This is certainly more musically traditional punk than so many of the punk albums that came out in 1977 and especially in 1978. I guess that’s why some people consider it pub rock; it’s more musically competent than punk and, were it not for the lyrics and the vocals, it could be mistaken for pub …
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Brothers in Arms (1985) by Dire Straits
Ten years ago I wrote the following: This might not be so bad if they had actually hired a producer. It’s like Knopfler put a big stamp on this record saying “This album was recorded in the ’80s!” Knopfler’s production is the aural equivalent of those ’50s sci-fi films that imagined the “futuristic” ’70s and …