Dire Straits - On the Night - Live
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Artist: Dire StraitsBrand: DIRE STRAITS
Edition: Music CD
Format: Live
CD Release Date: 1993-05-11
Music Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Calling Elvis
- Walk Of Life
- Heavy Fuel
- Romeo And Juliet
- Private Investigation
- Your Latest Trick
- On Every Street
- You And Your Friend
- Money For Nothing
- Brothers In Arms
Music reviews of On the Night - Live
Music Review: Overall, a good live showcase of the band's latter material
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 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. As evidenced by that Live Aid performance, Dire Straits has proven to be an awesome live act. This is reflected in their second live album, "On the Night"
During their career Dire Straits would release three live albums. The first was the legendary 1984 double album entitled "Alchemy". "Alchemy" was considered to be a great live album because of some of the great improvisations taken by Knopfler and the band. "Alchemy" consists of material prior to "Brothers in Arms". The second album is "On the Night", which focuses on the material from Dire Straits' last two studio albums - "Brothers in Arms" and "On Every Street". Dire Straits would also go on to release a third live album called "Live at the BBC" that would consist of much of their early material that they performed at the BBC.
As mentioned the tracks from "Brothers in Arms" and "On Every Street" are going to account for the majority of the tracks (8). The contributions from "Brothers in Arms" are: "Walk of Life", "Your Latest Trick", "Money For Nothing", and "Brothers in Arms". The contributions from "On Every Street" are: "Calling Elvis", "Heavy Fuel", "On Every Street", and "You and Your Friends". The pre-"Brothers in Arms" tracks included are "Romeo and Juliet" and "Private Investigations". There are several missing tracks - most notably, "Sultans of Swing", "So Far Away", "The Bug", and "Telegraph Road". However despite "On the Night" only having 10 tracks, it is jam-packed with 75 minutes of music, so this might have been done to keep the price down to an economical single CD.
Like "Alchemy", Dire Straits aren't going to be afraid to improvise. "Alchemy" also had plenty of longer tracks that gave the band the opportunity to showcase their outstanding instrumentation. "On the Night' isn't going to be afraid of long tracks either. There are 11 tracks on this collection - all of them over 5 minutes with 8 of the tracks over 6 minutes and two tracks over 10 minutes. "On the Night" is going to provide much of the mix of Rock genres that have been heard throughout their careers - namely the mix of Classic Rock, Blues, Folk, and even some Country. I think it's fair to say that the harder rock sound is probably going to be the one that stands out.
One thing that disappointed me was the version of "Money For Nothing". If you have heard Dire Straits' versions at Live Aid or Knebworth, these versions are going to blow you away. This version is going to definitely have a heavier guitar sound - with some incredible drum work. However, I feel Knopfler's vocals are not up to par with the other versions I have heard him do of this song. At times, Knopfler is too drowned out by the guitar - especially during "he's banging on his bongos like a chimpanzee".
There are some great live versions of tracks. "Calling Elvis", "Heavy Fuel", "Romeo and Juliet", "Your Latest Trick", and "On Every Street" are going to be the standout tracks. "Calling Elvis" will completely blow you away - showing the mix of the genres. I like how the band does a 10 minute jam of this song. The song really pays homage to Presley's music
When I review a live album, I usually prefer the album to basically be a full recording of a concert. In other words, I prefer the tracks come a single night's performance and be arranged in the order that they were played in concert. I normally am not one for edited concerts or live compilations. "On the Night" is a mix of the performances from 1992 performances in the Netherlands and France. It also doesn't include all of the tracks from those performances (The DVD has 2 additional tracks, but again this might have been done to keep things to a single CD). Despite these shortcomings, producers Knopfler, Guy Fletcher, and Neil Dorfsman do a great job at assembling the tracks to give the impression of a single concert.
The liner notes don't contain much information other than the musician credits and a lot of photos. Overall, this is still going to be a pleasing album - especially for the Dire Straits fan who will want to have a live album of their later material. This album will probably also be pleasing to the more casual Dire Straits fan as it will contain a nice spin on some of the more familiar material. Highly recommended.
Description of On the Night - Live
Japanese-only SHM-CD (Super High Material CD) paper sleeve pressing of this classic 1993 album. SHM-CDs can be played on any audio player and delivers unbelievably high-quality sound. You won't believe it's the same CD! Universal. 2008.Classic Rock CDs
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