Dire Straits continued their torrid pace, releasing their third album in three years — 1980’s Making Movies.

David Knopfler participated in early recording sessions until tensions with brother Mark led to him leaving the band. Eventually his guitar parts were all re-recorded and he isn’t credited on the album. Mark brought on producer Jimmy Iovine, whose work with Bruce Springsteen attracted his attention, and Iovine recruited E-Street Band keyboardist Roy Bittan to play on the album.

Those changes, along with Mark’s increasingly sophisticated songwriting, resulted in the band’s finest work to date.

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