dire straits (album)

align="center" colspan="3" bgcolor="orange" style="color:black"\|Dire Straits
lign="center" colspan="3"\|
lign="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"\|Album by Dire Straits
lign="left" valign="top"\|Released	align="left" colspan=2\|October 1978
lign="left" valign="top"\|Recorded	align="left" valign="top" colspan=2\|February 1978 at Basing St. Studios, London
lign="left" valign="top"\|Genre	align="left" valign="top" colspan=2\|Rock
lign="left" valign="top"\|Length	align="left" valign="top" colspan=2\|41 min 34 sec
lign="left" valign="top"\|Label	align="left" valign="top" colspan=2\|Warner Brothers
lign="left" valign="top"\|Producer	align="left" valign="top" colspan=2\|Muff Winwood
lign="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"\|Professional reviews
lign="left" valign="top"\|AMG	valign="top" align=center\|4/5	valign="top"\|link
lign="left" valign="top"\|RollingStone	valign="top" align=center\|NR	valign="top"\|link
lign="left" valign="top"\|ARTISTdirect	valign="top" align=center\|4/5	valign="top"\|link
gcolor="orange" colspan="3" align="center" style="color:black;"\|Dire Straits Chronology
olspan="2"\|Dire Straits (1978)	Communiqu (1978)

Dire Straits is the self-titled debut album by British rock band Dire Straits, released in 1978 (see 1978 in music). The album was noted for the single "Sultans of Swing" which was a US hit a full five months after the album was released.

Track listing

all songs by Mark Knopfler

Album - Billboard (North America)

lign="left"\|Chart	align="left"\|Position
lign="left"\|1979	align="left"\|Pop Albums	align="left"\|2

Singles - Billboard (North America)

lign="left"\|Single	align="left"\|Chart	align="left"\|Position
lign="left"\|1979	align="left"\|"Sultans Of Swing"	align="left"\|Pop Singles	align="left"\|4

Word Browser