Advantages: The very best of Dire Straits Music. Disadvantages: None!
my opinion.
SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ALBUM.
The Album BrothersInArms was the first album ever on CD to have sales of over one million copies. This was the fifth album that DireStraits released into the charts on the 13th May 1985. This Album went straight to number one in the UK and also in the US. It made number one also in the album charts in eleven other countries also. There are nine great tracks on this BrothersInArms Album and in total they last for nearly one hour. The album to date has won three Grammy awards. This album was also voted the 5th best album ever in the UK and that?s not surprising, as it is awesome. Songs from this BrothersInArms Album have been used in Movies and advertisements also.
THE FRONT COVER TO BROTHERSINARMS.
Well as I have said a few times on my reviews, the front cover to ...
Advantages: Just a terrific album. Disadvantages: Still associated with yuppies in their BMW's
Did you know that DireStraits and Chris Rea were considering collaborating together on a new album. However, the deal collapsed when they couldn't decide what to call the new band, one option was Chris Straits and the other option was .......
Anyway, enough of the bad taste (attempted) humour and on with the review.
Back in 1977 Mark Knopfler formed a band called the Cafe Racers. Prior to an early gig supporting Squeeze at the Albany Theatre, a friend of the bands then drummer Pick Withers, commented that the band looked so destitute and poor that maybe DireStraits would be a more appropriate name. The rest as they say is history.
After scraping together enough money to record a demo, DireStraits were snapped up by Phonograms Vertigo record label. In January 1978 they toured with Talking Heads as their support band ...
Advantages: A classic, beautiful guitar based music Disadvantages: A little short
id the lowlands, and always will be. Some day you'll return to, your valleys and your farms, and you'll no longer yearn to be, BrothersinArms"
This album was a departure from the previous works by DireStraits, and the last album of note, before the band split. It hit number one like a rocket and stayed in the charts for nearly three years. A classic by anyone's standard, even more so in these days of manufactured pop bands and recycled songs. Because of it's age it can frequently be found reduced in Woolworths, or as part of their latest 3 for 2 offer. Get it. ...
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Product details
Title
Brothers In Arms (20th Anniversary Edition) [Hybrid SACD]
Performer
Dire Straits
Genre
Rock & Pop
Sub Genre
Hard Rock
Release Date
09/05/2005
Recomended Retail Price
16.99 GBP
Original Release Year
1985
Label / Distributor
Vertigo / Universal Music
Engineer
Neil Dorfsman
Producer
Mark Knopfler (Original); Mark Knop
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
602498714980
Catalogue Number
9871498
Additional notes
Album Notes
Dire Straits: Mark Knopfler (vocals, guitar); Hal Lindes (guitar); Guy Fletcher, Alan Clark (keyboards); John Illsley (bass); Terry Williams (drums). Additional personnel: Sting (vocals). Recorded at Air Studios, Monserrat, West Indies. All tracks have been digitally remastered. German limited edition was remastered in Super Audio CD 5.1 surround sound. This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players. BROTHERS IN ARMS found Dire Straits at the peak of a long climb in the music industry. After an auspicious debut with DIRE STRAITS, they stuggled on through personnel changes and shifting musical tastes. Knopfler's work with Bob Dylan (SLOW TRAIN COMING and some touring) and the band's appearance at Live Aid helped to keep their recognition high. This album proved to be the payoff, as "Money For Nothing" hit number 1, and the second single, "Walk Of Life" also made the top-10.
Album Reviews
Q (6/00, p.71) - Ranked #51 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums" Q (7/96, p.141) - 5 Stars - Indispensable - "...the commercial and artistic culmination....repeated listening reveals it as [a] singularly melancholic collection...where joy is as sharp as sorrow..." CMJ (1/5/04, p.16) - Ranked #6 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1985"
Titles on disc 1
1.
So Far Away (SACD stereo)
2.
Money For Nothing (SACD stereo)
3.
Walk Of Life (SACD stereo)
4.
Your Latest Trick (SACD stereo)
5.
Why Worry (SACD stereo)
6.
Ride Across The River (SACD stereo)
7.
Man's Too Strong (SACD stereo)
8.
One World (SACD stereo)
9.
Brothers In Arms (SACD stereo)
10.
So Far Away (SACD 5.1 surround sound)
11.
Money For Nothing (SACD 5.1 surround sound)
12.
Walk Of Life (SACD 5.1 surround sound)
13.
Your Latest Trick (SACD 5.1 surround sound)
14.
Why Worry (SACD 5.1 surround sound)
15.
Ride Across The River (SACD 5.1 surround sound)
16.
Man's Too Strong (SACD 5.1 surround sound)
17.
One World (SACD 5.1 surround sound)
18.
Brothers In Arms (SACD 5.1 surround sound)
19.
So Far Away (CD audio)
20.
Money For Nothing (CD audio)
21.
Walk Of Life (CD audio)
22.
Your Latest Trick (CD audio)
23.
Why Worry (CD audio)
24.
Ride Across The River (CD audio)
25.
Man's Too Strong (CD audio)
26.
One World (CD audio)
27.
Brothers In Arms (CD audio)
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