Ultimate Catalogue Clash

We're starting to get close to the finishing line on another season of The Ultimate Catalogue Clash. We're covering the heaviest song in the catalogue as well as one of the most jarringly different songs you'll find on a Dire Straits record! Can Side B live up to the monster hits on Side A? Will Kev make it through Brothers in Arms? Will Corey get over his vehement and entirely unreasonable hatred of reggae?!?!?

The only way to find out is to turn on, tune in, and please hear my confession.

Songs covered in this episode: "Ride Across the River", "The Man's Too Strong", "One World", "Brothers in Arms"

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It's the big one folks! Is there a bigger album from 1985? No. The answer is no. Dire Straits were the biggest act on the planet, but after just over 240 live dates in eighteen months it basically made Mark Knopfler question what the hell they were doing it all for! Speaking of "what the hell are they doing it for?", Kev and Corey are back to talk about Side A of this gigantic album! It's a longer episode because there's lots to dig into in these five songs. Where will the boys land on "those lyrics", Will Corey dig a lullaby on a rock n roll record, and will Kev make up any ground in this season's game?

The only way to find out is to turn on, tune in, and do the song about the knife!

Songs covered in this episode: "So Far Away", "Money for Nothing", "Walk of Life", "Your Latest Trick", "Why Worry"

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"Whoa, wait, what's this? This isn't the right album. I was expecting Brothers In Arms Side A today!" we hear you say. But due to Corey's persistant exclamations about Twisting By The Pool, Kev decided that they'd cover The irritatingly-named ExtendedancEPlay! This is a special one off episode however, that switches the format up a little and takes a leaderboard approach to ranking the songs from 1 to 4 on this EP! Will Corey love anything more than Twisting By The Pool, and will Dire Straits have any badges, posters, stickers, or T-Shirts to give away?

The only way to find out is to turn on, tune in, and meet new people at the disco!

Songs covered in this episode: "Twisting by the Pool", "Badges, Posters, Stickers, T-Shirts", "Two Young Lovers", "If I Had You"

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Well, last week, Kev gave the first ten, ten, and five album side in the show's history so far on Side A. And Corey wasn't too far behind him! Can Dire Straits match the grandeur and intensity of Telegraph Road and Private Investigations? Will Kev enjoy the vibraphonic stylings of Mike Mainieri? Will Corey suffer from smoker's cough or brewer's droop? And will Side B score highly enough for Love Over gold to displace Invisible Touch as the highest ranked album so far?

The only way to find out is to turn on, tune in, and send in another victim of industrial disease.

Songs covered in this episode: "Industrial Disease", "Love over Gold", "It Never Rains"

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Only two songs for you this week folks, but there's a whole lot to dig into here! We're taking a literary trip into the rise and fall of a community and then into the seedy filmic underbelly of the private investigator! Is there a side of any Dire Straits album that better defines Mark Knopfler's creative vision for the band? Will Corey love the scope of Telegraph Road? Will Kev have fond memories of this one?

The only way to find out is to turn on, tune in, and run every red light on memory lane.

Songs covered in this episode: "Telegraph Road", "Private Investigations"

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English poet, journalist and literary critic James Fenton once stated that “A cabaret song has got to be written - for the middle voice, ideally - because you've got to hear the wit of the words. And a cabaret song gives the singer room to act, more even than an opera singer.” Words that I think our hero this season, Mark Knopfler took to heart when penning one of the songs on Side B of Dire Straits’ third album, Making Movies. But what will Corey think of that abrupt and very hard left turn into the world of the Munich gay scene? Will he take to a return to a slower pace on Hand in Hand, will Kev make any more spurious claims about lyrics based on his complete misreading of a very clear musical reference? And most importantly, will Corey stump Kev during Money For Nothing?

The only way to find out is to turn on, tune in, and get a little risqué!

Songs covered in this episode: "Expresso Love", "Hand in Hand", "Solid Rock", "Les Boys"

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“Give me my Romeo, and, when I shall die,

Take him and cut him out in little stars,

And he will make the face of heaven so fine

That all the world will be in love with night,

anyway, what you gonna do about it….?”

This is part of Juliet’s monologue in act 3, scene 2 of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet which premiered in 1597, as abridged by Mark Knopfler, 383 years later, in 1980.

Will Corey dig the change of pace? Will this be Kev's highest rated album side this season? Will David Knopfler be missed? Will someone tell that fucking dog to STOP BARKING!!?!?

The only way to find out is to turn on, tune in, and get crazy on the waltzers.

Songs covered in this episode: "Tunnel of Love", "Romeo and Juliet", "Skateaway"

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The pace finally picks up for Corey as we're reminded of the Sultans. We head back to London for a walk down the market streets and we get to use the word "circumnavigation". Will Kev have any issues with cake mixture? Will Corey have heard of the Cutty Sark and will he care at all about it if he hasn't?

The only way to find out is to turn on, tune in, and turn up for the boots now...

Songs covered in this episode: "Once Upon a Time in the West", "News", "Where Do You Think You're Going?", "Communiqué"

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Shit's about to get weird! Like, Buffalo Bill weird. Not "Hmm, that's a little strange". I mean, just look at the title of track three! Knopfler's journalist trilogy is broken up by one the most menacing songs ever recorded, but what will Corey think of it? This is an album that Kev knows the least from the first five records, so will he be as keen on it as he was the debut? Will Corey conoquer his middle-age ennui? Will Kev think of a single damned interesting thing to say in the episode notes???

The only way to find out is to turn on, tune in, and get a bullet in the chest.

Songs covered in this episode: "Once Upon a Time in the West", "News", "Where Do You Think You're Going?", "Communiqué"

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This week's episode kicks off with a tent pole song in the history of rock n roll. One of two such songs in this catalogue! When an awkward looking fella wearing a headband gets up and starts playing Chet Atkins style guitar in the era of punk and heavy metal, how in the green shit is that going to be received? Only four songs in this week's episode and it's the London quadrilogy. Will Kev be taken back to his time living in the English capital? Will Corey understand all these gibberish limey references?

The only way to find out is to turn on, tune in, and check out guitar George (he knows-all the chords).

Songs covered in this episode: "Sultans of Swing", "In the Gallery", "Wild West End", "Lions"

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