Izdavač: Ostalo
Žanr: Bluz, Rok
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Original, made in West Germany

Knjizica od 8 str.


knjizica 4+ Cd 3 ima par povrsinskih linijica koje ne uticu na reprodukciju zvuka, radi besprekorno

1 So Far Away 5:11
2 Money For Nothing - Written-By – Sting 8:26
3 Walk Of Life 4:12
4 Your Latest Trick 6:33
5 Why Worry 8:31
6 Ride Across The River 6:58
7 The Man`s Too Strong 4:40
8 One World 3:40
9 Brothers In Arms 7:00

Brothers in Arms is the fifth studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 13 May 1985 through Vertigo Records internationally and through Warner Bros. Records in the US. It spent a total of 14 non-consecutive weeks at number one on the UK Albums Chart (including ten consecutive weeks between 18 January and 22 March 1986), nine weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 in the US and 34 weeks at number one on the Australian Albums Chart. Brothers in Arms was the first album certified ten-times platinum in the UK[1] and is the eighth-best-selling album in UK chart history.[2] It is certified nine-times platinum in the US and is one of the world`s best-selling albums, having sold more than 30 million copies worldwide.[3][4][5]

The album won a Grammy Award in 1986 for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical and Best British Album at the 1987 Brit Awards; the 20th Anniversary Edition won another Grammy in 2006 for Best Surround Sound Album. Q magazine placed the album at number 51 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. It was also among ten albums nominated for the best British album of the previous 30 years by the Brit Awards in 2010, ultimately losing to (What`s the Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis

Brothers in Arms was recorded from October 1984 to February 1985 at AIR Studios on the island of Montserrat, a British overseas territory in the Caribbean.[7] The album was produced by songwriter Mark Knopfler and Neil Dorfsman, who had engineered Dire Straits’ 1982 album Love over Gold and Knopfler`s 1983 soundtrack album Local Hero.[8]

Brothers in Arms was one of the first albums recorded on a Sony 24-track digital tape machine. The decision to move to digital recording came from Knopfler`s constant striving for better sound quality. `One of the things that I totally respected about him,` Dorfsman observed, `was his interest in technology as a means of improving his music. He was always willing to spend on high-quality equipment.`[8]

Before arriving at Montserrat, Knopfler had written all the songs and rehearsed them with the band. The studio lineup included Knopfler (guitar), John Illsley (bass), Alan Clark (piano, Hammond B-3 organ and synthesisers) and Guy Fletcher, who was new to the band, playing a synth rig that consisted of a huge new Yamaha DX1, a couple of Roland synthesizers and a Synclavier. The band’s then drummer Terry Williams was present at the start of the sessions before being temporarily replaced.[9] The band`s second guitarist Hal Lindes was either fired or quit at the start of the sessions (Lindes was formally replaced in December 1984 by Jack Sonni, a New York-based guitarist and longstanding friend of Knopfler`s, although Sonni`s contribution to the album was minimal).[10]

The studio itself was small, with a 20-by-25-foot (6 m × 8 m) recording space that offered virtually no isolation. `It was a good-sounding studio,` Dorfsman later recalled, `but the main room itself was nothing to write home about. The sound of that studio was the desk,` referring to the Neve 8078 board.[8] Knopfler and Dorfsman utilised the limited space to best effect, placing the drum kit in the far left corner, facing the control room, miked with Sennheiser MD 421s on the toms, an Electro-Voice RE20 and AKG D12 on the kick drum, a Shure SM57 and AKG C451 with a 20 dB pad on the snare, 451s for overheads and the hi-hat, and Neumann U87s set back a little to capture `some kind of ambience`.[8] They placed the piano in a tight booth in the far right corner of the studio, miked with AKG C414s. The Hammond B3 was placed nearby, with its Leslie speaker crammed into an airlock next to the control room. Illsley`s bass amplifier was recorded inside a small vocal booth with a Neumann FET 47 and a DI unit. Knopfler`s amplifiers were miked with 57s, 451s, and Neumann U67s. Fletcher`s synths were placed in the control room.[8]

