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Review (Lookback 2.0): Dire Straits, ‘Brothers In Arms (40th Anniversary Ed)’ – Complete With Full ’85 Concert Recording
ByKenneth Corsini May 21, 2025
Dire Straits recently released Brothers In Arms (40th Anniversary Edition) to celebrate the big anniversary of their landmark 1985 album. If you’ve been reading B&V for any amount of time, I know what you’re thinking… “Didn’t you already post about this album?” Yes, I did. As the calendar turned to 2025 I did a playlist…
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The “Difficult Second Album” – 12 Artists Who Fell Victim To “The Sophomore Slump”
ByKenneth Corsini April 19, 2025April 19, 2025
I’ve spoken about “the sophomore slump” before on the pages of B&V. In that particular post I was thinking about all the bands who managed to overcome the dreaded sophomore jinx by putting out an even better second album than their debut. I recently posted about one such second album in the Cult’s Love. As I…
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Album Lookback: Dire Straits’ Sensational ‘Brothers In Arms’ Turns 40 This Year
ByKenneth Corsini January 31, 2025
“Money for nothing and your chicks for free…” – Dire Straits, “Money For Nothing,” 1985 As a follow up to our post Playlist: Songs From 1975, I have been doing research, as I always do, for a 40-year lookback, to 1985. I’m still working on it, but the first album that popped into my mind…
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