Making Movies [Remaster]

Performer: Dire Straits
Artist: Roy Bittan
Engineer: Shelly Yakus
Producer: Jimmy Iovine; Mark Knopfler
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Dire Straits: Mark Knopfler (vocals, guitar); John Illsley (bass); Pick Withers (drums). Additional personnel: Roy Bittan (keyboards). Recorded between July and August 1980. All tracks have been digitally remastered. The last album of their career that sounded as if they were trying to play, instead of going through the motions. David Knopfler had already departed from the band and brother Mark had a free rein, clear from any sibling rivalry. "Solid Rock," "Tunnel Of Love," "Romeo And Juliet" and "Skataway" would be on any decent greatest hits package. Following this artistic triumph they proceeded to release LOVE OVER GOLD, and we all know what album followed after that, don't we?

Rolling Stone - #52 in Rolling Stone's "100 Best Albums Of The 80s" survey. Q (7/96, p.141) - 5 Stars - Indispensable - "...nailed to a pop groove, accessible but worth coming back to....evidence that pub rock roots were not forgotten..."

The U.K.'s Dire Straits became one of the world's most popular rock bands the old-fashioned way, through songwriting and musicianship. When "Sultans of Swing" broke through on both sides of the Atlantic in 1979, the sound suggested Bob Dylan backed by J.J. Cale. It sure didn't sound like anything else on the radio. Mark Knopfler's gruff singing and exquisite guitar playing were critical to the group's sound. The next two records cemented Dire Straits' reputation and bolstered its popularity. 1985's BROTHERS IN ARMS became one of the biggest sellers of the decade. After the band dissolved, Knopfler (who had already done some well regarded soundtrack work) embarked on a solo career, opting for a more low-key approach.

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