Label: Vertigo Records (Germany), 824 499-2
Style: Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 55:14
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 279 Mb
Charts:
UK #1, AUS #1, AUT #1, CAN #1, FRA #1, GER #1, NED #1, NZ #1, SWI #1,
US #1. GER & NZ: Platinum; AUT: 4x Platinum; US; 9x Platinum; UK:
14x Platinum; AUS: 17x Platinum; SWI, CAN & FRA: Diamond.
Except
for their swell debut hit single, "Sultans of Swing," in 1979, the
British band Dire Straits has never come as much of a surprise. And,
then, what caught you off guard was how much the singer sounded like
Dylan. Brothers in Arms, their first studio album since Love over Gold
three years ago, offers more of their winsomely rocking tunes. The band
is augmented by bassist Tony Levin, Weather Report drummer Omar Hakim, a
horn section, which includes the Brecker Brothers, and some thirteen
different keyboards that are used to explore orchestral textures.
Carefully crafted instead of raucous, pretty rather than booming, and
occasionally affecting, the record is beautifully produced, with Mark
Knopfler’s terrific guitar work catching the best light. The lyrics are
literate, but the scenarios aren’t as interesting as they used to be on
records like Making Movies, still the band’s most solid LP.
Side one
has the most driving songs: the bouncy "Walk of Life," a Fifties rock
& roll song about cool Fifties rock & roll songs that features a
cheesy organ sound, and "So Far Away," a missive from a distant town,
with a catchy bass line rumbling underneath it. After a grandiose
introduction, "Money for Nothing" shows what a guy who moves
refrigerators for a living thinks of the rock stars on MTV. "See the
little faggot with the earring and the makeup/Yeah buddy that’s his own
hair/That little faggot got his own jet airplane/That little faggot he’s
a millionaire," the guy mutters, while Knopfler’s guitar grinds out his
irritation. The guitar turns delicate for the gentle "Why Worry," a
song that’s as soft as a sigh.
Side two, made up of four songs about
men and war, is more ambitious and less successful. Knopfler practically
whispers the lyric to "Brothers in Arms" but never turns out images
that catch your eye; the music’s lovely, though, with the electric
guitar cutting patterns in a soft-toned background. But no telling
metaphors are found in this quartet of songs, and the music lacks the
ache that made Knopfler’s recent soundtracks for Comfort and Joy and Cal
so powerful.
(rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/brothers-in-arms-205265/)
01. So Far Away (05:12)
02. Money For Nothing (08:26)
03. Walk Of Life (04:12)
04. Your Latest Trick (06:33)
05. Why Worry (08:31)
06. Ride Across The River (06:58)
07. The Man's Too Strong (04:40)
08. One World (03:40)
09. Brothers In Arms (06:58)
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