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Expresso love" is still a great rocker though and the ballad "Hand in hand" is also a Dire straits favorite of mine. Almost flawless album Amazing vocals, amazing instrumentation, and the lyric writing is truely immaculate here. That 2023 release I have also suffers a slightly noisy sound floor so I suppose it’s a good comparison of the two mixes of that song. Their music was becoming more complex and so was Mark Knopfler's songwriting: 4 of the album's 7 tracks are running over 5 minutes.

I'm inclined to agree with Rolling Stone magazine's assessment that had this record actually been a motion picture, it might have garnered a flock of Academy Awards. Knopfler doesn't give his characters names like Springsteen always does ("Rollergirl" is the best he can do) but the storytelling is definitely on a similar path. However, I just picked one of these up used from the LRS in new condition, ultrasonic cleaned it in a double cycle, played it and was very happy with the purchase.In his retrospective review for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine noted that Making Movies "ranks among the band's finest work. Tunnel of Love was a little closer for me comparing the two but still have the give the nod to this release. David appears on video playing "Solid Rock" and "Les Boys" live in concert, but these performances preceded the recording. Making Movies is the third studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 17 October 1980 by Vertigo Records internationally, Warner Bros. Indeed, the first five tracks – "Tunnel of Love," "Romeo and Juliet," "Skateaway," "Expresso Love," "Hand in Hand" – comprise a mini-suite united by theme, harmony, and spirit.

The album was remastered and reissued on CD with the rest of the Dire Straits catalogue in 1996 internationally, and on 19 September 2000 in the United States. With the E-street band's Roy Bittan joining on keyboards the band began to move away from the simple bluesy rock of the first 2 albums.Considered by many fans to be the group's most complete album, the 1980 set witnesses leader Mark Knopfler greatly expanding his songwriting palette and setting his storytelling amidst more complex, involving arrangements.

Rolling Stone ranked Making Movies number 52 in their survey of the 100 Best Albums of the Eighties. However, this Mofi does an unbelievable job of separating the instruments to let them all breathe and give them space. Sometimes I see Rhino and remember their glory days, never even looked to see how recent this one was. He seems to be putting Roy Bittan's piano playing in the spotlight instead of his own guitar on most of the other tracks.Making Movies is the record on which Mark Knopfler comes out from behind his influences and Dire Straits come out from behind Mark Knopfler.

Expansive and cinematic, the aptly titled Making Movies puts a premium on interrelated subjects (love, relationships, heartbreak) and deep-seated emotions that play out in heartfelt lyrics, intense singing, and epic frameworks. Expresso love is single handedly the most underrated track in the history of tracks, the piano harmonies and lyrics are fantastic, check the first b-side out, trust me, mate. The album sessions continued with Sid McGinnis on rhythm guitar, although he was uncredited on the album.Making Movies reached number one on the album charts in Italy and Norway, number 19 in the United States and number 4 in the United Kingdom. The mofi version of this album makes you LOVE to just listen to the music, whereas the orig UKs are better to let it spin and rock out to because the detailed instrument separation isn't as accessible to listen to.

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