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- Making Movies
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Dire Straits
Released 1980

Solid Rock
03:19
9,808 plays

Hand In Hand
04:49
8,647 plays

Les Boys
04:06
6,901 plays

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- 1
- Tunnel Of Love (Intro: The Carousel Waltz)
- 08:08
- 14,116 plays

- 2
- Romeo And Juliet
- 05:54
- 19,318 plays

- 3
- Skateaway
- 06:18
- 20,566 plays

- 4
- Expresso Love
- 05:03
- 12,821 plays

- 5
- Hand In Hand
- 04:49
- 8,647 plays

- 6
- Solid Rock
- 03:19
- 9,808 plays

- 7
- Les Boys
- 04:06
- 6,901 plays

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album review

Without second guitarist David Knopfler, Dire Straits began to move away from its roots rock origins into a jazzier variation of country-rock and singer/songwriter folk-rock. Naturally, this means that Mark Knopfler's ambitions as a songwriter are growing, as the storytelling pretensions of Making Movies indicate. Fortunately, his skills are increasing, as the lovely "Romeo and Juliet," "Tunnel of Love," and "Skateaway" indicate. And Making Movies is helped by a new wave-tinged pop production, which actually helps Knopfler's jazzy inclinations take hold. The record runs out of steam toward the end, closing with the borderline offensive "Les Boys," but the remainder of Making Movies ranks among the band's finest work. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide