Dire Straits: Mark Knopfler (vocals, guitar); Hal Lindes (guitar); Guy Fletcher, Alan Clark (keyboards); John Illsley (bass); Terry Williams (drums). Additional personnel: Sting (vocals). Recorded at Air Studios, Monserrat, West Indies. All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Reviews
Q (6/00, p.71) - Ranked #51 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums" Q (7/96, p.141) - 5 Stars - Indispensable - "...the commercial and artistic culmination....repeated listening reveals it as [a] singularly melancholic collection...where joy is as sharp as sorrow..." CMJ (1/5/04, p.16) - Ranked #6 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1985"
