Dire Straits Brothers in Arms Digital Life Music

Brothers in Arms
by: Dire Straits

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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0093624777328
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Warner Bros / Wea
Release Date: September 19, 2000
Sales Rank: 2763
Studio: Warner Bros / Wea

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Album Description:
Digitally remastered edition of their 1985 multi-platinum album, their biggest ever. Nine tracks, featuring the #1 smash 'Money For Nothing', plus the top 10 'Walk Of Life' & the top 20 hit 'So Far Away'. 1996 Mercury Records release.

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Propelled by Mark Knopfler's literate songs, gruff vocals, and spidery guitar work, Dire Straits had overcome initial skepticism for their resistance to '70s new wave accents in favor of a rootsy traditionalism. This 1985 album captures the band consolidating a far more epic style than the concise shuffles and ballads that the original scrappy quartet had reeled off, their ambitions fueled by the larger canvas afforded by the CD. One of the first albums to exploit the format's longer playing time, Brothers in Arms was initially released in separate versions for CD/cassette and edited LP, and the band became digital poster boys on a world tour sponsored by CD hardware interests. Critics that had once warmed to the band sniffed at the marketing, but the album remains their best known, noteworthy for the MTV staple 'Money for Nothing' and the breezy rock shuffle 'Walk of Life,' as well as for the wistful 'So Far Away,' the plot-driven narratives of 'Ride Across the River,' and the title song. --Sam Sutherland

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- 80's Anthem
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 ... Read More

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- DIRE STRAITS AND MARK KNOPFLER ARE BRILLIANT
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!

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- Commercial Peak! And That's Not A Bad Thing!
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 ... Read More

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- A Classic!
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."

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