HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR SYSTEM IN LESS THAN 30 SECONDS

If you like Mark Knopfler he kills it on Southern Politician with Willy DeVille

Back in the 60-70s. Most recordings were done with vacuum tube equipment 

some still do that has a big influence ,also who is doing the mixing 

that’s why theBeatles sounded so good on most albums, they tried solid state mixers on  1-2 albums then went back to tubes ,Allen Parsons was excellent 

on the mixing board . 80-90s much music was recorded a bit  tipped up a bit during the era of disco  and boom boxes ..

Six Blade Knife is great too. Great tune but really good for testing or showing off your systems lower end capabilities.

The self titled album is their best IMO and what a way to come out.

Wild West End is great too. When I moved back to England one of the first things on my list was to buy coffee at Angelucci’s. His grandson served me and I asked about the song. Mark asked permission to use it, but sadly they were not credited in anyway, but I’m guessing they still get traffic from it even today.

Although not everyone's cup of tea, I've always thought Wang Chung's albums had consistently good mastering. Their album "To Live And Die In LA" is one of my bench mark players when testing new gear.

Dire Straits does sound great.  I also like Natalie Merchant's Tigerlily and Tracy Chapman when I'm testing different components, etc.