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Crisp, rich, and balanced, the sound brings Knopfler's Fender Vibrolux and Music Man HD130 amplifiers into your room. Tunnel of Love was a little closer for me comparing the two but still have the give the nod to this release. While the mix is not of the highest level it’s still quite good, not pedestrian at all from my perspective.

That 2023 release I have also suffers a slightly noisy sound floor so I suppose it’s a good comparison of the two mixes of that song. Considered by many fans to be the group's most complete album, the 1980 set witnesses leader Mark Knopfler greatly expanding his songwriting palette and setting his storytelling amidst more complex, involving arrangements.The album sessions continued with Sid McGinnis on rhythm guitar, although he was uncredited on the album. The song is filled with romantic projections, though in real life most women would run away from a creepy carnival worker hitting on them. Skateaway" is another brilliant song, the only song on which Knopfler really shows us what a great guitar player he is.

The second single release was " Skateaway," and the third and final single from the album was the lengthy opening track, " Tunnel of Love," with its intro "The Carousel Waltz" by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, which only reached the number 54 position in the UK. Dire Straits expanded into a quintet when keyboard player Alan Clark and Californian guitarist Hal Lindes were recruited as full-time group members shortly after the album's release in October 1980.The album's power isn't lost on Iovine, who later told Rolling Stone: "The right people were in the room together. Vote up content that is on-topic, within the rules/guidelines, and will likely stay relevant long-term.