie scoring ("Local Hero" and "The Princess Bride") and bluegrass (check out the wonderful "Neck and Neck" with Chet Atkins) before Dire Straits would produce its swan song in 1991's "On Every Street". The band would only produce a total of six studio albums in a career spanning 13 years...but the musical legacy is timeless.Free Music Review: A Classic!
Hit: 4 Stars
A classic album, probably most famous for "Money for Nothing," but far more worthwhile for other "hits" like "So Far Away" and "Walk of Life," as well as the exceptional, atmospheric title track "Brothers in Arms."Free Music Review: Great Album at a Great Price!!
Hit: 5 Stars
One of the great things about the internet to me is being able to purchase CDs of the great records that have long since been worn out. This is one of those albums and it has been such a treat to listen to the Album without skips and jumps. I believe this album was the first to really put them on the charts and it was so deserved! Go Mark Go!!!