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Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing: The Very Best (1998)
Artist: Dire Straits Album: Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits Released: 1998 Source: Vertigo Genre: Album Rock Format: eac/ape.470mb
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Exactly
ten years after Dire Straits' first compilation, Money for Nothing,
appeared in the stores, their second, Sultans of Swing: The Very Best
of Dire Straits, was released. Though a decade is a significant span of
time, Dire Straits had released just two subsequent albums — 1991's On
Every Street and 1993's On the Night, a live album culled from tapes of
the record's supporting tour. Not quite enough material for a new
greatest-hits album, but it had been years since Dire Straits had
released an album of any sort (a compilation of BBC sessions snuck into
the stores in 1995) — hence the birth of Sultans of Swing.
Unsurprisingly, it covers much of the same ground as Money for Nothing,
containing all the essentials ("Sultans of Swing," "Romeo and Juliet,"
"Tunnel of Love," "Private Investigations," "Twisting by the Pool,"
"Money for Nothing," "Brothers in Arms," "Walk of Life"), with the
exception of "Telegraph Road," which was left on the earlier
compilation. A live "Love Over Gold," "Lady Writer" and "So Far Away"
replace "Down to the Waterline," "Where Do You Think You're Going" and
a live "Portobello Belle," which is really just a trade-off, since
they're all equal in quality. Then there are the three hits from On
Every Street ("Calling Elvis," "Heavy Fuel," "On Every Street"), all of
which are pleasant recreations of the Brothers in Arms sound; a live
version of "Your Latest Trick" from On the Night, and, inexplicably,
Mark Knopfler's "Wild Theme (Theme from Local Hero)." Fine tunes all,
but none of them are reason enough to replace Money for Nothing with
Sultans of Swing. For casual fans or curious listeners looking for an
introduction/sampler, it's the better choice, simply because it covers
more ground and contains more music while remaining quite listenable
and entertaining.
Track List: 1 Sultans of Swing Knopfler 5:45 2 Lady Writer Knopfler 3:39 3 Romeo and Juliet Knopfler 5:51 4 Tunnel of Love Knopfler 8:07 5 Private Investigations Knopfler 5:45 6 Twisting by the Pool Knopfler 3:30 7 Love Over Gold [live] Knopfler 3:27 8 So Far Away Knopfler 4:02 9 Money for Nothing Knopfler, Sting 4:05 10 Brothers in Arms Knopfler 4:56 11 Walk of Life Knopfler 4:07 12 Calling Elvis Knopfler 4:37 13 Heavy Fuel Knopfler 4:54 14 On Every Street Knopfler 4:34 15 Your Latest Trick [live] Knopfler 6:29 16 Local Hero/Wild Theme [live] Knopfler 4:19
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