Dire Straits discography
Dire Straits discography | |
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![]() Dire Straits performing live in Norway, October 1985 | |
Studio albums | 6 |
Live albums | 3 |
Compilation albums | 3 |
EPs | 2 |
Singles | 23 |
The rock band Dire Straits released six studio albums between 1978 and 1991, including Brothers in Arms, which sold over four million copies in the United Kingdom. They also released 22 singles, as well as several live and compilation albums.
Albums[]
Studio albums[]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
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UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
CAN [4] |
FRA [5] |
GER [6] |
NED [7] |
NZ [8] |
SWI [9] |
US [10] | |||||
Dire Straits |
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5 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | |||
Communiqué |
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5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |||
Making Movies |
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4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | — | 19 | |||
Love over Gold |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 19 | |||
Brothers in Arms |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
On Every Street |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Compilation albums[]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
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UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
CAN [25] |
FRA [5] |
GER [26] |
NED [7] |
NZ [8] |
SWI [9] |
US [10] | |||||
Money for Nothing |
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1 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 62 | |||
Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits |
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6 | 4 | 5 | 60 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | — | |||
Private Investigations |
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20 | 35 | 44 | — | 4 | 36 | 23 | 17 | 15 | — | |||
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Live albums[]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
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UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
CAN [30] |
FRA [5] |
GER [31] |
NED [7] |
NZ [8] |
SWI [9] |
US [10] | |||||
Alchemy: Dire Straits Live |
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3 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 46 | |||
On the Night |
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4 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 116 | |||
Live at the BBC |
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71 | 98 | — | — | 13 | — | 15 | — | 45 | — | |||
Alchemy: Dire Straits Live - (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) |
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— | — | — | — | — | 46 | 60 | — | — | — |
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"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Box sets[]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
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UK [1] |
GER [34] | ||
The Studio Albums 1978–1991 |
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9 | 14 |
Extended plays[]
Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
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UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
CAN [35] |
FRA [5] |
GER [36] |
NED [7] |
NOR [37] |
SWI [9] |
US [10] | |||||
ExtendedancEPlay |
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— | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 53 |
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Live at Knebworth |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
Encores |
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31 | 47 | 19 | 91 | 1 | 34 | 3 | 10 | 20 | — | |||
The Honky Tonk Demos |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Singles[]
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
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UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
CAN [38] |
FRA [5] |
GER [39] |
NED [7] |
NZ [8] |
SWI [9] |
US [40] | |||||
1978 | "Sultans of Swing" | 8 | 6 | — | 4 | 36 | 20 | 11 | 12 | — | 4 | Dire Straits | ||
"Water of Love" | — | 54 | — | — | — | — | 28 | — | — | — | ||||
1979 | "Lady Writer" | 51 | 95 | — | 51 | 34 | — | 18 | 39 | — | 45 | Communiqué | ||
"Once Upon a Time in the West" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
1980 | "Skateaway" | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 47 | — | 58 | Making Movies | ||
1981 | "Romeo and Juliet" | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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"Tunnel of Love" | 54 | 62 | — | — | 52 | 44 | 28 | — | — | — | ||||
1982 | "Private Investigations" | 2 | 21 | 19 | — | 4 | — | 1 | 16 | 4 | — |
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Love Over Gold | |
"Industrial Disease" | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | 75 | ||||
1983 | "Twisting by the Pool" | 14 | 2 | — | 18 | 29 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 11 | — | ExtendedancEPlay | ||
1984 | "Love Over Gold" (live) | 50 | 46 | — | — | 15 | — | 43 | 29 | — | — | Alchemy | ||
1985 | "So Far Away" | 20 | 22 | — | 24 | 20 | — | 23 | 25 | 6 | 19 | Brothers in Arms | ||
"Money for Nothing" | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 35 | 4 | 22 | 1 | ||||
"Brothers in Arms" | 16 | 57 | — | — | — | — | 59 | 5 | — | — |
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"Walk of Life" | 2 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 42 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 24 | 7 |
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1986 | "Your Latest Trick" | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 47 | — | — | |||
1988 | "Sultans of Swing" (re-release) | 62 | — | — | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | Money for Nothing | ||
1989 | "Money for Nothing" (re-release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | |||
1991 | "Calling Elvis" | 21 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 2 | — | On Every Street | ||
"Heavy Fuel" | 55 | 26 | — | 17 | 21 | 48 | 25 | 34 | — | — | ||||
1992 | "On Every Street" | 42 | — | — | — | 22 | — | 42 | — | — | — | |||
"The Bug" | 67 | — | — | 21 | 46 | 52 | 24 | — | — | — | ||||
"You and Your Friend" | — | — | — | — | 53 | — | 62 | — | — | — | ||||
1994 | "Ticket to Heaven" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43 | — | — | — | |||
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Home video[]
Title | Video/DVD details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
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UK DVD [41] |
AUS DVD [42] |
BEL DVD [43] |
FIN DVD [44] |
NED DVD [45] |
SWI DVD [46] | |||||||||
Sultans of Swing – The Very Best Of |
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19 | 9 | — | 3 | 2 | — | |||||||
On the Night |
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33 | 18 | — | — | 6 | — |
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Alchemy: Dire Straits Live |
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2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
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Sultans of Swing – Live in Germany |
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— | — | — | — | 12 | — | |||||||
Stratospheric Sounds – Live in Basel, Switzerland, 1992 |
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— | — | — | — | — | 3 | |||||||
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Music videos[]
Year | Video | Director |
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1981 | "Romeo and Juliet" | Lester Bookbinder |
"Skateaway" | ||
"Tunnel of Love" | ||
1982 | "Private Investigations" | unknown |
1985 | "So Far Away" | unknown |
"Money for Nothing" | Steve Barron | |
"Brothers in Arms" | Bill Mather | |
1986 | "Walk of Life" | Stephen Johnson |
1991 | "Calling Elvis" | Gerry Anderson |
"Heavy Fuel" | Steve Barron | |
1992 | "The Bug" | Richard Jernigan |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "UK chart peaks". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Australian chart peaks:
- Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 19 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 90. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.
