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Daily Nebraskan
Tuesday, September 17, 1985
'Brothers In Arms'
deserves No. 1 rating
By Chris McCubbin
Staff Reporter
"Brothers In Arms" is Dire Straits'
first No. 1 U.S. album. After eight years
and five albums of some of the most
intelligent, musically sophisticated and
hard hitting rock 'n' roll ever, I say it is
about,time.
Record Review
There are two ways to evaluate this
album. One is by the standards of the
music industry today, in which case it
is marvelous, wondrous and the grea- trying to deal with ideas, and his songs
test thing since sliced bread. Buy one always work best when they deal with
and then buy 10 more for Christmas emotions.
Knopfler's guitar is outstanding.
"Your Latest Trick" is one of
Knopfler's best poems:
All the late night bargains have
been struck Between the satin
beaus and their belles And pre
historic garbage trucks Have
the city to themselves Echoes
roars dinosaurs They're all
doing the monster mash And
most of the taxis and the whores
Are only taking calls for cash
' Side one's final cut is "Why Worry,"
another light pop tune.
Side two is a sort of mini concert
album. The concept being War Is Bad.
The side suffers generally from Knopfier
presents. The other way is by the
standards of Dire Straits' other work, in
which case this album is not bad.
Musically, there is little to say. Dire
Straits has high standards and this
album delivers once again. Mark
Knopfler's guitar work is one of the
wonders of the modern world. If
Knopfler's talent isn't as obvious here
as it is on some earlier albums, it is
only because Knopfier is more of a
songwriter here than a guitar hero.
Lyrically, "Brothers In Arms" is gen
erally good, but it has some surprising
points.
The first track, "So Far Away," is the
album's worst cut; a completely dis
posable pop tune with throwaway lyrics.
The next track, "Money for Nothing,"
has become the bands biggest single
release ever, thanks to its hilarious lyr
ics and backing vocals by Sting. It is
followed by "Walk of Life," the album's
other single release and probably the
single best tune on "Brothers In Arms."
Particularly overblown is the side's
first cut, "Ride Across The River."
"The Man's Too Strong" is another
silly lyric song, but the song is saved by
playing above and beyond the call of
duty by the rhythm section.
"One World" is the album's best
rocker. Eric Clapton plays lead guitar
on this cut.
The album's final cut and title track
is side two's best. The sweeping folk
flavored synthesizers are reminiscent
of Knopfler's superb orchestral work on
the "Local Hero" sound track. The
whispery vocal and understated lyrics
are moving. This is the only cut on side
two that really made me think about
the horror of war.
Again, this is a good album. New and
old fans alike will enjoy "Brothers In
Arms." I just wish that Dire Straits'
first number one album had been the
perfect album the band is capable of
producing.
G.PA. Rating 3.75.
Dire Straits' first No. 1 single
joins album at top of charts
By The Associated Press
The following are Billboard's hot
record hits as they appear in this
week's issue of Billboard magazine.
Copyright 1985, Billboard Publica
tions, Inc. Reprinted with permission.
HOT SINGLES
1. "Money For Nothing" Dire
Straits (Warner Bros.)
2. "Cherish" Kool & The Gang
(De-Lite).
3. "St. Elmo's Fire" John Parr
(Atlantic)
4. "We don't Need Another Hero"
Tina Turner (Capitol)
5. "Don't Lose My Number" Phil
Collins (Atlantic)
6. "Freedom" Wham! (Columbia)
7. "Pop Life" Prince & The Revo
lution (Paisley Park)
8. "The Power of Love" Huey
Lewis & The News (Chrysalis)
9. 4'0h Sheila" Ready for the
World (MCA)
10. "Dress You Up" Madonna
(Sire) .
TOP LP's
1. "Brothers In Arms" Dire Straits
(Warner Bros.) Platinum (More
than 1 million units sold.)
2. "The Dream of the Blue Tur
tles" Sting (A&M) Platinum
3. "Songs from the Big Chair"
Tears for Fears (Mercury) Plati
num 4. "Born in the U.S.A." Bruce
Springsteen (Columbia) Platinum
5. 'Reckless" Bryan Adams (A&M)
Platinum
6. "No Jacket Required" Phil Col
lins (Atlantic) Platinum
7. "Greatest Hits Vol. 1 & II" Billy
Joel (Columbia)
8. "Whitney Houston" Whitney
Houston (Arista) Platinum
9. "Heart" Heart (Capitol)
Gold (more than 500,000 units sold.)
10. "Theater of Pain" Motley Crue
(Electra) Platinum
COUNTRY SINGLES
1. "I Fell In Love Again Last
Night" The Forester Sisters (Warner
Bros.)
2. "Drinkin' and Dreamin' " Way
Ion Jennings (RCA)
3. "Lost in the Fifties Tonight"
Ronnie Milsap (RCA)
4. "Between Blue Eyes and Jeans"
Conway Twitty (Warner Bros.)
5. "Meet Me in Montana" Marie
Osmond (Capitol-Curb)
6. "She's Comin' Back to Say
Goodbye" Eddie Rabbitt (Warner
Bros.)
7. "With Just One Look In Your
Eyes" Charly McClain (Epic)
8. "You Make Me Want to Make
You Mine" Juice Newton (RCA)
9. "Modern Day Romance" Nitty
Gritty Dirt Band (Warner Bros.)
10. "Kern River" Merle Haggard
(Epic)
ADULTCONTEMPORAKYSIN
GLES 1. "Cherish" Kool & The Gang
(De-Lite)
2. "Saving All My Love For You"
Whitney Houston (Arista)
3. "We Don't Need Another Hero"
Tina Turner (Capitol)
4. "Freedom" Wham! (Columbia)
5. "You're Only Human" Billy Joel
(Columbia)
6. "The Power of Love" Huey
Lewis & The News (Chrysalis)
7. "Your Secret's Safe With Me"
Michael Frank (Warner Bros.)
8. "Lost in the Fifties Tonight"
Ronnie Milsap (RCA)
9. "Everytime You Go Away" Paul
Young (Columbia)
10. "Part Time Lover" Stevie
Wonder (Tamla)
BLACK SINGLES
1. "Oh Sheila" Ready for the
World (MCA)
2. "Saving All My Love For You"
Whitney Houston (Arista)
3. "Cherish" Kool & The Gang
(De-Lite)
4. "You Are My Lady" Freddie
Jackson (Capitol)
5. "All of Me For All of You" 9.9
(RCA)
6. "I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So
Much" Bobby Womach (MCA).
7. "Dare Me" The Pointer Sisters
(RCA)
8. "Fly Girl" Boogie Boys (Capitol)
9. "We don't Need Another Hero"
Tina Turner (Capitol)
10. "Object of My Desire" Star
point (Elektra)
V520
'Boy in the Box' redundant,
juvenile, not worth the listen
By David Fraley
Staff Reporter
"Boy in the Box," Corey Hart,
EMI America Records.
Record Review
There's something that bothers me
when I see an album offering a "Free
limited edition poster."
Why on earth would I want a poster any risks by changing a sound that sold
of Corey Hart? If I wanted to look at a a lot of albums.
kid that appears to be about 16 years
old, has a ratty psuedo-punk haircut,
an earring and dog collar bracelets, I
could go down to a local high school.
This brings a few perplexing questions
The songs on the album sound very
similar to one another and remarkably
similar to "Sunglasses at Night," a
popular song from his last album. I
realize each artist has his or her own
to mind. Who would want a poster of style, but this goes beyond individual
nan, ana wno are they (Hart and com- genre.
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seems to me that I could find answers
to these questions also by going down
to Lincoln High.
Which leads me to the best one-word
description of Hart's new album, "Boy
in tnetfox, juvenile.
The tempo and the mix of percus
sion and guitars with little semi-power
chords popping in here and there all
sound very much the same on all the
songs.
Hart's vocals also sound the same.
which is to be expected (unless he is
Last year, Hart was nominated for a still Dubertv bound V but it sminrk lit
Grammy Award in the category "Best he sings with a mouth full of goo (or
New Artists." I don't watch the Gram- some other viscous substanceV
my s so I don't know if he won or not.
The only reason I knew he was nominated
is because the back of the poster is a
collage of photographs and little memos
that mention to it. I suppose if he had
won, they would have included that,
too.
viscous substance).
All this leads me to another one
word description of Hart's album
redundant.
"Juvenile redundancy." What a con
cept. they should have put a sticker on
the album saying, "Free limited edition
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ndppearsmougn, mat Hart is caught juvenile redundancy." I might buy an
in the same situation many new artists album like that. This one isn't worth
are when attempting to follow up a the money,
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