Dire Straits
Year
1978
Genre
Rock
Style
AOR, Rock & Roll
Label
Warner Bros. Records
Producer
Muff Winwood
Album Summary
Dire Straits is the debut studio album by the British rock band Dire Straits, released on 9 June 1978 by Vertigo Records internationally, Warner Bros. Records in the United States and Mercury Records in Canada. The album features the hit single "Sultans of Swing", which reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 8 on the UK Singles Chart. The album reached the top of the album charts in Germany, Australia and France, number 2 in the United States and number 5 in the United Kingdom. Dire Straits was later certified double platinum in both the United States and the United Kingdom by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) respectively.
Tracklist
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A1 Down To The Waterline
3:55
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A2 Water Of Love 5:23
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A3 Setting Me Up 3:18
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A4 Six Blade Knife 4:10
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A5 Southbound Again 2:58
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B1 Sultans Of Swing 5:47
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B2 In The Gallery 6:16
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B3 Wild West End 4:42
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B4 Lions 5:05
Total Runtime: 41:34
Most Popular Members
Mark Knopfler
Hal Lindes
John Illsley
Alan Clark
Guy Fletcher
David Knopfler
Terry Williams
Pick Withers
Jack Sonni
