Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits Init. Thought the “I want my mtv” line in Money for Nothing sounded like The Police. Turns out it’s actually Sting. They did it together at Live Aid. Sot Money for nothing Walk of life Your latest trick 3/5

This is a strong 4 or a weak 5 for me. The guitar work is insane and Mark Knopfler is godly on this album. The only thing bringing it down is the B-side. It's really good but after listening to the A-side which is perfect it brings the album down a notch. This is the one I'm having the hardest time rating. I've actually given lesser albums 5-star ratings but that's because I tried to rate them within their genres. This one is harder to give 5-stars as it's a rock album. There's so many good ones. I'm going for 5 stars just for the iconic riffs and the great first half of the album.

Not really my preferred style of music. I remember a few of the singles from my youth, while not a fan I did enjoy them more than I thought. A lot of filler in the album though, 3-4 good song.

I get it, but it's not for me. Wouldn't listen again.

Highlights: Money For Nothing, Walk Of Life Boooooring

Dire Straits prawie Best Of. Brothers in Arms trochę przeruchane, ale Money For Nothing i Walk of life top notch.

Best Album ever!!

The first few songs were great but the rest of the album was pretty generic soft rock.

A pleasant easy-listening album, I enjoyed it. Nothing more, nothing less.

Far too many songs that were not spectacular in the least and are far too long. Dire Straits belongs in the same category as Steely Dan for me... don't need it.

Money for Nothing as the ultimate diss track. Did the hardware store employee ever know he was cussed on record and made Knopfler even more wealthy and successful? Brothers in Arms is an excellent guitar album and features some iconic tracks including Walk of Life (check out the Walk of Life project) and the title track (another excellent soundtrack sound). Knopfler has a knack for song construction and giving a record a memorable mood and feel.

Ah ouaissssss! Sa J'AIME! J'adore l'instrumentation. Super album

Super album, il y a une vibe de Wish You Were Here qui plane au dessus des chansons sans que ça soit un copié-collé. Petit bémol sur le rythme d’écoute, ça s’essouffle un peu vers la fin

Un bon 3 étoiles honnêtement, c’est bon mais sans plus, et y’a pas de chanson qui ont attiré mon attention non plus.

Some of the songs are overlong, it’s too smooth, but some good tunes and MK is always a great guitarist.

Some of the writing is wild

honestly this fucks so far. I was expecting this to be some shite after hearing them all on the radio but this sounds sick in headphones. Yupp. Why worry was honestly fucked.

A surprisingly meaningful - if overly so, at times - classic. A great record.

And the hits just keep coming! Wow, this album has some classics of the era. And some dog shiiiiiit, through the middle (Your Latest Trick, Why Worry?, Ride Across the River). Enough winners here that I enjoyed it but could have scored better if they'd trimmed a bit of fat.

4.5

The spectacular guitar riffs are not enough to rescue it from it's confused messaging and homophobic slurs. I do love it's sound though. 3+/5

The album on the whole is a mixed bag but Money for Nothing is a classic. Mark Knopfler is excellent at making his impressive guitar playing go almost unnoticed in the rest of the music but when you pay attention you can recognize the talent on display. Unfortunately the song where he really lets loose is on a different album.

Album is very top heavy. Starts out fairly promising, and Walk of Life is an absolute heater, but it runs out of gas pretty quickly. Brothers In Arms has almost 250 million streams on Spotify as of this writing, but I can't really understand why, as I found it to be pretty boring. Surprisingly, I found the s/t to be far more engaging. Standouts: So Far Away, Walk of Life, The Man's Too Strong.

I remember this album from my teenage years, one of those bands that beeen ever present. The first 4 tracks have a high play count on Spotify and they're all great tracks. I think the standout for me was Why Worry? Ride Across The River sounds like it would be a good instrumental track.

"Money for Nothing" is undeniably a 5 star song - that shiz is built into the bedrock of my musical appreciation psyche! On first listen, the non-famous tracks felt quite filler-like so I was leaning towards a 4 score for the whole album, but a second pass through and most of them caught my attention in places - reckon I'd grow to love them with more listens, so reckon an overall 5 is justified! Fave track - "Money for Nothing", problematic lyrics aside, is just so good - when the guitar comes in at around 90 seconds! Damn!

Perfect mix between rock and blues. Amazing sax on Your Latest Trick, really like the guitar work on One World. One of the greatest riffs of all time on Money for Nothing. Brothers in Arms and Why Worry are beautiful.

5/5 Absolute Classic Standouts: Money For Nothing, Your Latest Trick, Why Worry, Brothers in Arms, So Far Away, Walk of Life, The Man's Too Strong, One World.... Every song basically....

This was really boring. I don’t remember anything about it.

Automatic 5 stars just for the raunchy guitar tone of Money for Nothing.

If you're of a certain age this album was huge. It was everywhere. It basically powered MTV and epitomised stadium rock, and wow it blew is away. And oh boy it's still amazing to this very day all the way through. And no, it's not homophobic, it's showing up homophobes, just in very early 80's language so yeh, the language is more dated than the music. Crazy to even think that Brothers In Arms is a huge US military record too. Just feels pretty unique, instantly recognisable and pretty special. What an album.

Dad rock! Can't wait to skim through this to confirm that it sucks! Look at that, it really does suck! I honestly wish you could just skip forward to the next album when trash like this pops up

4+

Steely Dan for dumb guys.

Hard to dock stars here. So many classics

This album has some fucking BANGERS but as a whole it falls short of what it had the potential to be. The mediocrity of the non-hits detracts from the overall score. DECENT

For a rock album there are an awful lot of ballads on here. Felt dated. Best songs at the beginning and at the end.

Fanme egentlig lækkert. Den skal lige have et kvarter mere!

I like dire straits 😄 I imagine myself on a boat whilst I listen to him

Need to go back cuz didn’t finish it

I never understood the appeal of Dire Straits. Middle of the road stuff, or below. Is there any real difference between this and say, Bryan Adams, John Mellencamp, Supertramp, or Foreigner? All inoffensive, all boring, all ignorable.

Great performances and top-tier production longing for better material.

