Mark Knopfler’sfirst film soundtrack for Bill Forsyth’s film Local Hero,is also reissued as a half-speed mastered version (33RPM, this time). Dire Straits‘ 1985 album Brothers in Arms will be reissued as a 2LP half-speed mastered vinyl edition in March. Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier.

Dire Straits / Brothers in Arms half-speed mastered 2LP vinyl Dire Straits / Brothers in Arms half-speed mastered 2LP vinyl

The reviews from other UK music papers were less harsh, with Jack Barron of Sounds feeling that "it's only a halfway decent album because it has only halfway decent songs.It is one of only two Dire Straits songs on a studio album not to be solely credited to Knopfler (the other being "The Carousel Waltz", which opens Making Movies), with guest vocalist Sting given a co-writing credit due to the melody of the repeated "I want my MTV" (sung by Sting) in the song's fadeout echoing the melody of the Police's " Don't Stand So Close to Me". A defective batch of recording tape at AIR Studios resulted in the loss of part or all of three album tracks, leading to follow-up sessions being recorded at the Power Station in New York during early 1985 [11] (including the addition of a Jack Sonni guitar synthesizer part to 'The Man's Too Strong') [ citation needed].

Brothers in Arms (Vinyl) - Discogs Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms (Vinyl) - Discogs

Despite the production values and notable contributions from guest artists like drummer Omar Hakim and the Brecker Brothers, Bull concluded that "the music lacks the ache that made Knopfler's recent soundtracks for Comfort and Joy and Cal so powerful.Brothers in Arms was one of the first albums directed at the CD market, and it was a full digital recording ( DDD) at a time when most popular music was recorded on analog equipment. I know microlines are notorious of picking up the highs - but no other record of mine has similar, a bit harsh, highs like this. If you are an Australian resident, you have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted.