Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits

All the Dire Straits albums are great - get them all, they have nice remasters out now. (though I actually prefer the original version of Brothers in Arms). Most of Knopfler's solo stuff is great as well. He does a very nice piece on one of the Chieftans' albums, seek it out - well worth it and has performances by Sting, Sinead O'Connor, and others on there too. The fact that the D.S. albums are excellent recordings is just a sweet bonus.

-Ed

Any of the Dire Straits albums will work for me. BTW, the studio albums are all available as Warner Remasters now. If yours are the originals, it's time to replace 'em, the remasters are much better sonically, IMHO.

beemer

The LP is marvelous, try the Quiex pressing.

I also enjoy Brothers in arms especially Your Latest Trick Get a copy of Bryan Ferry, As Time Goes By.

Hi-You might want to try some of the Mark Knopfler written soundtracks, there's some really nice music in these:
Cal
Last Exit To Brooklyn
Local Hero
The Princess Bride
Wag The Dog
Or, there's a really nice double LP called "Mark Knopfler - Screenplaying" which has one side samplers of each of the first 4 titles above. It's also available on CD.
Or, if you want to venture in a delightfully different direction, check out the Mark Knopfler produced album by Willy Deville (one of the most underrated voices in rock) called "Miracle." The LP's sonics are outstanding, and the songs are really good. If you get "Miracle" on CD, make sure it's the Raven Record's "Collectors Edition" - the regular release sounds dreadful.
Happy Listening!
Ed