I really like the end of this album a lot. Ok in the middle. Probably need another listen

Album starts off with 3 certified bangers. Money for Nothing and Walk of Life specifically are legendary songs. The next couple songs definitely tone down the explosiveness and tempo, but are very nice songs to listen to regardless. A lot of good variety with the introduction of some brass. The riffs Ride Across the River could be a song in Final Fantasy 9 or Crash Bandicoot. I've heard the hits on this album hundreds of times, but the other songs on it are exceptional in their own right. I could argue the middle of the album feels a bit disjointed, but I think I really appreciate the variety of instruments, styles, and tempos Dire Straits employ here. Definitely not an album where "every song sounds the same". This album makes me appreciate how available music is to us today. It'll be interesting to see if this album has songs that my kids and grandkids will listen in their day because there is no way that Money For Nothing ever dies.

So many hits on this one.

Listened to this album again and need to go back and edited this to a 5 star 2 and a half years after originally listening to it.

Two absolutely iconic songs on here with "Money for Nothing" and "Walk of Life." Guitar work is pretty incredible. Will listen again.

Muutama oikein hyvä biisi ja kaikin puolin helppoa kuunneltavaa. Tästä levystä tuli erittäin vahvasti lapsuus mieleen kun veli poppiteli tätä LP:tä. Nelonen on ehkä vähän yläkanttiin.

Jotenkin ärsytti kuunnella. Varmaan liian monta kertaa radioista kuultuja biisejä enkä ikinä muutenkaan oo kovin fanitellu. Nimikkobiisi vielä kuitenkin hyvä

Good sound, hooks, polish. How, erm, exciting. Standout Tracks: Money for Nothing, Walk of Life

Bedre enn forventa, men vokalen til Mark ødelegge litt for masse

Classic anthems and great guitar work throughout. Strong opening, lost me a bit in the second half but overall a excellent album.

S L A P S

amazing production. was well aware of the radio songs that have been overplayed WAY TOO MUCH! Was surprised how much I enjoyed the tracks i've never heard. Mark Knopfler is stellar throughout.

7/10. Walk of life and money for nothing are fantastic but the rest of the album was a little dull.

4.5

Obviously money for nothing and walk of life are the standouts of this album but I was honestly surprised by how this album slams on the brakes after those two songs. It just becomes slow rock/jazz with a bunch of saxes which isn’t bad it just was not what I was expecting at all. Overall it gets a high three for the two big songs then the rest was just fine

*groan* Dad rock. This was rough to listen. I thought I would be pleasantly surprised with lead track and UK single "So Far Away," but that was as good as it ever got. "Money for Nothing" is a rough listen because of not one, not two, but three F-slurs in the second verse. I've heard "Walk of Life" many a time in my youth, I could go without it now. The rest is mostly pop rock elevator music. No.

Klassík. Ennþá töff.

Shit sandwich - 3 bangers, 3 duds, 3 bangers.

Just a good album

Honestly just boring and couldn’t wait for it to be over. This album is dire and I’m just surprised about how many people love it when a ten year old could come up with half of the riffs in this album

It’s a classic, you know, Money For Nothing and all. Mark Knopfler is an amazing guitar player, but I found this album was just kind of boring. It’s one you play in the evening, or when you’re having a chill morning. Definitely not something to get excited about though.

Started out strong and just fizzled out

The two best songs were a completely different vibe than the rest of the album. The two songs were bangers tho. Gotta watch the slurs tho yikes. Need decimals I’d say low 4 high 3s

Well it started out hot but then started to cool down after that. Album was a little long for my liking, felt like there was a ton of filler for no reason. Lotta slurs for no reason too but the songs we’re decent.

I thoroughly enjoy this album. I can clearly see the influence it has had on contemporary alt rock, jazz rock and blues rock. I was thinking about RHCP, Arcade Fire and more while listening. Only critique that seems to be consistent with albums of this generation is it can be a little repetitive at times but that is made up for with its fabulous musicality and select songs that go against the repetition and evolve, even if subtly, throughout the track.

Overall the quality of production on this album is solid, however the ability to enjoy and get the most out of it is very mood dependent. This album has inconsistency when it comes to adopting an overall theme/sound which in turn disrupts its continuity. The first 3 tracks alone on the album jump from sounding like Springsteen, to ZZ Top performing LCD Soundsystem covers, to waterpark music, to progressive rock that doesn’t progress very much. This album may not be for me, or maybe it can be? Why Worry is a track that in one instance feels like it can be one of my favorite instrumental jams, while other times I question why it needed 8 minutes of my time. I can’t help but feel if I listened to this at nighttime or while driving it would illicit a different response. If I could I would rate this a 2.5.

This is an album I already know and love, so listening to it for the millionth time was not a chore. I absolutely love every single song on this album - I don't know if I could ever pick a favorite. But I will say that the one-two punch of "So Far Away" and "Money For Nothing" gives this album an incredibly solid opening. I don't really know what else to say about this one. It's perfect. I've listened to it a million times and I'll listen to it a million more.

Never finished it before rated.

I don't know what this was I didn't like it

A few "blockbusters" ofc and still a very good album, overall i like the earlier work better though. The sound quality is very good and I remember the promotion of the cd at the time with this album and a deal with Philips :)

One of the best albums ever made: top 10 album (together with Madonna's Like A Virgin, David Bowie's Let's Dance, Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA, Blondie's Parallel Lines, Prince's Purple Rain, Human League's Dare, Tina Turner's Private Dancer and MBV), and that despite a couple of lesser songs.. The Brothers in Arms scene in the 44th episode of West Wing is one of the greatest moments in American television history and this is for a great part due to this song.

Sounded good, but maybe a bit too polished.

This got me into (album) music. Must have played it hundreds of times. Now it feels somewhat too slow and elongated in places but it is still easily 5 stars.

The synth riff on Walk of Life is the auditory embodiment of forced fun.

Absolute fucking banger, one facet of 80s music perfected

Mark Knopler's guitar work is top notch, and I love to listen to him play. I don't like this album as well as their self-titled album - while Money for Nothing is an absolutely rocking song, the homophobic slurs really drag it down. I actually like the "filler" on this album as well as or better than the hits - that's where Knopler's guitar work really shines in my opinion. This album deserves its place on the list in my opinion, and I really enjoyed listening to it again. But it doesn't quite merit a 5/5 in my book.

i really dislike the sound of this record and i dislike mark knopfler’s voice but money for nothing is pretty good so 1 🌟

I guess all recordings are a type of time capsule, but this one feels especially so. Seems like a good example of both the good and the bad of what rock thought sounded cool in the early 80s. I wanted to give this five stars but there was just a little too much cringe. Mark Knopfler sure plays a soothing guitar though.

