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Dire Straits (Remastered)

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Customer Reviews

dire straits debut album

listening to this as a 12 yr old made my skin prickle this is there best album even exceeding Brothers in Arms which was right in highschool you cannot go wrong, instrumentation,musicianship and pure talent makes it work.Enjoy

Dire Straits Classic

Mark Knopfler is, and always will be, one of my favourite guitarists. This album showcases Dire Straits fantastic songwriting and storytelling skills, and is a must for any collection.

Not in a Dire Strait.

First Dire Straits album I bought, loved the sound, it wasn't rock,heavy or jazz which I love all, it was fresh, clean guitar picking even production sound and the song Brothers in Arms and Video,,it just worked.

Biography

Formed: 1977 in London, England

Genre: Rock

Years Active: '70s, '80s, '90s

Dire Straits emerged during the post-punk era of the late '70s, and while their sound was minimalistic and stripped down, they owed little to punk. If anything, the band was a direct outgrowth of the roots revivalism of pub rock, but where pub rock celebrated good times, Dire Straits were melancholy. Led by guitarist/vocalist Mark Knopfler, the group built their sound upon the laid-back blues-rock of J.J. Cale, but they also had jazz and country inflections, occasionally dipping into the epic song...
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