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Length
  
59:39

Artist
  
Dire Straits

Label
  
Warner Bros. Records

Genres
  
Rock music, Roots rock

On Every Street (1991)
  
On the Night (1993)

Release date
  
10 September 1991

Producers
  
Mark Knopfler, Alan Clark

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Released
  
10 September 1991 (1991-09-10)

Recorded
  
November 1990 – May 1991, AIR Studios, London

Similar
  
Dire Straits albums, Rock music albums

On Every Street is the sixth and final studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 10 September 1991 by Vertigo Records internationally, and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The follow-up to the band's massively successful album Brothers in Arms, On Every Street reached the top of the UK albums chart and was also certified platinum by the RIAA.

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History

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. It was released to mixed reviews and was not as popular - or as successful - as its predecessor, though it had still sold more than 15 million copies worldwide by 2008. It reached number 12 in the United States and number one in the United Kingdom and numerous European countries; it was particularly successful in France, selling nearly two million copies. The album was produced by Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits.

By this time, the band comprised Knopfler, John Illsley, Alan Clark, Guy Fletcher and Chris White, and the album features session musicians including Paul Franklin, Phil Palmer, Danny Cummings and American drummer Jeff Porcaro from Toto.

Dire Straits promoted the album with a gruelling world tour which lasted until the end of 1992. 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.

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.

Track listing

All songs written by Mark Knopfler.

Limited edition bonus tracks

Personnel

Dire Straits
  • Mark Knopfler – vocals, guitar
  • John Illsley – bass
  • Alan Clark – organ, piano, synthesizer
  • Guy Fletcher – synthesizers, backing vocals
  • Chris White – flute, saxophone
    • Additional musicians
  • Danny Cummings – percussion
  • Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar, acoustic lap steel (6)
  • Vince Gill – guitar, backing vocals (5)
  • Manu Katché – percussion, drums (7,11)
  • George Martin – conductor, string arrangements (9)
  • Phil Palmer – guitar
  • Jeff Porcaro – drums, percussion
    • Production
  • Mark Knopfler and Alan Clark – producers
  • Chuck Ainlay – engineer
  • Bill Schnee – engineer
  • Steve Orchard – assistant engineer
  • Jack Joseph Puig – assistant engineer
  • Andy Strange – assistant engineer
  • Neil Dorfsman – mixing
  • Bob Clearmountain – mixing (7)
  • Jo Motta – project coordinator
  • Paul Williams – photography
  • Sutton Cooper – design
  • Paul Cummins – design

    • Singles

    On Every Street produced six singles:

    1. "Calling Elvis"
    2. "Heavy Fuel"
    3. "On Every Street"
    4. "The Bug"
    5. "You and Your Friend" (released in France and Germany)
    6. "Ticket to Heaven" (released in The Netherlands)

    Charts, sales and certifications

    On Every Street remained on the UK Albums Chart for 36 weeks.

    Songs

    1Calling Elvis6:27
    2On Every Street5:04
    3When It Comes To You5:01

    References

    On Every Street Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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