Best Of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations (2CD)

Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler - Best Of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations (2CD)

Best Of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations (2CD)
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Artist: Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler
Brand: DIRE STRAITS
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2005-11-15
Music Label: Warner Bros.
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Telegraph Road - By Dire Straits
  2. Sultans Of Swing - By Dire Straits
  3. Love Over Gold - By Dire Straits
  4. Romeo And Juliet - By Dire Straits
  5. Tunnel Of Love - By Dire Straits
  6. Skateaway - By Dire Straits
  7. Private Investigations - By Dire Straits
  8. So Far Away - By Dire Straits
  9. Money For Nothing - By Dire Straits
  10. Walk Of Life - By Dire Straits
  11. Your Latest Trick - By Dire Straits
Music CD 2
  1. Calling Elvis - By Dire Straits
  2. On Every Street - By Dire Straits
  3. Going Home - By Mark Knopfler
  4. The Long Road - By Mark Knopfler
  5. Why Aye Man - By Mark Knopfler
  6. Sailing To Philadelphia - By Mark Knopfler
  7. What It Is - By Mark Knopfler
  8. The Trawlerman's Song - By Mark Knopfler
  9. Boom, Like That - By Mark Knopfler
  10. Brothers In Arms - By Dire Straits
  11. All The Roadrunning - By Mark Knopfler And Emmylou Harris

Music reviews of Best Of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations (2CD)

Music Review: The only place to get a combination of Dire Straits and Knopfler Solo Work
Rating: 4 Stars

During the 1985 Live Aid concert, it gave an opportunity for many bands that had established a cult following to come out and play on the world stage. Perhaps one band that benefited from this more than any other band was Dire Straits. Dire Straits' live performance of "Money for Nothing" and "Sultans of Swing" clearly elevated the band to superstar status. It was also the momentum from Live Aid that propelled "Money For Nothing" to #1 song status and the album "Brothers in Arms" to #1 album status. If you look beyond "Money For Nothing" and "Brothers in Arms", you will discover what a terrific band Dire Straits is. Much of Dire Straits is the result of the awesome guitar work of Mark Knopfler, but there is also some great instrumentation from other band members such as Mark's brother David and bassist John Illsley.. In many circles, Knopfler is considered as good as they come. For Dire Straits, they would do things much differently than many of the other bands during the "British Invasion" that was taking place. In an era where Punk and New Wave were taking center stage, Dire Straits were doing things the old-fashioned way: a combination of Classic Rock, Blues, Folk, and even some Country. Knopfler has also proven himself to be a top-notch lyricist - writing both humorous and serious songs. The combination of outstanding instrumentation, great lyrics and a mix of old-fashioned Rock genres is really what made Dire Straits such a great band. When Dire Straits disbanded in the early 1990s, Knopfler would continue his creative work as a solo artist. The collection "The Best of Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler - Private Investigations" provides a single collection of Knopfler's work - with Dire Straits and as a solo artist.

There are two other compilations available to consider:

"Sultans of Swing - The Very Best of Dire Straits" is a collection that strictly has Dire Straits work. This is a good collection and it includes songs that are not found on the "Private Investigations" compilation. Most notably it includes "Lady Writer", "Heavy Fuel", and some live cuts (there are no live cuts on "Private Investigations"). The one issue with this compilation is that it includes radio-edit versions of songs such as "Money For Nothing" and "Sultans of Swing". Radio-edits of thee classics do not do these songs justice and it hurts the collection. It also is missing songs like "Telegraph Road" and "Your Latest Trick".

"Money For Nothing" is an older and less comprehensive collection that also focuses on Dire Straits. It was released before Dire Straits' "On Every Street" album (so no material from that album). It includes some live cuts ("Telegraph Road" and "Portobello Belle"). It also includes songs not found on the "Private Investigations" collection ("Down to the Waterline", "Twisting By the Pool", "Where Do You Think You're Going"). Like the "Sultans of Swing" collection, this collection is greatly hurt by radio-edits.

While the "Sultans of Swing" collection did include radio-edits and was missing some key songs, it did represent every Dire Straits album - including live ones such as "Alchemy" and "On the Night". The "Private Investigations" collection does not include any material from "Communique", "ExtendedancEPlay", "Alchemy", and "On the Night". The albums and associated Dire Straits material that are represented include: "Dire Straits" ("Sultans of Swing"); "Making Movies" ("Romeo and Juliet", "Tunnel of Love", "Skateaway"); "Love Over Gold" ("Private Investigations", "Telegraph Road"); "Brothers in Arms" ("So Far Away", "Money For Nothing", "Brothers in Arms", "Walk of Life", "Your Latest Trick); "On Every Street" ("Calling Elvis", "On Every Street"). The good news is that full versions of all of the songs are included - no radio-edits!!!

As mentioned "Private Investigations" includes solo material from Knopfler. This material includes "Golden Heart ("No Can Do"); "Sailing to Philadelphia" ("Sailing to Philadelphia", "What It Is"); "The Ragpickers Dream" ("Why Aye Man"); "Shangri-La" ("Boom Like That", "The Trawlerman's Song"). There are also two instrumental songs from soundtracks - "Going Home" (Theme from "Local Hero") and "The Long Road (Theme from "Cal"). There is also the title song from the duet album that Knopfler recorded with Emmylou Harris ("All the Roadrunning"). This song was included on "Private Investigations" prior to the release of that duet album. There is no live solo material from Knopfler's live solo albums ("One Take Radio Sessions" and "The Trawlerman's Song").

I normally prefer songs to be ordered in chronological order. This allows me to see how an artist has progressed over time. Unfortunately, "Private Investigations" does not do this. There is sort of a logical division of material (Dire Straits material is found on Disc 1 and Knopfler's solo material is found on Disc 2). However there is no ordering - (for example, "Brothers in Arms" is the second to last song on Disc 2 and "Sultans of Swing" follows "Telegraph Road" on Disc 1). In the case of Dire Straits and Knopfler, it is a poor decision to mix up the ordering of the songs. For fans of Knopfler, they saw how Knopfler's solo style progressed to have a more Country music and storytelling narrative style. The mixing of the ordering of the songs prevents you from listening to this and hearing that musical progression.

One thing that is unusual is that the liner notes include the lyrics to all of the songs. This is something that is not too common on greatest hits compilations. For each of the tracks, the songwriting and copyright credits are listed for each of the tracks. I would have also liked to have seen the album titles listed for each of the tracks. It would have also been nice to have a write-up of the band (the "Sultans of Swing" compilation does include one). Overall, this is still the only place to get a Dire Straits and Knopfler combination. One certainly cannot complain about the quality of the music included. I'd still recommend this.
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Description of Best Of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations (2CD)

For the first time, a compilation brings together the best of one of rock's most admired bands, Dire Straits, and the best of its leader, guitarist-singer-songwriter Mark Knopfler. Private Investigations: Best of Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler, a double CD, spans their entire careers.

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