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Dire Straits - Making Movies Audio CD

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Dire Straits Band: Dire Straits
Title: Making Movies
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Release Date: 2000-09-19
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Tunnel Of Love 2: Romeo & Juliet 3: Skateaway 4: Expresso Love 5: Hand in Hand 6: Solid Rock 7: Les Boys

One of my top 5 of all time!
The resulting trio created in my opinion one of the best rock albums of the 70's. By the time this album came out(Dire straits 3rd)Mark Knopfler's brother David had left the band. 30 years later and I still listen to this album on a regular basis. By the way, check out some of Knopfler's recent work. His Shangri-la LP is great.


Dire Straits kick off the 1980s with one of the greatest rock albums ever made

By the time Dire Straits recorded its third album, Dire Straits had two back-to-back Gold selling albums and were getting better as a band. Dire Straits' third album entitled Making Movies was released in October of 1980 on Vertigo/Phonogram in Europe and on Warner Bros here in the United States. However, Dire Straits suffered its first personnel change as lead singer/lead guitarist/songwriter Mark Knopfler's rhythm guitarist brother David left Dire Straits. For Making Movies, Knopfler plus bass player John Illsley and drummer Pick Withers would record as a three piece. Plus Knopfler took over as producer with famed engineer/producer (and later chairman of Interscope Records) Jimmy Iovine plus Roy Bittan from Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band playing keyboards. I was in for a treat whenI first acquired the album in January of 1998 (although was familiar with the first three tracks and "Solid Rock" as US radio played those songs often).
We begin the album with the eight minute plus epic "Tunnel of Love" which starts with Bittan's organ and piano rendition of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "The Carousel Waltz" before the band comes in for an epic which is of the ages featuring Knopfler's phenomenal guitar work. Next Mark breaks out the National Steel acoustic guitar for the six minute "Romeo and Juliet" which is a modern telling of the famed book. The first side ended with the track "Skateaway" which starts with drums fading in before keyboards, guitar, vocals and bass guitar come to life and speaks of a woman who roller skates her way through life.
The album's second side started with the rocker "Expresso Love" which is a great rocker. I know some complained that Dire Straits were trying to go the Springsteen route but a great song. Next is the song "Hand in Hand" which was a great song. Next is another hard rocker out of the US rock radio staple and longtime concert staple "Solid Rock" which has great playing all around. We close the album with the countryish sounding "Les Boys" which showed the band's humor somewhat about German boys who "do their thing".
Making Movies peaked at #14 on the Billboard chart and went Platinum here in the US with a million copies sold upon its release. Sales aside, Making Movies was to prove Dire Straits were going to dominate the 1980s.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! .


Yes, the "M" word applies
"Romeo and Juliet" and "Skateaway" are my favorites, but there are other great ones here too. I don't usually go around using the word "Masterpiece," but this CD rates it. "Les Boys" is the only loser - I generally skip it. Dire Straits has some other great songs, but this is their only CD I put on regularly and listen though to almost the end. Some really great lyrics in here "She tortures taxi drivers just for fun - she just let a big truck crease her hip" or "Oh, Romeo, yeah I used to have a scene with him. " Give it a try.


One of the greats
Dire Straits at their best. One of the best collections from one of the best bands of the rock era.


one of the best dire strait albums ever
This album and these songs are a must for truely haunting rocknroll melodies that are timeless. tunnel of love, skateaway, romeo and juliet, expresso love, hand in hand, solid love and les boys. . . Crank it up, I just got the remasters edition and it is remarkable how much I miss these guys. . . Thanks, Charlie.


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