Showing posts with label direstraits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label direstraits. Show all posts

Sunday, November 1, 2020

On Every Street, Dire Straits

Currently doing one album for each year, 1960-2020. Today: 1991.

On Every Street, Dire Straits, 1991, 1:00 

★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

The last, and probably worst, studio album by an extremely talented band. This one is more representative of Knopfler's later laid-back Slowhand tendency than I like. Knopfler's Bob Dylan vocal imitation is cranked to maximum Bob.  A Dire Straits album you'll put on at a party when you don't want any dancing to get in the way of the polite conversation.  Favorite tracks: "Calling Elvis," "Heavy Fuel," Bug."

Apart From the Crowd, Great Buildings

Apart From the Crowd , Great Buildings, 1981, :40 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Solid jangle-pop from a now largely-forgotten group featuring two guys who went ...