Making Movies
| Making Movies | ||||
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| Studio album by Dire Straits | ||||
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Publication |
17th October 1980 |
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admission |
July - August 1980 |
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| Label (s) | Vertigo Records | |||
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Format (s) |
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Title (number) |
7th |
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running time |
37:39 |
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Studio (s) |
Power Station Studios, New York (USA) |
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Making Movies (English for: "Filmmaking") is the third studio album by the British rock band Dire Straits from 1980.
It is also the book title of a book by Sidney Lumet .
background
After disagreements between Mark Knopfler and his brother David over his role in the band, David Dire Straits had left. The band stayed true to their distinctive sound from the first two albums; nevertheless it continued to develop. Above all, they used elaborate instrumentation based on the 80s mainstream for the first time. The album, the title of which comes from a line of text from the song Skateaway (“she's making movies on location”) , begins with Tunnel of Love , an epic number over eight minutes long. The intro of the song is the "Carousel Waltz" from the musical Carousel by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II . The other popular song, Romeo and Juliet , has been covered several times, e.g. B. from The Killers .
In 1996 (in the US in 2000), Making Movies was re-released as a remastered version along with the band's other albums .
Track list
- Tunnel of Love (Mark Knopfler, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 8:08
- Romeo and Juliet (Mark Knopfler) - 5:54
- Skateaway (Mark Knopfler) - 6:18 (LP: 6:40)
- Expresso Love (Mark Knopfler) - 5:04
- Hand in Hand (Mark Knopfler) - 4:48
- Solid Rock (Mark Knopfler) - 3:19
- Les Boys (Mark Knopfler) - 4:07
Musicians and contributors
tape
- Mark Knopfler - guitar , vocals
- John Illsley - bass , vocals
- Pick Withers - drums
- Roy Bittan - keyboard
Other contributors
- David Knopfler : Guitar (anonymous)
- Sid McGinnis : guitar (anonymous)
Chart successes
album
| year | Album name | Chart positions | ||||
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| DE | AT | CH | UK | US | ||
| 1980 | Making Movies | 7th | 15th | - | 4th | 19th |
Singles
| year | title | Chart positions | ||||
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| DE | AT | CH | UK | US | ||
| 1981 | Romeo and Juliet Solid Rock |
- | - | - | 8th | - |
| 1981 | Skateaway Solid Rock |
- | - | - | 37 | 58 |
| 1980 | Tunnel Of Love Tunnel Of Love (Part 2) |
44 | - | - | 54 | - |
Awards
| Country / Region | Award | Sales |
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| Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
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 Germany (BVMI)
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 gold
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250,000 |
 Finland (IFPI)
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 platinum
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53,858 |
 France (SNEP)
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gold
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100,000 |
 Italy (FIMI)
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gold
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25,000 |
 Canada (MC)
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2 × platinum
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200,000 |
 New Zealand (RMNZ)
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platinum
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15,000 |
 Netherlands (NVPI)
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gold
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50,000 |
 Switzerland (IFPI)
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gold
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25,000 |
 Spain (Promusicae)
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gold
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50,000 |
 United States (RIAA)
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platinum
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1,000,000 |
 United Kingdom (BPI)
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2 × platinum
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600,000 |
| All in all |
6 × gold 7 × platinum |
2,368,858 |
Main article: Dire Straits / Music Sales Awards
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ German translation: Making films. From the script to the finished film. Authors' House Verlag, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-86671-001-6 .
- ↑ a b DE: officialcharts.de Chart placements Dire Straits Charts.de
- ↑ a b AT: Chart placements Dire Straits austriancharts.at
- ↑ a b CH: Chart placements Dire Straits hitparade.ch
- ↑ a b UK: Chart positions Dire Straits chartstats.com
- ↑ a b US: Billboard Charts Making Movies allmusic.com