This album was remastered and released with the rest of the Dire Straits catalogue in 1996 for most of the world, except for the United States, where it was issued on 19 September 2000. This album doesnt have the passion which was clearly show in Dire Straits past records and therefore creates a lackluster album which is by now means bad but it isnt good either. The group disbanded in 1995, after which Mark Knopfler pursued a solo career and released his debut album Golden Heart in 1996 (not counting previously released soundtracks), and has released many solo records since.
Featured peformers: Mark Knopfler (vocals, guitar, writer, producer), John Illsley (bass, vocals), Pick Withers (drums), Roy Bittan (keyboards), Jimmy Iovine (producer), Shelly Yakus (engineer. Rated 70 in the best albums of 1980, and 4767 of all-time album. The album was produced by Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits.īy this time, the band comprised Knopfler, John Illsley, Alan Clark and Guy Fletcher, and the album features session musicians including Paul Franklin, Phil Palmer, Danny Cummings and American drummer Jeff Porcaro from Toto.ĭire Straits promoted the album with a gruelling world tour which lasted until the end of 1992. Released 17 October 1980 on Vertigo (catalog no. It reached number 12 in the United States and number one in the United Kingdom. It was released to mixed reviews and was not as popular - nor as successful - as its predecessor, though it still sold more than eight million copies worldwide (six million in Europe and one million in the United States). More Dire Straits albums Sultans of Swing (The Very Best of Dire Straits) On Every Street. On Every Street was released on 10 September 1991 - more than six years after the band's previous album - Brothers in Arms, and was Dire Straits' sixth and final studio album. On Every Street is the sixth and final studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released in 1991.