Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms (1985) (WB, 9 25264-2)

Posted By : Necromandus | Date : 19 Jan 2012 07:45:00 | Comments : 7 |

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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 success of Brothers in Arms was helped considerably by the clever computer-animated video for "Money for Nothing," a sardonic attack on MTV. But what kept the record selling was Mark Knopfler's increased sense of pop songcraft -- "Money for Nothing" had an indelible guitar riff, "Walk of Life" is a catchy up-tempo boogie variation on "Sultans of Swing," and the melodies of the bluesy "So Far Away" and the down-tempo, Everly Brothers-style "Why Worry" were wistful and lovely. Dire Straits had never been so concise or pop-oriented, and it wore well on them. Though they couldn't maintain that consistency through the rest of the album -- only the jazzy "Your Latest Trick" and the flinty "Ride Across the River" make an impact -- Brothers in Arms remains one of their most focused and accomplished albums, and in its succinct pop sense, it's distinctive within their catalog.

~ by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, allmusic.com

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Tracklist:

01. So Far Away - 5:12
02. Money For Nothing - 8:26
03. Walk Of Life - 4:13
04. Your Latest Trick - 6:34
05. Why Worry - 8:31
06. Ride Across The River - 6:58
07. The Man's Too Strong - 4:40
08. One World - 3:41
09. Brothers In Arms - 6:57

EAC extraction logfile

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• Mark Knopfler - guitars, vocals
• John Illsley - bass, vocals
• Alan Clark - keyboards
• Guy Fletcher - keyboards, vocals

Produced by Mark Knopfler and Neil Dorfsman
Engineered by Neil Dorfsman. Recorded at Air Studios, Montserrat, West Indies
Mixed at Powerstation, NY. Mastered by John Dent at Sound Clinic, London

Please, do not write these links at any web pages. Enjoy & keep the files alive!
* - EAC Image, standard LOG, embedded cuesheet, Foobar2000 ready
Huge thanks to my friend bigggwest for original CD!
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Posted By: Bubblehead Date: 19 Jan 2012 08:10:26

Sounds great. Still like Ludwig's european version better though.

Posted By: binkin Date: 19 Jan 2012 08:36:08

Love the unremastered Straits, keep em comin...

Posted By: peterpyser Date: 19 Jan 2012 13:14:15

Can someone upload the rare Brothers In Arms CD-Single in verified lossless complete with artwork?

Thanks, peter

Posted By: Scorpion40 Date: 19 Jan 2012 13:45:22

Thanks / Gracias

Posted By: Dr_G Date: 20 Jan 2012 11:29:21

Thank you very much!
@Bubblehead: do you mean the remastered one?

Posted By: Bubblehead Date: 22 Jan 2012 07:50:29

@Dr_G: God No, remaster screwed up one of the most dynamic records ever made considered etalon of digital mastering up to these days. There are two versions of 1985 original. European and American CD's have different masters. US done by John Dent and SOME EU done by Bob Ludwig. Mine Vertigo 824-499-2
has "Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisc" and "Made in West Germany 1985" written on it. This version sounds great, but european goes bit further and sounds totally immaculate.

Posted By: wormwood Date: 19 Feb 2012 14:57:06

Thanks, have never heard the John Dent master.

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