There is a heavy bend towards country here, but a lot more is brought to the genre through the music on this disc. “Ticket To Heaven” shows his propensity to go out on a limb lyrically. “Calling Elvis” – which I didn’t think I was going to like – is a dancy creation that has become a favourite also, the title tune (the end run of guitar is hypnotic), the haunting, catchy “When It Comes To You”, the dark,yearning-but-relieved “Fade To Black”, the waggish snideliness of “My Parties” – I read somewhere that Mark thought this was something of a one-laugh joke, but I find it amusing after a LOT of playing. Every one of the songs on “On Every Street” transpose well to the concert hall (not that Dire Straits’ other stuff doesn’t also I just see this entire album on stage). In a class by itself, this album does not have the melancholy tone of “Brothers In Arms” nor the clinical perfection of that work. “This, apparently the last for the Straits, shows early in which direction Mark Knopfler was headed, and it’s a good direction. Here are all of Dire Strait’s albums ranked.ĭon’t miss out on the TIMELESS Dire Straits music below! Click to experience the magic of Mark Knopfler.

Their most commercially successful album, Brothers in Arms (1985), has sold more than 30 million copies it was the first album to sell a million copies on compact disc and is the eighth-bestselling album in UK history. It was followed by hit singles including “Romeo and Juliet” (1981), “Private Investigations” (1982), “Twisting by the Pool” (1983), “Money for Nothing” (1985), and “Walk of Life” (1985). Their first single, “Sultans of Swing”, from their 1978 self-titled debut album, reached the top ten in the UK and US charts. Dire Straits are one of the world’s best-selling music artists, with album sales of over 100 million. They were active from 1977 to 1988 and again from 1991 to 1995. Dire Straits were a British rock band formed in London in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals and lead guitar), David Knopfler (rhythm guitar and backing vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar and backing vocals), and Pick Withers (drums and percussion).

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