Dire Straits are, in my opinion, an acquired taste. I didn\u2019t pay much attention to them until 4\/5 years ago, and once I started noticing Mark Knopfler\u2019s guitar riffs, characteristic voice and unique composition style, I never looked back.<\/p>\n
I was fortunate enough to see Dire Straits Experience live a few years ago, with Terrence Reis taking the place of Mark in the vocals and guitars, and brilliantly doing so if I may add. He remains extremely faithful to the original sound, without losing his identity in the process. But we\u2019re here to discuss the album, not the live experience. 🙂<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a flowy album, with the songs displayed in a way that makes sense and sounds even better. I love the quality and saturation of the sound, of course the vinyl does contribute to that; but this baby could have been released today and it will still hold up to the music industry standards; although I\u2019m almost certain that the vocals would have to be a lot louder today for standards sake. It does have a \u201clive\u201d feeling to me, although it\u2019s a studio album; so much that the live version of Portobello Belle sounds just like the studio recordings apart from the audience claps and noise. I absolutely love that.<\/p>\n
Highlights: great classics such as Sultains Of Swing will make you feel like the coolest person in the world while listening to it; Walk Of Life will definitely get stuck on your head \u2013 and there\u2019s nothing wrong with that since it\u2019s my favorite \u2013 yohoo!; Money For Nothing is a true 80\u2019s hymn, Sting backvocals included (I do recommend watching the videoclip if you want an extra 80\u2019s nostalgia shot).<\/p>\n
Let Downs: Portobello Belle and Tunnel Of Love, when compared to the rest of the album, are a bit below the rest and forgettable songs.<\/p>\n
Private Investigations and Brothers In Arms got me thinking though. At first I thought \u201cmeh\u201d, but somewhere in the middle, I caught myself appreciating the amazing lyrics, messages and subliminal instrumental touches. Definitely songs to listen again.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dire Straits are, in my opinion, an acquired taste. I didn\u2019t pay much attention to them until 4\/5 years ago, and once I started noticing Mark Knopfler\u2019s guitar riffs, characteristic voice and unique composition style, I never looked back. I was fortunate enough to see Dire Straits Experience live a few years ago, with Terrence Reis taking the place of Mark in the vocals and guitars, and brilliantly doing so if I may add. He remains extremely faithful to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5312,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n