During the recording of `Money for Nothing`, the signature sound of Knopfler`s guitar may have been enhanced by a `happy accident` of microphone placement. Knopfler was using his Gibson Les Paul going through a Laney amplifier. While setting up the guitar amplifier microphones in an effort to get the `ZZ Top sound` that Knopfler sought, guitar tech Ron Eve, who was in the control room, heard the `amazing` sound before Dorfsman was finished arranging the mics. `One mic was pointing down at the floor,` Dorfsman remembered, `another was not quite on the speaker, another was somewhere else, and it wasn`t how I would want to set things up—it was probably just left from the night before, when I`d been preparing things for the next day and had not really finished the setup.`[8] What they heard was exactly what ended up on the record; no additional processing or effects were used during the mix.[8]

According to a Sound on Sound magazine interview with Neil Dorfsman, during the first month of the recording sessions the performance of then-permanent drummer Terry Williams was considered to be unsuitable for the desired sound of the album. Williams was not fired from the band, but he was released from the recording sessions and temporarily replaced by jazz session drummer Omar Hakim, who re-recorded all the album`s drum parts during a two-day stay before leaving for other commitments.[8] Both Hakim and Williams are credited on the album,[11] although Williams` only contribution was the improvised crescendo at the beginning of `Money for Nothing`. The remaining tracks all featured Omar Hakim as drummer,[12] as Dorfsman and Knopfler made the decision to erase Williams` contributions and replace them with those of Hakim; however, all the music videos that were released from the album featured Williams.[13]

Although Andy Kanavan was briefly recruited as Dire Straits` new drummer, Terry Williams rejoined the band for the promotional concert world tour.[11]

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[10] (including the addition of a Jack Sonni guitar synthesizer part to `The Man`s Too Strong`)[citation needed]. During this time, overdubs were recorded with further New York musicians including Michael and Randy Brecker, Mike Mainieri (who`d previously contributed vibraphone to Love Over Gold) and Jimmy Maelen, plus trumpeter Dave Plews and Average White Band saxophonist Malcolm Duncan. When Illsey sprained his wrist in a roller-skating accident, several prominent New York studio bassists were hired to record or re-record several basslines on the record (Tony Levin performing on `One World`,[10] with contributions elsewhere from Saturday Night Live house band bassist Neil Jason).

Composition
Brothers in Arms has been described musically as a pop rock album.[14] The music video for `Money for Nothing` received heavy rotation on MTV, and it was the first to be aired on MTV Europe when the network launched on 1 August 1987.[15] 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`.[16]

`Walk of Life` was a number two hit in the UK Singles Chart in early 1986 and a number seven hit in the US Billboard Hot 100 later that year. The song was nearly left off the album, but was included after the band out-voted producer Neil Dorfsman.

On the second side of the album, three songs (`Ride Across the River`, `The Man`s Too Strong` and `Brothers in Arms`) are lyrically focused on militarism. `Ride Across the River` uses immersive Latin American imagery, accompanied by synthesized pan flute, mariachi trumpet, a reggae-influenced drum part and eerie background noises. `The Man`s Too Strong` depicts the character of an ancient soldier (or war criminal) and his fear of showing feelings as a weakness. Written during the 1982 Falklands War, `Brothers in Arms` deals with the senselessness of war.[17] In 2007, the 25th anniversary of the war, Knopfler recorded a new version of the song at Abbey Road Studios to raise funds for British veterans who he said `are still suffering from the effects of that conflict.`[18]
Personnel
Credits adapted from album liner notes.[53]

Dire Straits

Mark Knopfler – guitars and vocals
John Illsley – bass guitar and vocals
Alan Clark – keyboards
Guy Fletcher – keyboards and vocals
Omar Hakim – drums
Terry Williams – drum intro on `Money for Nothing`[8]

Additional musicians

Nature of contributions uncredited on album; contributions added where known.
Michael Brecker – saxophone on `Your Latest Trick`[10]
Randy Brecker
Malcolm Duncan
Neil Jason
Tony Levin – bass on `One World`[10]
Jimmy Maelen
Mike Mainieri
Dave Plews
Jack Sonni – guitar synthesizer on `The Man`s Too Strong`[citation needed]
Sting – vocals on `Money for Nothing