This album could have been 30 minutes, but if you’re into the band I get it. Instrumentals were really enjoyable, but so so repetitive 2.5

Money for nothing, Walk of life, man’s too strong were my standouts. Some of the instrumental songs and outros stretched a little long but overall really enjoyed this one

Pretty music with some nice smoother jazz, just not quite for me

Very good, some great songs on it

Way better than I was expecting. Money For Nothing, Walk of Life and Brothers in Arms are still classics (not that I knew they were Dire Straits before this).

Money for Nothing is a classic song that perfectly encapsulates 1980’s rock and the emergence of MTV. I was unfamiliar with the rest of Dire Straits’ music. I thought this album was really good.

Sounds great production-wise. The guitar playing is excellent. I loved how subtle they were with embracing quietness at certain parts and not over-playing.

A Classic dad rock album. This actually starts really strong but tails off the second half of the album.

Tja.... Vind dit echt een top album met een paar bangers die ik vaak op repeat heb, maaaar of het echt nog van deze tijd is, weet ik niet. #moneyfornothingandchicksforfree Lekker luisteren en Mark Knopfler op gitaar is pluspunten, dus ga toch voor de 4 sterren

Ik was wel bekend met de Dire Straits maar ik heb nooit een volledig album van ze geluisterd, erg fijn.

Vind het altijd lastig wat ik nou van de Dire Straits vind, want het zijn eigenlijk gewoon saaie gasten die goede muziek maken. Dit komt vooral door het goede gitaarspel. Alleen als dat er dan niet in zit wordt het vrij snel saai. Zelfde als dit album, waar het met een paar leipe bangers begint maar daarna wordt het redelijk saai.

Nog nooit helemaal geluisterd maar wel bepaalde nummers echt 100 keer vanwege m’n vader, dus leuk om nu helemaal te luisteren!! Zou het niet zo snel zelf op zetten maar prima als het op de achtergrond staat

De eerste keer dat ik een dire straits album in z’n geheel luister. Vond het eigenlijk best tegenvallen. Ook de eerste keer dat ik hoor dat Money for Nothing nogal twijfelachtige lyrics heeft, in de reissues hebben ze dat stukje er naar uit geknipt

Outstanding!

This album was the pinnacle of popular when I was a kid. It has a few classics, but some of the rest is a bit ho-hum if I'm honest. Not the track after track of radio playlist gold I was expecting.

This album really scratches my 80s rock itch. It conjures up memories of family road trips and Dad discovering CDs in about 1985. Some classic tracks that stir up the emotions.

first listen exactly my kind of 80s album

Love Mark Knopfler's guitar work....can't hear "Money for Nothing" any more, since it's been taken over, commercially...but, otherwise, a pretty good album!

Awesome stuff

A classic. But actually… boring. Hasn’t aged well.

grew up with this album

Great album from one of the great hands

Money for nothing so fing good

a little bit boring at times but overall really good

I love this album

couldnt make it through the record. songs were too long, kind of boring, songs never got exciting.

Überproduzierte, schlecht gealterte Platte einer guten Band, die außer dem Titelsong, Money For Nothing und Your Latest Trick nur verzichtbare Banalitäten zu bieten hat. Ein Ärgernis.

Some specific moments are a 5, but most if it falls around 3.5

A low 5, but the stuff that's good is so good

No idea what to expect but I enjoyed this!

Tricky one to review objectively as it’s all tangled up with my childhood. That said I could never stand Walk of Life, and that hasn’t changed. I like the noirish storytelling, dislike some of the more 80s production, find Brothers in Arms moving however much I try to maintain some semblance of cynicism and that barely controlled while at the same time completely under control guitar sound on Money for Nothing still sends me.

Before listening to this album I had never heard a Dire Straits song that I didn’t like, I’m proud to announce I still haven’t. This album is absolutely fantastic

I've often pondered why some music is labelled MOR. Whilst this album was playing I had visions of the band literally being stuck in the middle of the road, with lots of motorists driving either side not letting them cross. But sometimes you gotta be brave and take a chance, have some faith that the audience will go with you. Alas, it wasn't to be, and 30 years later the band is still stuck in the Middle -of - the - Road. Just waiting. And waiting.

Hate is a strong word...

So overdone I have an instant revulsion. The very definition of competently dull and plodding

I wanted to hate this more than I did because it's so middle of the road and so over played, but I think it's probably played so often because deep down it is quite good. Ah me, oh my. Down to 3 stars because of all the radio drive time airplay.

My dad played this a lot, I recall liking it until I became a teenager, then strongly disliking it. Re-listening now, great guitar work and production, but still invoked a strangely sick feeling in the bottom of my stomach. Mixed emotions. Is there such a thing as anti-nostalgia? 2.5

Lame. 80’s were so bad across genres

ai uzpiso biski, labai ilgos dainos

The sleeve has a lovely pastel colour scheme. It matches the very safe, pastel, tone of the album. Its all perfectly nice, but it's difficult to imagine anything with less edge. Rating: 2/5 Playlist track: Walk Of Life Date listened: 16/01/23

I feel like this album isn’t very cohesive, with none of the songs matching the title and sonically and lyrically having no connection. The singers voice lowkey got on my nerves a little bit and hearing him drop the f slur 3 times in one song didn’t help lol.

Really love the first half of this album especially. Never listened to Dire Straits before and this was a great introduction. I wasn’t expecting how spacey and atmospheric some of these songs to be, but I loved that. Faves: Money For Nothing, Your Latest Trick, Walk of Life

This album is arguably the band's most impactful and certainly greatest commercial success. Showing a range for easy melodies as well as timeless pop hits, this album is diverse and a strong one.

Fantastic pioneering rock album.

Buen disco de pop-rock con predominio de guitarras, con buena voz y con canciones que se han convertido en auténticos himnos

Great album, love the vibe, bought this on vinyl recently!! Saved songs: Money For Nothing, Walk Of Life, Ride Across The River, One World, Brothers In Arms

Great album. Not the highest pace ever but really enjoyed it.

