release date: May 1, 1985
format: vinyl / cd
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,38]
producer: Mark Knopfler, Neil Dorfsman
label: Vertigo Records - nationality: England, UK
Track highlights: 1. "So Far Away" - 2. "Money for Nothing" - 3. "Walk of Life" - 9. "Brothers in Arms" (4,5 / 5)
5th studio album by Dire Straits follows nearly three years after Love Over Gold (Sep. 1982) is another fine album, although, I had tired of the band, their sound, and the predictable style of Mark Knopfler. The huge single hit of the album "Money for Nothing" featuring Sting was never my cup of tea. The video, however, was rather neat. The title track is a great tour de force of Knopfler's but it doesn't save the album. This was my last vinyl acquisition of any album by the band. The album is the second by Dire Straits to be enlisted in "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die".
[ allmusic.com 4 / 5 stars ]
