Dire Straits - Money for Nothing [FLAC+MP3] Compilation Release torrent

Dire Straits - Money for Nothing [FLAC+MP3](Big Papi) Compilation Release

Source: CD 1988 W2 25794


By Urantia

The Money for Nothing album is a superb compilation of much of the best of the group's earlier works. Dire Straits' "best of" albums are all good, but they share many of the same songs. If you want to avoid having multiple copies of songs you have to look at the differences between these compilation albums. My preference was Money for Nothing because it has a balanced sampling of songs from the first five albums (it was released before the 6th album, On Every Street, so doesn't have any tracks from that album). On the other hand, the Sultans of Swing and Private Investigations compilations focus on the last four albums, especially Brothers in Arms, and almost completely ignore the first two albums. I think the first three albums are the group's best, so my nod to the Money for Nothing compilation was a no-brainer. It includes three early tracks...Down to the Waterline, Portobello Belle, and Where Do You Think You're Going...that don't appear on any of the other compilations. The album also has two live tracks, Portobello Belle and Telegraph Road, that are quite good.

Notes: The album's Money for Nothing and Brothers in Arms tracks are edited versions, but the editing was smoothly done and does not in my opinion detract from the songs' integrity. What does irk me though, is that a different studio version of Where Do You Think You're Going was used, instead of the considerably better version from the Communique album.


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Dire Straits - Money for Nothing
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Artist...............: Dire Straits
Album................: Money for Nothing
Genre................: Pop/Rock
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 1988 10

FLAC
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version..............: reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917
Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 54 %)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit

MP3 V0 (Best Quality Available For MP3)
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: LAME 3.99
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Extreme, (avg. bitrate: 255kbps)
Channels.............: Joint Stereo / 44100 hz

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Tracklisting
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1. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing [05:46]
2. Dire Straits - Down to the Waterline [04:01]
3. Dire Straits - Portobello Belle (Live) [04:33]
4. Dire Straits - Twisting by the Pool [03:30]
5. Dire Straits - Tunnel of Love [08:10]
6. Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet [05:56]
7. Dire Straits - Where Do You Think You're Going? [03:30]
8. Dire Straits - Walk of Life [04:08]
9. Dire Straits - Private Investigations [05:51]
10. Dire Straits - Telegraph Road [11:58]
11. Dire Straits - Money for Nothing [04:06]
12. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms [04:49]