Few classic singles and a lot of auld 80s easy listening pish. Can’t believe it sold as many as it did

Possibly some nostalgic bias with this one.

it is good, kind of 80s dad music

I use to find this a bit overrated, but I thoroughly enjoyed my listening experience this time around. Maybe it's the use of good headphones or the fact that I'm getting old at 25y/o that made me enjoy that one that much. The album starts off very strong with the first 3 songs being big hits. The second half is a bit less interesting, with One World and The Man's Too Strong being the weakest tracks here. The sound engineering and production of this album is immaculate and the songs are mostly great. If this album was 45 min, it would be an almost perfect album, but the longer parts in the second half drag the album down to a 55 min which it doesn't have the songwriting chops to sustain. 8,4/10

Half the album is perfect and the other half is above average. 4/5

Boring shit dad rock

Top 3 Songs: 1 - Money for Nothing (2) 2 - Walk of Life (3) 3 - So Far Away (1)

So, I have mixed feelings about this album. Album starts great, with all of the hits it spawned, but the second part is quite a snooze - it gets really slow and full of ballads. Even "Brothers in Arms" (which, for a ballad, is quite good) cannot carry the second part, in my opinion. I have always enjoyed Dire Straits and this is arguably their best work (at least hit-wise), but i feel that this album really slows itself down in the second part.

-Already liked "Money For Nothing" and "Walk of Life," but hadn't listened to the rest of the album. -"Money for Nothing" just has an absolutely gnarly intro. The drum buildup to the classic guitar riff is absolutely killer -"Walk Of Life" tells a fun little story about Johnny. The song is upbeat and fun with a solid backing synth riff. I particularly like the instruments cutting out to just drums and vocals on the line "Turning all the night time into the day" -Cool horn intro on "Your Latest Trick." Rest of the song is certainly music. -"The Man's Too Strong" is a cool song that strikes a good balance between slow and spare and more intense portions. I like the booming guitar and drum/synth something in the chorus section. It is generally a calmer song but it keeps a cool spooky vibe going. -"One World" starts with some awesome slap bass. Then it continues with awesome guitar and drums. It borders on being a funk tune. -I liked this album more than their self-titled album, which I had reviewed previously. I think this album had more quality tracks, but the less exciting songs were more boring. In particular, "Why Worry," "Ride Across the River," and "Brothers in Arms" were very long and drew almost no notice, despite their runtime being almost 20 minutes and almost 35% of the whole album. But, its got some great tracks as well. "Money for Nothing" is legendary, "Walk of Life" is fantastic, and "The Man's Too Strong" and "One World" are solid tracks that I intend to listen to more in the future.

First 3 songs are bangers. Then it gets slower and experimental.

I was thoroughly surprised and satisfied that I enjoyed the album as much as I did. The second half of the album did slow way down and get pretty boring, though. Wasn’t a fan of the pan flute either, I don’t feel as though it fit into the rest of the song comfortably. Good music though some wasn’t for me. 4/5

5/5. 9/10

classic

This album is apparently one that sound techs use to figure out their balance. There’s heaps to it and the nostalgia for me is massive. I remember my Dad pulling out the vinyl gently and enjoying dancing around with hun when I was a little girl

Love this album. I already knew it. Money for nothing is badass

i think i just might not like rock or something, getting sick of it, not bad again, it was alright, fine, 3

An introduction to one of the greatest rock bands of the 80s. Mark Knopfler's genius begins to show through on this album, and aside from some now problematic lyrics in "Money for Nothing", this is an amazing album.

A bit soft, quite 80s.

Dos maiores da história

En del fina melodier man önskar någon annan framförde. Making movies är mycket bättre och låter mindre vitt vin.

Pretty enjoyable rock. Some classic tracks and riffs on here, but its a pleasant listen all the way through

Inte det bästta skivat jag hörat

Många hits på denna…

Good!!!

Really good album. Maybe a bit slow at times but Brothers in arms and Money for nothing are huge bangers 4.25 / 5

Incredible album... Was not expecting but the first few songs are a BANG! Then continues into instrumental vibe and is very easy to listen to.... I don't know exactly how to rate that but I will give 5/5 because I want to remember it

Oh God, I don't want to review Dire Straits. I really don't. Do you ever feel out of sync with the world? When I started at uni in the early years of this century, I was aghast at the number of people (aged 18 to 22, let's not forget) who declared not just a fondness for but almost an idolisation of Dire Straits. I still can't explain it. Surely these are people who you'd expect to have placed significance on coolness? And before you object, just look at that album cover. Pastel pink font? Levitating guitar (although is it being held up by its neck?)? It aims to depict pure guitarness, but lands on the art of guitar as done by a recently divorced dad. So Dire Straits' fanbase baffles me enormously. Mayhap I'm just being prejudiced, and Dire Straits do have merits I choose to overlook. I can recall the specific instance when my antipathy for Dire Straits materialised (I had never liked the music as a kid, but I had never concentrated on Dire Straits either). I was watching TV at 2am during my teenage years, and a cheapo documentary on Mark Knopfler came on, which said his convoluted guitar playing represented a positive rejection of punkish amateurism. I just noticed the overwhelming taste of bile in my mouth. Mark Knopfler as the stalwart knight repelling the throngs of we snotty oiks? What a wanker. Nope, it's not prejudice, Dire Straits are terrible and their fans delude themselves solely because Mark Knopfler can play a guitar a bit. (I feel I should point out that Dire Straits refused to play Apartheid-era South Africa, and donated all their royalties from their South African sales to anti-Apartheid organisations. That should not be insulted. I feel I should also point out that when Dire Straits were inducted into the pointless and unfit-for-purpose Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the great luminary they got to induct them was John Illsley. Since you don't recognise the name, I'll tell you that he was the bassist for Dire Straits. The same year, Bon Jovi was inducted by Howard Stern. I'll leave you to decide which is more shameful.) The album Brothers in Arms is crap. Any discussion of Brothers in Arms should begin with that fact. If you haven't included that sentence in your review, you have failed. It's not difficult. It's a few seconds' worth of typing. A little more typing will produce the following, completely accurate list: it's really boring, it's really pompous, the songs go on far too long, the album goes on far too long, Mark Knopfler's voice never rises above a bad impression of Dylan, the guitar work is ostentatious without being engaging, the production showcases a villains' row of commonplace 80s production atrocities. But to explain the most sizeable flaw of Brothers in Arms, one needs to look at the essence of the album. It's lyrically-driven blues rock with intricate guitar work. There are a million billion such albums released every year, and none of them have been any cop since 1974. So Brothers in Arms is not only poor, it's a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy, with some slick 80s gimmicks to mask the thievery. Now, I'm not one to chastise an artist for stealing, but Knopfler could have nicked something with a bit more vitality. Here's an idea, Mark: your fretwork could actually fit well as a rococo decoration over a motorik beat. Yes, you're still copying, but you'd be copying something we wouldn't expect you to copy, and that's some kind of originalty, I think. Still, if Dire Straits became more interesting, would they stop being Dire Straits? Well, a mate of mine pointed out that John Squire of the Stone Roses seems to have quite the similarity to Knopfler regarding guitartistry. It's not the case that guitar heroes became irredeemably lame; they just became handcuffed to irredeemably lame genres. You can weld together technical proficiency and aesthetic credibility, you know. But no matter the circumstances, I reckon Dire Straits would somehow always just have been crap. NoRadio, signing off.

