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Reviews and Commentaries for Brothers in Arms
- A vintage pressing that was doing just about everything right, with both sides earning seriously good Double Plus (A++) grades – fairly quiet vinyl too
- Tonally correct from start to finish, with a solid bottom and fairly natural vocals (for this particular recording of course), HERE is the sound they were going for in the studio
- After doing a comparison between our top copy and the Chris Bellman 45 RPM remaster, at very loud levels mind you, I now have much more respect for this recording than ever before – it’s truly a Demo Disc on the right Robert-Ludwig-mastered copy
- Drop the needle on “So Far Away” – it’s airy, open, and spacious, yet still rich and full-bodied
- 4 stars: “One of their most focused and accomplished albums … Dire Straits had never been so concise or pop-oriented, and it wore well on them.”
- We admit that the sound may be too processed and lacking in Tubey Magic for some
- When it comes to Tubey Magic, there simply is none — that’s not the sound Neil Dorfsman, the engineer who won the Grammy for this very album, was going for
- We find that the best properly-mastered, properly-pressed copies, when playing at good loud levels on our system, gave us sound that was wall to wall, floor to ceiling, glorious, powerful and exciting, just not Tubey Magical
Fully extended from top to bottom with a wide-open soundstage, this is the sound you need for this music. There’s plenty of richness and fullness here as well — traits that are really crucial to getting the most out of a mid-’80s recording like this.
The bottom end on “So Far Away” really delivers the goods — it’s punchy and meaty with healthy amounts of tight, deep bass.