If you are looking to buy a Dire Straits album, no better place than to start here. This contains all the best songs from their debut up to 'Brothers In Arms'. The songs are predominantly in original studio form and not edited in the case of 'Sultans of Swing', 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'Tunnel of Love'. And the one superb cut from the otherwise overrated live album ALCHEMY is included here in the form of 'Telegraph Road'.
Its a shame that the last two songs, 'Money for Nothing' and 'Brothers In Arms' have been edited though. For that reason you'll want to buy the 'Brothers In Arms' LP as well. Otherwise a perfect intro to the group.
This is really a good, low priced, starting point for anyone interested in Dire Straits' classic rock. Mark Knopfler and brother David Knopfler created a band that still is worth a listen. This album has a good compilation of their songs but not all. Anyone that watched MTV will instantly remember 'Money for Nothing' including its' animated rock video. TV's Miami Vice even had an episode using the ballad 'Brothers in Arms'. There are alot of their greats here including one of their best 'Tunnel of Love'.
I gave this only 4 stars instead of 5 because of the missing lyrics on 'Money for Nothing'. There really is no good reason for this. Mark and his bother David went on to solo careers but left a great legacy of classic rock. Well worth adding to the music collection.
Great songs for the most part. It contains the edited version of MONEY FOR NOTHING. So that sucks. I loved that they used the live versions of TELEGRAPH ROAD and PORTOBELLO BELLE. They should have left off PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS and WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING, and replaced them with SIX BLADE KNIFE, WATER OF LOVE, ANGEL OF MERCY, WILD WEST END or any number of songs. i also think restricting a DIRE STRAITS GREATEST HITS to a mere twelve songs does the band and their fans a severe dis service. CREDENCE's greatest hits album, CHRONICLE had twenty songs on it and DIRE STRAITS had a much longer recording career.
I liked this compilation good, but Sultans of Swing - The Very
Best of Dire Straits has more choices like "Love over gold",
"Lady writer", "So Far away", "Calling elvis", "Heavy Fuel", &
"On every street". This compilation is good for most of their
big hits like "Sultans", "Romeo", "Telegraph", & "Money for Nothing". Anyway, here's how the songs were on this CD.
Sultans of Swing 10/10 Great song, great riffs. Everyone's favorite and one of mine too.
Down to the Waterline 10/10 My favorite song from their debut
album.
Portobello Belle 7/10 I think the other version was better.
Twisting by the Pool 9/10 Great
Tunnel of Love 11/10 My favorite song!!! I love this song.
Romeo and Juliet 8/10 Everyone likes this song, it's good and
fun but not so great!! The live version is way better.
Where Do You Think You're Going 6/10 Different
Walk of Life 9/10 Check out the On the night version.
Private Investigations 9/10 A little too slow.
Telegraph Road 9/10 The other version is slightly better on the
Love over gold cd.
Money for Nothing 9/10 Bad!!! Editing this song is terrible.
Listen to the brothers in arms version. I'll give this song an
11 if it was 8 mintues.
Brothers in Arms 8/10 Too boring, great song for guitar riffs.
This cd is always scratched when you buy it,
thank you very much
Of the Dire straits best of's on the market `Money for Nothing' is my favourite, simply because it is the first one I bought and I prefer the track running order to later collections. This has a selection of tracks up until `Brothers in Arms' album and although later best of's include tracks from `On Every Street' and `On The Night' this in no way detracts from the tracks on offer here. From `Sultans of Swing' to the fun feel of `Twisting by The Pool' and including the romantic standard `Romeo and Juliet' this album covers them all. My particular favourite is `Telegraph Road' which leads you to the anthem `Money for Nothing' and the brooding `Brothers in Arms' which ends this wonderful selection. For an example of Knopflers song writing and unique guitar tone in one place this album is a great place to start and once you've taken a listen I'll guarantee you'll want to go and find more. A solid `best of' collection that is still worth considering despite later greatest hits packages.
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