Brothers in Arms was among the earliest CDs that I purchased (the very first was a 4 CD Led Zeppelin boxed set, which I purchased before I had a player and just ... waited), and since that was the late 80s or possible into the early 90s, I'd mostly appreciated this album's hits through music videos. Obviously, that includes Money for Nothing, but Walk of Life was probably my favourite in the long run.
The rest of the album paid off handsomely when I finally owned it: Your Latest Trick is great and is a tribute to the lucrative career of saxophone soloists while the good times lasted, but The Man's Too Strong is my favourite track; I love when a chorus is more defined by instruments than lyrics.
Alas, that CD fell victim to one of my many purges, so hopefully someone out there in the wild is enjoying it. I listened on Spotify.
In Canada, Glass Tiger took the Juno for Album of the Year for 1986, which would normally be for an album from the previous year, but in this case the album actually is from 1986, which is something that the Junos will be addressing by doing a reboot of their timing over the next couple of years (stay tuned).
I still stuck to my routine and listened to it this week, but to keep things contemporary I also spun other nominated albums that were released in 85: Lovin' Every Minute Of It, Power Windows, and Alien Shores.
Back to the winners, though. For me, this album hangs heavily upon Don't Forget Me, which is probably my favourite Glass Tiger song. What that means is that even though nothing else really jumped out at my from the rest of the non-single cuts from the album, it's fine. I'm happy to pay the price of admission for the pleasure of hearing that song.
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