Dire Straits · 1978
The laid-back debut that introduced Mark Knopfler's fingerpicked guitar and the hit single "Sultans of Swing".
The laid-back debut that introduced Mark Knopfler's fingerpicked guitar and the hit single "Sultans of Swing".
The second album, cut in Nassau, keeps the relaxed roots-rock sound of the debut with a smoother studio polish.
A more ambitious, cinematic record built on longer songs like "Romeo and Juliet" and "Tunnel of Love".
An expansive album of extended pieces, opening with the fourteen-minute "Telegraph Road" and featuring "Private Investigations".
The band's commercial peak and an early CD blockbuster, carrying "Money for Nothing" and "Walk of Life".
The sixth and final studio album, a quieter return six years after the stadium success of Brothers in Arms.