Dire Straits - So Far Away (Vertigo)

If Ry Cooder had performed this laconic lament, the warmth could solve the energy crisis. Instead Dire Straits tackle it [with] their usual immaculately manicured style that refuses to touch anything so messy as a soul. (Mike Gardner, Record Mirror, April 20, 1985)

There's something really off-putting about this slick, laid-back, sleepy, Adult Orientated Rock business. It's all very professional and everything, and it could almost pass for Roxy Music (except for Mark Knopfler's dozy, twangy guitar and voice) but it just makes me feel about a hundred years old. Yawn. (Peter Martin, Smash Hits, April 11, 1985)

Did you know that Dire Straits are the world's biggest selling act on compact disc?
Anyway, they're still ploughing the same dreary old furrow they've been stuck in for the last seven years.
More interesting by far than the record are the group's world tour dates, helpfully printed on the back of the sleeve. Does anybody know where 'Ljubljana' is? (Stuart Husband, No 1, April 20, 1985)