Making Movies
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| Making Movies | ||
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| Studio album by Dire Straits | ||
| Released | October 17, 1980 | |
| Recorded | June-August 1980 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 37:39 | |
| Label | Warner Bros. | |
| Producer(s) | Mark Knopfler and Jimmy Iovine | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Dire Straits chronology | ||
| Communiqué (1979) |
Making Movies (1980) |
Love over Gold (1982) |
Making Movies is the third album by British rock band Dire Straits, released in 1980. Rolling Stone ranked the album #52 in their survey of the "100 Best Albums of the 80s." Indigo Girls covered "Romeo and Juliet" on Rites of Passage in 1992. It is considered by many fans as the pinnacle of Dire Straits' career. It was also included in Douglas Adams' book So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish. Though the name was never mentioned Adams described Mark Knopfler as "having an extraordinary ability to make a Schecter Custom Stratocaster hoot and sing like angels on a Saturday night, exhausted from being good all week and needing a stiff beer."
It was remastered and released with the rest of the Dire Straits catalog on September 19, 2000.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Mark Knopfler, except for the introduction to "Tunnel of Love" which is from "The Carousel Waltz" from the musical Carousel, written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.
- "Tunnel of Love" – 8:08
- "Romeo and Juliet" – 5:54
- "Skateaway" – 6:18
- "Expresso Love" – 5:04
- "Hand in Hand" – 4:48
- "Solid Rock" – 3:19
- "Les Boys" – 4:07
[edit] Personnel
- Mark Knopfler – guitar, vocals
- John Illsley – bass, vocals
- Pick Withers – drums, vocals
[edit] Additional personnel
- Roy Bittan – keyboards
- David Knopfler – guitar (uncredited)
- Sid McGinnis – guitar (uncredited)
[edit] Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1980 | Billboard Pop Albums | 19 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1981 | "Expresso Love" | Billboard Mainstream Rock | 39 |
| 1981 | "Skateaway" | Billboard Mainstream Rock | 31 |
| 1981 | "Skateaway" | Billboard Pop Singles | 58 |
| 1981 | "Solid Rock" | Billboard Mainstream Rock | 56 |
[edit] Certifications
| Organization | Level | Date |
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| BPI – UK | Gold | January 21, 1981 |
| RIAA – U.S. | Gold | April 21, 1981 |
| RIAA – U.S. | Platinum | July 30, 1981 |
| BPI – UK | Platinum | September 7, 1981 |
| BPI – UK | Double Platinum | August 5, 1985 |
| Dire Straits |
| Mark Knopfler | John Illsley | Alan Clark | Guy Fletcher | David Knopfler | Pick Withers | Hal Lindes | Terry Williams | Jack Sonni |
| Discography |
| Albums and extended plays: Dire Straits | Communiqué | Making Movies | Love over Gold | ExtendedancEPlay | Alchemy | Brothers in Arms | On Every Street | On the Night | Live at the BBC | Money for Nothing | Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits | The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations |
| Hit Singles: Sultans of Swing | Lady Writer | Romeo and Juliet | Skateaway | Private Investigations | Twisting by the Pool | So Far Away | Money for Nothing | Brothers in Arms | Walk of Life | Your Latest Trick | Calling Elvis | Heavy Fuel | |
