Dire Straits - Making Movies
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Artist: Dire StraitsEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2000-09-19
Music Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Tunnel Of Love
- Romeo & Juliet
- Skateaway
- Expresso Love
- Hand in Hand
- Solid Rock
- Les Boys
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Free Music Review: A Stunning Perfect Album
Hit: 5 Stars
After "Communique", Dire Straits stayed quiet for almost two years, and when this album appeared in 1981, the group was a bit of an afterthought on the world music stage. This brilliant album - considered a landmark throughout Europe - changed all of that.
When I think of my personal favorite albums, "Making Movies" instantly comes to mind. The opening track, "Tunnel Of Love", is an emotional, incredibly played, eight minute masterpiece featuring the E Street Band's Roy Bittan on keyboards. The heartfelt classic "Romeo & Juliet" was a huge hit throughout Europe and was largely responsible for their revival. "Skateaway" is a unique combination of melody, haunting synthesizers and arena rock that remains a classic today. "Expresso Love" and "Solid Rock" are excellent rockers that show off Mark Knopfler's outstanding guitar work, while "Hand In Hand" is a terrific - once again, unique - ballad. If the album ended there, it might be the all time fave of yours truly - but the throwaway "Les Boys" is a giddy and silly cabaret number that is a poor choice to go with the remainder of this outstanding album.
For those who think Dire Straits is all about "Money For Nothing" - this is the album to get - to know how wrong you are!
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Making Movies is Dire Straits's third album and includes several epic numbers that remain among Mark Knopfler's finest work. "Tunnel of Love, " "Romeo And Juliet" (covered by the Indigo Girls), and "Solid Rock" all work with the same distinctive galloping rhythm underneath Knopfler's country-blues staccato guitar. The addition of Springsteen's E Street Band pianist Roy Bittan hardly seems less a coincidence considering the Springsteen-esque tone of the material. --Rob O'ConnorPop Music CDs
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