Band: Dire Straits
Website: (Unoffical Page)
http://www.money-for-nothing.com/
Album: Brothers in Arms
Year Released: 1985
No. of Discs: 1
No. of Tracks: 9
Track Listing:
1. So Far Away
2. Money for Nothing
3. Walk of Life
4. Your Latest Trick
5. Why Worry
6. Ride Across the River
7. The Man’s Too Strong
8. One World
9. Brothers in Arms
To me Dire Straits is one of the more under-rated bands I can think of. Their musicianship is great and they could really build a lot of quality tunes. “Brothers in Arms” though was their best effort in a collection of great efforts. Who can forget first eharing the sound of Sting’s voice coming through the speakers on Money for Nothing…then of course that powerful guitar opening. Walk of Life was a catchy tune with a music video every sports fan loved. But the real heart of this album is found beyond the airplay tracks.
Mark Knopfler’s voice gives such a rich sound to their tracks and you can feel his alternative music visions in the later songs of this album. A couple of gems deep on this album are the acoustic The Man’s Too Strong and the mellow Why Worry.
I think the track of the album though is the last track…Brother’s in Arms. The song was powerful on it’s own but applying this song to our current world post 9/11 suddenly brings a whole new meaning and power to the song.
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