...refreshing when it came out, and it has stood the test of time thirty plus years later! My brother gave me my first five or so albums, and this was one of them. This is some of the music that started a lifetime of a love affair with music for me! If you are a collector of great music this album ranks way up there!
Absolutely outstanding representation of Dire Straits unique musical genius; fabulous melodies, great variety in song-sound, meditative, rockin', mellow and passionate all on one album.
This is GREAT music. You can understand the lyrics, the guitarist is a real professional. Even my older brother that does not listen to rock, likes it.
This came out when punk was reigning........Mark Knopfler's playing was like a breath of freah air. A true guitar star whose playing was clean as a whistle no use of electronic devices...if he did not have legs he could still play unlike many pickers..Definitely a 10
Before the bloat and pomposity Dire Straits was a great band. No shortage of mood and atmosphere without any fancy production, this is definitely their high water mark.
You can't beat Dire Straits/Mark Knopfler for some great sounds and lyrics!
if you own just one Dire Straits album, make it this one..the music still sounds great after all these years!
A fantastic first album from a great band. Obviously Sultains of Swing is great, but we have heard it a million times. Take the time to download the rest of it and give it a listen, you will not be dissapointed.
Of all rock's family tendrils, rockabilly is the one that keeps re-boppin', sporting a revival every decade or so, its coming-of-age kicks allowing each new offspring to roll its own. Guitar-heavy, emphasizing Wild Ones rebellion ("whaddya got?") and sonic dazzle (heavy on the reverb and chest vibrato), it raves and paves garage-punk (The Seeds to Damned), shockabilly (The Cramps and Chadbourne), new-wave (Stray Cats and Dire Straits), waggle-wobble (Jon Spencer and Boss Hog), Nirvana and… more »