- Top 50 (ARIA Chart) peaks from 26 June 1988: "australian-charts.com > Dire Straits in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- Top 100 (ARIA Chart) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Austrian chart peaks". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ^ Canadian studio albums:
- "Dire Straits" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- "Communiqué" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- "Making Movies" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- "Love over Gold" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- "Brothers in Arms" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- "On Every Street" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "French chart peaks" (in French). infodisc.fr. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ^ German studio albums:
- "Dire Straits" (in German). Gfk. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- "Communiqué" (in German). Gfk. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- "Making Movies" (in German). Gfk. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- "Love Over Gold" (in German). Gfk. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- "Brothers in Arms" (in German). Gfk. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- "On Every Street" (in German). Gfk. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Dutch chart peaks". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "New Zealand chart peaks". charts.nz. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Swiss chart peaks". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- Dire Straits. Billboard. 7 July 1979.
- Communiqué. Billboard. 21 July 1979.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Dire Straits Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "BPI Certification". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i "German Certification" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h "Swiss Certification" (in German). Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k "Canadian Certification". Music Canada. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h "RIAA Certification". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ "New Zealand Certification - Dire Straits". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j "French Certification". SNEP. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ "New Zealand Certification - Communiqué". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ "New Zealand Certification - Making Movies". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ "New Zealand Certification - Love Over Gold". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Australian (ARIA) certifications:
- certifications awarded between 1988 and 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits: "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2015 Albums". ARIA. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- Private Investigations (album): "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2013 Albums". ARIA. Archived from the original on 5 February 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Austrian Certifications". IFPI Austria. Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ "New Zealand Certification - Brothers in Arms". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ "New Zealand Certification - On Every Street". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ Canadian compilation albums:
- "Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ German compilation albums:
- "Money for Nothing" (in German). Gfk. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- "Sultans of Swing - The Very Best of" (in German). Gfk. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- "Private Investigations" (in German). Gfk. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ^ "New Zealand Certification - Money for Nothing". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ "New Zealand Certification - Sultans of Swing". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ "New Zealand Certification - Private Investigations". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ Canadian live albums:
- "Alchemy: Dire Straits Live" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- "On the Night" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ German live albums:
- "Alchemy - Dire Straits Live" (in German). Gfk. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- "On the Night" (in German). Gfk. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- "Alchemy - Live (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)" (in German). Gfk. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ^ "New Zealand Certification - Alchemy". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ "New Zealand Certification - On the Night". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ German compilation albums:
- "The Studio Albums 1978-1991" (in German). Gfk. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ^ Canadian extended plays:
- "ExtendedancEPlay" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- "Encores - Your Latest Trick" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ German extended plays:
- "Encores" (in German). Gfk. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ^ "Norwegian chart peaks". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ Canadian singles:
- "Sultans of Swing" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- "Lady Writer" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- "Industrial Disease" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- "Twisting by the Pool" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- "So Far Away" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- "Money for Nothing" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- "Walk of Life" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- "Calling Elvis" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- "Heavy Fuel" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- "The Bug" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ German singles:
- "Sultans of Swing" (in German). Gfk. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- "Tunnel of Love" (in German). Gfk. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- "Twisting by the Pool" (in German). Gfk. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- "Money for Nothing" (in German). Gfk. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- "Walk of Life" (in German). Gfk. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- "Calling Elvis" (in German). Gfk. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- "Heavy Fuel" (in German). Gfk. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- "The Bug" (in German). Gfk. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ^ "Dire Straits Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
- ^ UK DVD peaks:
- "Sultans of Swing - The Very Best of DVD". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- "On the Night DVD". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- "Alchemy DVD". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ Australian DVD peaks:
- "Sultans of Swing DVD" (PDF). ARIA. Archived from the original on 21 October 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- "On the Night DVD" (PDF). ARIA. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- "Alchemy DVD" (PDF). ARIA. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ Belgian (Flanders) DVD peaks:
- "Alchemy DVD". ultratop.be. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ Finnish DVD peaks:
- "Sultans of Swing - The Very Best of DVD". ifpi.fi. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- "Alchemy DVD". ifpi.fi. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ Dutch DVD peaks:
- "Sultans of Swing - The Very Best of DVD". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- "On the Night DVD". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- "Alchemy DVD". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- "Sultans of Swing - Live in Germany DVD". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ Swiss DVD peaks:
- "Alchemy DVD". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- "Stratospheric Sounds - Live In Basel, Switzerland, 1992 DVD". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "The ARIA Australian DVD Certifications". ARIA. Archived from the original on 5 March 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ "Alchemy DVD Accreditation" (PDF). ARIA. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
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