Encores (EP)

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Encores
Encores.jpg
EP by
Dire Straits
Released10 May 1993 (1993-05-10)
RecordedMay 1992
GenreRoots rock
Length20:44
LabelVertigo
ProducerGuy Fletcher,
Mark Knopfler,
Neil Dorfsman
Dire Straits chronology
On the Night
(1993) 		Encores
(1993) 		Live at the BBC
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic2/5 stars[1]

Encores is a live EP by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 10 May 1993, shortly after the release of their live album, On the Night. Although it was an EP, it was charted on the singles charts of many countries, including France where it debuted at number one.

Track listings[]

All songs were written by Mark Knopfler.

  1. "Your Latest Trick" – 5:41
  2. "The Bug" – 5:24
  3. "Solid Rock" – 5:20
  4. "Local Hero (Wild Theme)" – 4:19[2]

Charts[]

This EP stayed three weeks in the UK Singles Chart.[3]

Albums[]

Chart (1993) Peak
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[4] 47
Austrian Singles Chart[4] 19
Dutch Top 40[5] 4
Finnish Singles Chart (Suomen virallinen lista)[6] 18
French Singles Chart[4][7] 1
German Singles Chart[8] 34
Norwegian Singles Chart[4] 10
Spain (AFYVE)[9] 1
Swiss Singles Chart[4] 20
UK Singles Chart[10] 31

Albums end of year[]

Chart (1993) Position
Dutch Top 40[5] 49

References[]

  1. ^ "Encores". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Encores". Discogs. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  3. ^ "give it up | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Encores", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved 10 April 2008)
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Single top 100 over 1993" (PDF) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
  6. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava.
  7. ^ "Your Latest Trick" ("Encores" EP), French Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved 10 April 2008)
  8. ^ "Dire Straits singles, German Singles Chart" (in German). musicline. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  9. ^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  10. ^ UK Singles Chart OfficialCharts.com (Retrieved 10 April 2008)
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