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    Posted: October 05 2017 at 15:08
Are you a fan of this band?
What's your general opinion about their music?

Do you have a favorite album by them? 
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I really like them. Mark Knopfler is an exceptional guitar player. The first album is probably my favourite but Brothers in Arms is quite excellent too.
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debut, Communique and Love Over Gold
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Debut album, Making Movies and Love Over Gold are classics.
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Good band, though they usually don't make me resonate. Nevertheless, Love over Gold is a masterpiece, one of my favourite non-prog (?) albums, and Brothers in Arms is another good one.

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Love DS... or most of it... not a fan of the poppy stuff like Twisting By The Pool, Solid Pop or Walk Of Life, but I'm a real fan of their more introspective stuff like Private Investigations, the flipside of BIA, etc... At their best, they were proggy

In terms of albums, it's Love Over Gold by a mile, than the debut (Gallery, Sultans, Knife, Waterline) and the flipside of Brothers In Arms.

Not big on Making Movies, though, but their weakest in their swan song (OES)
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Crest of a Knave was solid.
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Used to be my favorite band for years before I really got into prog, still like them a good bit but not really listening to them actively...
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Love Over Gold & Brothers In Arms.I don't keep my albums in any particular  order but I always know where those two are.
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One of the mainstream greats. Saw them twice in concert ; Brothers In Arms and On Every Street.
Again, kinda moved on from them but my sister has all their vinyls and I listen every so often - Love Over Gold is my pick.
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Great band!!Smile
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Definitely like them a lot...especially Making Movies and about half of the debut album.  When they broke it was cool that Knopfler had such a unique clean sound.  "The Man's Too Strong" off Brothers in Arms is a fantastic song...
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Pick (Pique) Withers, originally from the Mellotron-fest band Spring, was the first drummer.
Also having Terry Williams from Man, afterwards. Hmmm, some Prog connections right there.
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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Love DS... or most of it... not a fan of the poppy stuff like Twisting By The Pool, Solid Pop or Walk Of Life, but I'm a real fan of their more introspective stuff like Private Investigations, the flipside of BIA, etc... At their best, they were proggy

In terms of albums, it's Love Over Gold by a mile, than the debut (Gallery, Sultans, Knife, Waterline) and the flipside of Brothers In Arms.

Not big on Making Movies, though, but their weakest in their swan song (OES)
 
Almost like my words! Except that I prefer Communique over the debut. In fact DS was my first favourite band when I was about 13 years old (1983-4), and 'Telegraph Road' was one of the two songs that introduced me an epic song structure (the other one was 'Animation' by Jon Anderson) to a great effect. But I have always hated some of their songs, those that Sean Trane mentioned. 
 
Especially the album Love Over Gold is still dear to me.
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Points: 15926 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 05 2017 at 23:32
Walk of Life and Twisting by the Pool are atrocious
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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Love DS... or most of it... not a fan of the poppy stuff like Twisting By The Pool, Solid Pop or Walk Of Life, but I'm a real fan of their more introspective stuff like Private Investigations, the flipside of BIA, etc... At their best, they were proggy

In terms of albums, it's Love Over Gold by a mile, than the debut (Gallery, Sultans, Knife, Waterline) and the flipside of Brothers In Arms.

Not big on Making Movies, though, but their weakest in their swan song (OES)
Mostly agree here but I guess I enjoy the first trio of songs/singles enough to appreciate the A-side of making Movies about as much as the other albums - as I find them all pretty uneven (including Love over Gold which is still my favorite though).
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I was about 14 when Love Over Gold came out and I thought it was the best album ever made, was obsessed with it. These days if I listen to it the debt to Dylan and Springsteen seems all too painfully obvious and I don't really enjoy it. Brothers In Arms was a huge disappointment at the time - and now strikes me as a passable AOR album, but that's all.

I still think the first album, when Mark Knopfler wasn't trying to be an American and his wonderful guitar playing was allowed to shine in much simpler settings, stands up pretty damn well.


Edited by Mascodagama - October 06 2017 at 00:42
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Points: 20268 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 06 2017 at 02:18
Originally posted by Mascodagama Mascodagama wrote:

I was about 14 when Love Over Gold came out and I thought it was the best album ever made, was obsessed with it. These days if I listen to it the debt to Dylan and Springsteen seems all too painfully obvious and I don't really enjoy it. Brothers In Arms was a huge disappointment at the time - and now strikes me as a passable AOR album, but that's all.

I still think the first album, when Mark Knopfler wasn't trying to be an American and his wonderful guitar playing was allowed to shine in much simpler settings, stands up pretty damn well.


I can "see" Dylan (a bit), but SpringsteenConfused?? ... You probably meant JJ Cale

As for BIA, the flipside is still largely amazing and have LOG-equivalent quality, IMHO
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Points: 16130 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 06 2017 at 02:31
Sometimes excellent, sometimes 'dire' indeed.

Overall I can take or leave them, although Love over Gold was a very good album.
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Points: 5111 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 06 2017 at 02:52
Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by Mascodagama Mascodagama wrote:

I was about 14 when Love Over Gold came out and I thought it was the best album ever made, was obsessed with it. These days if I listen to it the debt to Dylan and Springsteen seems all too painfully obvious and I don't really enjoy it. Brothers In Arms was a huge disappointment at the time - and now strikes me as a passable AOR album, but that's all.

I still think the first album, when Mark Knopfler wasn't trying to be an American and his wonderful guitar playing was allowed to shine in much simpler settings, stands up pretty damn well.


I can "see" Dylan (a bit), but SpringsteenConfused?? ... You probably meant JJ Cale

As for BIA, the flipside is still largely amazing and have LOG-equivalent quality, IMHO

The Springsteen influence I see is in the lyrics.  A British guy trying to tell American stories and it rings a little false / derivative.


Edited by Mascodagama - October 06 2017 at 02:57
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