A great blast from the past. 9 songs sounds like a short album but clocks in at 54 mins.

Easy Listen, 3.5. Hits were good, some filler

I could listen to this anywhere. My favorites were Your Latest Trick and The Man’s Too Strong.

kinda catchy ngl but pretty boring second half

Some catchy hits.

Good album that starts strong, drops off a little in the middle in my opinion, but ends strong with the title track. Money for Nothing and Walk of Life are absolute classics, the latter being just a feel good track that makes me wish for a warmer month to be listening to this album in.

Love Mark Knopfler’s guitar playing. Great sound. So many good songs on this album.

Solid album start to finish. I'd forgotten how strong side A was - just about all of it it got decent airplay when this was released. Side B slows down some but finishes with the gem of a title track.

Þessi plata er og verður alltaf besta pabbarokk í heimi. Hér er í boði stuð, ást, angurværð og margt fleira. Mæli með. Toppplata!

who knew their dead famous MTV song was banging on about faggots. never knew they loved irish stew that much. probably the most interesting thing about them is some extremely mild controversy that wasn't an issue when they said it. this album doesn't have sultans of swing or the romeo and juliet one so it leads me to think we're gonna have to endure that album at some point too.

If you watch Jaws backwards it's a heartwarming story about a shark that gives limbs to disabled people.

If this was a team in the controversial FIFA 2022 World Cup in Qatar, it'd be Costa Rica.

Why worry y otros grandes éxitos.

My life’s end credits song is on here. Obvi a gem.

An all-timer. Even though Money for Nothing and Walk of Life were the big singles off this album, the best tracks are So Far Away and Your Latest Trick. Every song on this record comes from a different genre, which is something you don't really get anymore. I miss albums like this...a full album that plays like a compilation. Rate: 5/5 Favorite Track: Your Latest Trick

Fun!

So so good

Bit bleak. Like a couple

Dire Straits is what you'll be in if you came to this album looking for something that doesn't suck

Money for Nothing is still a bitching track, even if it has aged poorly lyrically in several levels. Overall most of the album is very "meh" and I'm a bit oeroleced how this album was so well received.

I recognise this album as my old man used to play this all the time in the car when I was younger - so I may have a soft spot for it as sections of songs come flooding back in memory just as others are like strangers whose faces I recognise but can't quite remember their names. I just can't give this one a fair shake. Smooth guitars and lazy vocals with a smattering of synths. Best Tracks: So Far Away; Money For Nothing; Walk Of Life

мама любит этот альбом.

10/10 I’ve heard this before but it’s still amazing probably one of my favorite albums of the year

Good ol‘ DS

Such an amazing album.

Prefs: Money for Nothing, Walk of Life Moins pref: One World

This is definitely an album of its time It hasn't aged as well as Making Movies or Love Over Gold. I want to give it 3.5, and the 3 I've given it feels a bit mean for an album which I enjoyed so much as a teenager.

Awful

I prefer their earlier albums with less synth & homophobia.

Starts off incredibly strong, but peters out after the first 3 songs. Still has a nice laid back vibe to it, so even though I wasn't completely enthralled the whole way through I still didn't mind it.

Boring frist half but picks up in second

This is the album with Money for Nothing on it :D. So far pretty good. Walk of Life is on here too. Solid. Some of these tracks get way off track with some space type jam band sessions.

Totally classic album.

There are the hits we all know. Then there are the other songs. They're also good. There's definitely an 80s vibe with lots of sax.

It was 1985, and Mark Knopfler was in the mood for super-stardom. The result of that (successful) endeavour is this album, one of the best released in the 80s and at the time a showcase for CD sound quality. The songs are a bit more commercial than on previous Dire Straits albums, with Knopflers guitar work rightly being the centerpiece of every track. Every song sounds different here, and there is great variantion among the tracks, so it's hard to get tired listening to this. So Far Away is a moody opener, while Money for Nothing is the obvious mega hit with one of the most memorable guitar riffs ever. Walk Of Life contains some feel-good Rock'n'Roll, while Your Latest Trick ventures into Late Night Blues. Why Worry is a nice (albeit a bit long) guitar ballad, and Ride Across the River is a synth-heavy partisan tale with a reggae vibe. In The Man's Too Strong, we find a folk/country story about the war (most probably the Falkland war; a subject that features greatly in the album's second half). One World is blues rock with slap bass; it's the only track on the weaker side, but thankfully it is also the shortest. Brothers in Arms (the title track) is a brooding, yet beautiful anti-war ballad and a great closing track to a magnificient masterpiece of an album. This is Dire Straits at their peak. They never sounded better. 5/5

Shoulda learned to play the guitar

Solid but overproduced.

This is pretty great, if a bit safe at times, with fantastic playing and a cohesive and comprehensive sonic vision. Money for nothing is one of the best rock songs of all time

This album is weird. Certainly, when you see Dire Straits come up as your album of the day, the reaction is more of an eye roll than anything else. We all know their hits, and Dire Straits is fine. But you listen to this album and the first three tracks are well known hits that you realize rock harder than you remember or expected, and then after that it just falls off a cliff in to pretty sub-standard easy listening fare. Just very uninteresting overall. Weird album, from a weird band that I honestly don't know much about at all. Money for Nothing totally rips though.

This album starts out incredibly strong, with three great songs that were all hits to a greater or lesser extent. It slows down after that, but it's still pretty good overall, if a bit less toe-tapping. Very much an album of its time, and I'm not sure how ground-breaking it is, but its still a good album that is well worth a listen 4/5

groovy. I fw it, interesting vocals. Really depressing. lots of minors, & hard to listen to at times, melancholy vibes throughout. Track 3 has upbeat vibes, i swear i remember the melody.

it had some rlly nice songs

Dobrze ze tym razem juz osluchany wczesniej material, bo tasma nadal trzyma

Well, it's a classic isn't it. Hadn't heard the slurs in there before though which takes the shine off. They don't sing that live anymore, I bet. And it's a bit Levi 501s bootcut.

