Money for Nothing

Dire Straits

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: October 1988
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000002LFS
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #81,486 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sultans of Swing

2. Down to the Waterline

3. Portobello Belle [Live]

4. Twisting by the Pool [Remix]

5. Tunnel of Love

6. Romeo and Juliet

7. Where Do You Think You're Going?

8. Walk of Life

9. Private Investigations

10. Telegraph Road [Live, Remix]

11. Money for Nothing

12. Brothers in Arms

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Some Unnecessary Edits, December 3, 2003

By	Mike "Mike" (Maryland) - See all my reviews

This was only made because Dire Straits needed an album to fulfill their music contract. Since they had only three good albums they filled their playlist with live songs and previously unreleased edits. Its horrible that they edited "Money for Nothing" from seven minutes to just under five! Unfortuneately, ALL greatest hits compilations have this edited version so that it is not possible to have "Sultans of Swing" and the full "Money for Nothing" on the same disc (without illegally burning a disc). It was very disappointing and I am still waiting for a compilation that includes all of their good songs with no live or edited versions of songs.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mandatory listening..., April 24, 2004

By A Customer

If you are looking to buy a Dire Straits album, no better place than to start here. This contains all the best songs from their debut up to 'Brothers In Arms'. The songs are predominantly in original studio form and not edited in the case of 'Sultans of Swing', 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'Tunnel of Love'. And the one superb cut from the otherwise overrated live album ALCHEMY is included here in the form of 'Telegraph Road'.

Its a shame that the last two songs, 'Money for Nothing' and 'Brothers In Arms' have been edited though. For that reason you'll want to buy the 'Brothers In Arms' LP as well. Otherwise a perfect intro to the group.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Editing is Irritating, February 18, 2003

By A Customer

Second verse of MFN is edited out - pretty irritating, especially since the purpose of the verse is to make the speaker sound ignorant. Kind of ironic. I'd wait for the unedited version if I had it to do over again. I think the rest of the songs are unscathed.