VINIL Universal Records Dire Straits - Making Movies

1980


1. "Tunnel of Love" (Extract from "The Carousel Waltz" by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II) 8:11
2. "Romeo and Juliet" 6:00
3. "Skateaway" 6:40
4. "Expresso Love" 5:12
5. "Hand in Hand" 4:48
6. "Solid Rock" 3:19
7. "Les Boys" 4:07


Mark Knopfler – vocals, guitar
John Illsley – bass, vocals
Pick Withers – drums, vocals

Mastered from the original analogue and digital masters by Bernie Grundman and Bob Ludwig

Rolling Stone:
"Making Movies is the record on which Mark Knopfler comes out from behind his influences and Dire Straits come out from behind Mark Knopfler. The combination of the star's lyrical script, his intense vocal performances and the band's cutting-edge rock & roll soundtrack is breathtaking—everything the first two albums should have been but weren't. If Making Movies really were a film, it might win a flock of Academy Awards."



AllMusic:
"Without second guitarist David Knopfler, Dire Straits began to move away from its roots rock origins into a jazzier variation of country-rock and singer/songwriter folk-rock. Naturally, this means that Mark Knopfler's ambitions as a songwriter are growing, as the storytelling pretensions of Making Movies indicate. Fortunately, his skills are increasing, as the lovely "Romeo and Juliet," "Tunnel of Love," and "Skateaway" indicate. And Making Movies is helped by a new wave-tinged pop production, which actually helps Knopfler's jazzy inclinations take hold. The record runs out of steam toward the end, closing with the borderline offensive "Les Boys," but the remainder of Making Movies ranks among the band's finest work. "