Length 75:33 Artist Dire Straits Label Warner Bros. Records | On the Night
(1993) Encores
(1993) Release date 10 May 1993 Genres Rock music, Roots rock | |
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Released 10 May 1993 (1993-05-10) Recorded Nîmes, France
Rotterdam, Netherlands
May 1992 Producers Guy Fletcher, Neil Dorfsman, Mark Knopfler Similar Alchemy: Dire Straits Live, Sultans of Swing: The Very Best, Live at the BBC, Communiqué, On Every Street | ||
On the Night is the second live album by the British rock band Dire Straits, released on 10 May 1993 by Vertigo Records internationally, and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The album features many of the band's later hits, including the singles "Walk of Life" and "Money for Nothing".
Contents
Recording
On the Night was recorded in May 1992 at Les Arenes in Nîmes, France, and at Feijenoord Stadion in Rotterdam, The Netherlands—concerts that were part of the On Every Street Tour, which included 216 shows in Europe, North America, and Australia, and sold 7.1 million tickets.
Release
On the Night was released on 10 May 1993 by Vertigo Records internationally, and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States.
Critical response
In his review for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album two out of five stars, writing that the album "works sporadically, offering enough good material to interest fans but not enough to win back the commercial audience earned by Brothers in Arms."
Track listing
All songs were written by Mark Knopfler, except where indicated.
Personnel
Video
On the Night video was released on 11 May 1993 by Universal Music internationally, and included all of the songs from the CD plus three additional tracks: "The Bug", "Solid Rock", and "Wild Theme". "The Bug" was placed between "Romeo and Juliet" and "Private Investigations", while the other two tracks were placed at the end. The three omitted tracks were released separately on the Encores EP. The concert film was released in a PAL-format DVD in the United Kingdom, VideoCD in the Netherlands, and a region-free NTSC DVD importable from Canada on 23 November 2004.
Track listing
All songs were written by Mark Knopfler, except where indicated.
Personnel
Songs
1Calling Elvis10:25
2Walk of Life (Live)5:06
3Heavy Fuel5:23