This is a great album. Back in the day, I could imagine taking a tumbler of my favorite adult beverage, turning the lights out, lean back in a char and listen to this with headphones. The production value is great. Musicians know how to get the sound they are looking for out of their instruments. Lyrics tell a story of a moment in time. How many artist can have a song about an appliance delivery person lamenting about rockstars. At the same time complaining that they have it too easy and regretting not putting more practice in to have the opportunity to be a rockstar. This album is deserving to be on this list.

Decent but forgettable

The Money For Nothing riff is the main attraction here, and while it is a very very good riff (all-time Great, even), the song’s still scuffed up by how badly the slurs aged. The rest of the album’s pretty mellow, contextually good listening

"Brothers in Arms" is the fifth studio album by Dire Straits. This album was a huge success (#1 in UK-14 Weeks, #1 in US- 9 weeks). I think MTV and a song might have contributed to that. The album was recorded in Montserrat on a Sony 24-track digital recorder, mixed on an analog board and was geared toward the CD market. (There was some additional recordings in NYC due to tapes being lost). I do remember that back then and the album sounding really good. There have been many reissues and re-mixes of the album from the original digital and analog tapes. At this point, Mark Knopler (lead singer, guitarist) and John Illsey (bass player) were the only band members remaining from their first album. They added a couple of keyboardists, a drummer and additional guitarists. Classified as pop rock which fits. Initial UK reviews were negative citing Dire Straits as selling out for stadiums. US reviews were more positive. Yeah, I guess I have a mixed view on this album too; I appreciate the technicality and nothing offends me even though it was played a lot...a lot. But, I can't say I've gone back to listen to it. This album also won multiple Grammy's. Five singles were released on this album with the first being the first song "So Far Away." Clean guitar, keyboards added in a slightly slower rock pace. About missing someone. Simple. Enjoyable enough. And then we come to the MTV mega-hit "Money For Nothing" written and performed with Sting. Knopfler got the lyrics being in a NYC appliance listening to an employee comment while watching MTV. Some of these lyrics would obviously have to be changed if released today. I think I bought the album because of this song. I've always kind of liked "Walk of Life," a happy song. Organ/synth-keyboard melody. It's about a musician busking and an ode to the oldies. I think "Your Latest Trick" might be my favorite song on the album. The last single released too. Trumpet. Sax. Jazzy. A sort of bossa nova beat. It almost sounds like Sade. The song was intended for their previous album "Love Over Gold." The second side gets a little more serious with three of the four songs about war/soliders. "Ride Across the River" has a tropical beat, pan flute and horns. A bluesy guitar. About a solider mercenary. "The Man's too Strong" goes country with its guitar. The story is about a soldier having fear of showing any weakness. "Brothers in Arms" was the third single released and is the last song on the album. The keyboards, organ and guitar again give a blues feel. This song is a commentary on the senselessness of the Falkland War. My favorite Dire Straits is probably their previous two albums, "Love Over Gold'" and "Making Movies." This particular album was so big, all over the radio and MTV. I got the album when it came out and really haven't listened to it since. Nothing wrong with it. I guess it is surprising how big it was and the last of anything really significant from Dire Straits; they initially broke up a few years after the release of this album.

Totally fine. Listen. I’m not a Dire Straits fan but I respect their musicianship. That said there’s some ICONIC stuff on here bogged down by way too much filler.

Was surprised at how much I enjoyed this one! It's hard to explain, but this album has a "cinematic" quality to its sound and line-up that was quite enjoyable. A nice blend of rock and synths that still feels very organic. "Walk Of Life" is stuck in my head. Only knew Money For Nothing but I am glad to know the Dire Straits a little bit more!

A delightful flashback

Great blues rock, money for nothing and the walk of life were hits off this album. Overall decent album

Paar geweldige nummers, verder prima.

If the back half of the album wasn’t overlong, and a certain slur wasn’t part of Money for Nothing, this album would probably have earned itself a 5. But the parts of Brothers in Arms that work are phenomenal-Mark Knopfler is a perennially underrated guitarist.

Producers don’t get enough credit. The production on this album is as good as it gets.

Not a bad one in the bunch. Great album. Will always remember the season 2 finale of West Wing when I hear the title track.

Classic album that my father would play all the time in the car on long road trips. I know this one well.

This was a chore to listen to

Packed to the brim with classic Jams So Far Away is a vibe Money for nothing's first riff is unforgettable Walk of Life is one of those songs that are like a warm hug Your latest Trick is great for driving around Why Worry is a little slow for my taste but good Ride Across the River is interesting The Man's too Strong is a cool song, also that buildup is great One World gets me Schmoovin' Brothers in arms, a classic, a hymn for peace

A couple of radio hits and a bunch of super slow synth rock. Meh.

Amazing chill vibe on this album.

Brilliant album. Folky, rocky, mellow, charged up, it's got it all.

Classic album. I'll listen to this many times

Good, classic and essential hits for the Straits

My third favorite of their albums, which is still 5+ stars

Best Album of all time. It’s my #1 Album. I have it on my wall. No bad songs. Least good song is a 9/10 minimum. Enough said. Definitely listen to this one before you die.

I mean there is really not a single miss on this whole album. But that doesn't mean every song is a 10. And it's also not consistent. Starts off alright, but not perfectly. And really that first song as well as a string of forgettable songs near the end it what stops this from being a 5. And although I do love money for nothing --> your latest trick, it's really not the best shit i've ever heard. The closer is amazing. but again not the most impressive closer ever. Amazing album but on the whole it comes off as a little cheesy. solid 4.5

I didn't think this was one of their better albums until I played it and realised it has half a dozen outstanding tracks on it. Still not my favourite (Making movies) but brilliant all the same.

Great album. Not their best but some great tunes. Last song was great

A Classic, didn't realize some of these songs were theirs.

Well...........it's an icon. .......but is it any good? Very 80's The title track is an echo from the 'Love over Gold' vibe and the rest on this album is poppier and more accessible perhaps. I prefer the earlier albums but this is still epic. I have to give it 5 stars not because I like it the best but because I recognise how good it is.

great album, a lot great classics and a lot of verity in it. vocals of very good and instrumental is also very good

Niet goed niet slecht. Leuk eerste lieke

Meh 6/10

A couple of good classic songs and a bunch of long, slow instrumental pieces. Listened to it while on a road trip and about fell asleep and drove off the road. Not my favorite.

Love this album! Every song is great, so many different influences, such great, smooth 80s guitar. Knopfler is king for a reason! Really wish he didn't have to say f****t on Money For Nothing. Because that song has probably my favorite beginning of any song ever. Epitome of 80s music in my opinion - even has a guest appearance from Sting.

Some interesting lyrics, especially the ones in the song "One World" caught my attention. However, all in all, the album did not do much for me sonically or musically, it's rather a bit monotone, which makes the words being sung fall flat. 2/5

Ubiquitous in my teens, particularly Money for Nothing with its classic MTV era video and Walk of Life which was just everywhere for a long time. Though I never owned it most of the songs were familiar. Just solid rock and roll.

Luister ik liever niet

Nee, nee en nog eens nee! Maakt me niet uit hoe goed door iedereen gevonden wordt; Kutband, kutplaat, kutmuziek! Next!

Meh...

M'n pa draaide dit vroeger veel. Wist hij veel. Vanwegen de nostalgie die het boven bracht nog een magere 2 sterren, maar eigenlijk kan dit echt niet.

Ok. Ik geef gewoon vier sterren voor wat iedereen ouwelullenmuziek vindt. Ik heb hier warme herinneringen aan :).

Unexpectedly good album for me. Everything was thight and fun to listen. I only get bored in why worry but the other tracks were flawless

solid classics

This album feels as if I'm working a long day as the ticket taker at the movie theater helping crowds of people knowing damn well there isn't anything worth seeing right now. By the way, if you're gonna spend $7.35 on a medium popcorn, might as well toss in another $0.65 for the large

Interesting!

I fucking hate classic rock. There are some decent songs though.

Great songwriting and lyrics, Knopfler’s guitar is beyond imitation.

Great album. Such a magnificent start then all lost in the middle/later part then wrapped up with a good track. 4/5

I always thought Money for Nothing was the coolest song---that guitar tone is so great. I don't think I'd ever heard the full version with the 'faggot' verse. The keyboards in Walk of Life are great but once the album hits the unrestrained saxophone in Your Latest Trick it really drops off.

Excellent, relaxed, sometimes somber, sometimes funky.

Heralded the arrival of CDs. Cover art 4/5 instantly recognisable

I wasn't hugely into this album when it came out, but I recall it being pretty universally liked. Held up against other popular music from 1985 it fits right in, with slick production, lots of hooks and a blusey edge. Most of the singles are straight up classics that have held up pretty well over time. Mark Knopfler's nuanced, impeccable musicianship and more mature lyricism is what elevates this above a lot of other music from that time. The keyboards admittedly sound a bit dated, and the quality of the individual songs is somewhat uneven. But on the whole this is a really enjoyable listen, one of the better rock albums of the mid-80s. Fave Songs: Walk of Life, So Far Away, Money for Nothing, Brothers in Arms, One World

Superb

Fun to listen to as a full album but songs were too long to add to a playlist. Got boring towards the end.

Incredible.

cool... not annoying.

Guitarrr DAYUMMMM loved it

The main singer seems to 'talk' more than sing in my opinion. I already knew 'walk of life' and 'money for nothing'. 'Why Worry' is soft and I like the guitar. The album has grown on me whilst listening to it - especially the guitar parts. Just not a fan of the lead singers voice. Probably 4/10. I like a couple of songs but probably won't listen to the album again.

Starts off strong, nothing to write to home about after track 4

Está bueno, 3/5

Gets better second half, still pretty tired.

Their 1st albums were nice. This one is terrible. Some over the top songs with Stadiumrock. Overdone. Beatles would have told them : act naturally. Some good songs but overall 2 stars for showing up in the studio.

I haven’t heard this in a long time. What a great album! Lyrics, music, arrangements, performance: all top quality. A true classic!

Guitar George may know all the chords, but he has fuck all idea what to do with them on this album. Pretty undistinguished 80s fm rock clogging up the airwaves for most of the decade. I did like the longer instrumentals, and the two singles are fine. But this is just a seriously dull listen.

Weee ooooo this sounds just like Buddy Holly.

I knew the hits were fine, but the rest of the album is a bit too slow

Classic rock album. Great vocal M.Knopfler. ideal album just to sit back and relax... Perfect album to come back to again and again.

Last tracks intro sounds more like 2022 then 1985. Wow

I don't understand... do people actually LIKE Dire Straits? I thought they were mostly a punchline, not like... a serious thing that people were into. This album definitely doesn't make me think that they're anything more than a sad joke. The music is mediocre. Like aggressively middle-of-the-road. And the lyrics are... well, at best they're cloyingly saccharine. At worst, these songs are actively bigoted. It's almost as though Dire Straights were into Springsteen but felt that he didn't push his ultra-macho, white, working-class agenda hard enough. "Money For Nothing" in particular just didn't age well. The whole thing reeks like a balding boomer day-drunk on wine coolers desperately trying to convince people he's cool still. Also there's a whole song that's basically an extended saxophone solo. Hard no. The more l listened, the more I hated this whole experience.

Some great songs on here - Brothers in Arms and Walk of Life - but it's a bit slower of an album than I'd like

All in all a pretty good album. A little slower at times but it was enjoyable.

I think this is a cool album. Love the instrumentals although sometimes the interludes were a bit longer than necessary. Love the song Why Worry. And today I learned Walk of Life is not by Bruce Springsteen.

Perfect album cover to cover. Great crisp guitar from Knopfler and gang, learned Sting did the background vocals on Money for Nothing, Walk of Life can apparently end any movie, grooving in the mid album and finishing strong with the title track.

My dad was a big Dire Straits fan. I think that killed a little bit of the coolness for me. I get that Knopfler is regarded as a master of the guitar, and I can appreciate that, but not to the level of following "Daily Updates on Mark Knopfler's Health Condition" on Facebook. I just have a hard time getting into this. The giant f-slur in "Money for Nothing" doesn't help either. (Full Disclosure: as much as I love Jewel, I avoid "Pieces of You" for the same reason.)

Better than expected. Mellow and relaxing with good flow.

The album was fine...just fine. At various points I found myself hoping the band would break out into a classic rock song, but more often than not, they'd shift to a more pop, blues, or country inspired direction. I'm amazed this band is British, as they sound very American in their influences.

This is definitely a classic album by a classic pop rock band. I remember the first DS song I heard on the radio was Sultans of Swing. I was mesmerised by Mark Knopfler's guitar work. That continues on this album. This is one of the most popular albums of all time. Great sound and writing, although I still cringe at some of the lyrics.

I think So Far from Me is my fave. There is something magical about ballads with such good lead guitar playing. He does the same on Why Worry with acoustic. He is a mighty fine guitar player. Money for Nothing Is overplayed for sure but still listenable. Excellent opening riff and drums. Yeah I know one of the words needs to be replaced. I read that he later replaced it with "little queenie" when singing it live. I can't believe Sting gets a writing credit. It's not that close to Don't Stand So . . . I guess Sultans of Swing isn't on this album. Music blends together after a few decades. The album fades on side 2 which should mean it's a 3 but his guitar playing keeps it levitated.

I've seen this LP around and I know it has sold a lot, but I've never listened to it. The first track I found lame and MOR radio-targeted. The following 2 tracks I've never liked much, but that could be because they were so over-played. I find it interesting that in 2011, Money For Nothing was banned in Canada because it uses the word "faggot", even though it's poking fun at people who refer to others (like Knopfler) as faggots. I guess the CBSC are the same guys who banned Barenaked Ladies because of their lascivious band name. The next 2 songs are made for Loblaws, condiments aisle. You get where I'm going with this... I'm adding a point because there appears to be some nice guitar work.

For me they weren’t able to replicate the lightning in a bottle of Sultans of swing. This album has quite a few singles but I find them all to be tepid and bland.

Got this the day after The Birthday Party. It's funny how people's definitions of 'unlistenable' vary so radically. This is such a slog. Although it regularly meanders into the background, so easy forget it's on. A bit like all the singles did when they came on the radio in the kitchen in the 80s. But also overlong. Half the album is just twinkly nothing. And I'm sure you could do the prog intro to Money For Nothing and still close out the rest within 5 minutes. 8 and a half? Get out. The first album in project I have to give a 1 to, I just dislike all of it. It is absolutely not necessary to listen to this before you die.

Never knew Walk of Life prior but that music was so familiar, I know I've heard it probably everywhere. This was an interesting album, rock, but a variety of it and not exactly guitars but a good mix of instruments and beats. But I will always think of Dire Straights as the message Grandfather Disguisey passes to Pistachio when giving him the Disguisey ball of knowledge.

Wow, feels like it's been a minute since we got anything remotely resembling a classic, let alone an album I'm aware of! I don't know too much lore about the band, though I've definitely sought out this album before for the guitarist. Not sure why, but in my mind Stevie Ray Vaughn is in this band which is definitely not true. I think "Walk of Life" is the only song I recognized, and it's a good old banger. Plenty of others on here though that, even on first listen, felt nice and familiar. I appreciate the exploratory sounds; even though it's a rock album, there's a meandering style here that's hard to pin down. I really dig this one. Rating it high as a vote of confidence so maybe the list will give us some more albums worth our while. Favorite tracks: Walk of Life, So Far Away, Money for Nothing, The Man's Too Strong, One World. Album art: I've definitely seen this one around a billion times before, so I'll call it iconic. I do think the framing and colors here are really nice, a silver steel guitar over a blue sky and pink cloud. Just a really clean design. 4.5/5

That aint workin, thats the way you do it, get your money for nothing and your chicks for free. Great album - 3 absolute banger tracks. 4/5

Some ups and downs, overall solid

Amazing album. Awesome guitar.

Your latest trick - big jump from the poppy well known walk of life - more like a hazy jazz bar when quiet or lift music Some poppy well known tunes then random jazz bar late night cofffe shop fodder

In my personal opinion, I get why it's here, the album has some amazing vocals from Mark Knopfler and guitar riffs, but it's just not my stuff. Only liked about 3 songs and found the rest kind of long and boring. Maybe in the future I might change my mind.

My third favorite Dire Straits album! (Listen to Making Movies if you haven't already) All the hits on side one and side two leaves a bit to be desired. Favorite Tracks: So Far Away, Brothers in Arms, Why Worry

Frat dudes co-opted this album, and it's a shame. Nostalgic sounds, really hard to picture outside of the mid 80's. Love the instrumental on "Why Worry" – a track built for headphones. I'll definitely return to some tracks that I've never previously heard.

Walk of Life is a great tune but the album as a whole was a bit unexciting.

This album has been popular for a long time and Mark Knopfler's voice and those screaming guitars are the reason why. I think there are better Dire Sraits songs elsewhere, but there are still a couple of tracks here that are my jam. Without the title track though, the album would come up short. I love Brothers in Arms specifically. The mournful notes before the swinging and soulful drop with its tempered drums. Finally, that Hammond B-3 that comes in is just terrific. Take me to church.

Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Money for nothing, Why worry

6/10. Had a couple good songs

Enjoyable, just also slow and 80s. 7/10

I'd forgotten how slow this album is

Listening to this album brings back such fond memories of when I was young. When going on holiday, this was always one of my selections when choosing tapes to listen to in the car. However, the 5 star rating is not based on nostalgia or anything similar. This is truly a great album where 5 stars is perhaps not enough. Every track on the album is so strong - not one weak link. Great sounds overwritten with brilliant lyrics. This is up there as one of the greatest albums of all time

I liked this album. Does it appeal to my white boy sensibilities, absolutely, but I’m not complaining. Money for nothing is so good and there are some other fun songs on the album

i’d only heard money for nothing off this album before, and the rest was pleasantly surprising. the instrumentation was excellent, the lyrics were generally good, but there were some really heinous ones which knock this down to a 3. would be a 4 otherwise.

So Far Away: Nice easy intro song. Humble. Simple. stays in your head for a bit, until... Money For Nothing: Such a classic. perfect drum into, that spins on a dime to one of the best opening guitar riffs of all time.

Wow, what an album. I wasn't very familiar with Dire Straits before listening to this album. I honestly didn't expect a lot of their songs to be this jazzy and melancholic. It is an album so full of feeling. Great one.

A classic! Thanks for making me listening to it, again!

Enjoyed it a lot. It was quintessentially 80s, but included a lot of forward thinking ideas and cuts.

Fantastic crisp production and guitar work by Knopfler. It's a classic.

A 3.5 probably. Money for Nothing is a weird song, catchy but not my favorite. Walk of Life I like. Rest of the album was pretty forgettable.