Dire Straits discography

Dire Straits discography

Dire Straits performing live in Norway, in October 1985
Releases
↙Studio albums	6
↙Live albums	3
↙Compilation albums	3
↙EPs	2
↙Singles	23

This page is a detailed discography of the rock band Dire Straits.

Albums

Studio albums

Year	Album	Peak chart positions											Certifications (sales threshold)
		UK	SPA	AUS	NZ	AUT	NOR	SWE	US	GER [1]	CH [2]	NL [3]
1978	Dire Straits First studio album Released: July 7, 1978	5	—	1	2	17	10	6	2	—	—	—	UK: 2× Platinum US: 2× Multi-Platinum
1979	Communiqué Second studio album Released: June 15, 1979	5	—	5	1	7	2	1	11	—	—	—	UK: Platinum US: Gold
1980	Making Movies Third studio album Released: October 17, 1980	4	—	6	3	15	1	4	19	—	—	—	UK: 2× Platinum US: Platinum
1982	Love over Gold Fourth studio album Released: September 20, 1982	1	—	1	1	1	1	2	19	—	—	—	UK: 2× Platinum US: Gold
1985	Brothers in Arms Fifth studio album Released: May 13, 1985	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	UK: Diamond US: 9× Multi-Platinum EU: Diamond
1991	On Every Street Sixth studio album Released: September 9, 1991	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	12	13	1	1	UK: 2× Platinum US: Platinum

Live albums

Year	Album	Peak chart positions											Certifications (sales threshold)
		UK	SPA	AUS	NZ	AUT	NOR	SWE	US	GER [1]	CH [2]	NL [3]
1984	Alchemy First live album Released: March 12, 1984	3	55	3	3	9	7	19	46	—	3	—	UK: Platinum US: Gold
1993	On the Night Second live album Released: May 10, 1993	4	97	5	10	1	1	1	116	7	5	2
1995	Live at the BBC Third live album Released: June 26, 1995	71	—	—	—	—	—	—	—Golden Heart	—	45	15

Bootleg albums

Year	Album	Peak chart positions											Certifications (sales threshold)
		UK	SPA	AUS	NZ	AUT	NOR	SWE	US	GER [1]	CH [2]	NL [3]
1978	Live in Rotterdam Popular bootleg album Recorded: October 19, 1978	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Compilation albums

Year	Album	Peak chart positions											Certifications (sales threshold)
		UK	SPA	AUS	NZ	AUT	NOR	SWE	US	GER [1]	CH [2]	NL [3]
1988	Money for Nothing First compilation album Released: October 1988	1	—	3	2	3	3	8	62	1	—	75	UK: 4× Multi-Platinum US: Platinum
1998	Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits Second compilation album Released: August 1998	6	44	4	6	5	2	7	—	6	3	6	UK: Gold
2005	The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations Third compilation album Released: 2005	20	7	35	17	44	5	6	—	—	15	23	UK: Gold
2010	Dire Straits - Walk of Life - The Hits Fourth compilation album Released: 4 August 2010	3	—	3	2	—	7	3	—	—	—	—	UK: Gold

Extended plays

Year	Album	US
1983	ExtendedancEPlay First EP Released: January 10, 1983	53
1993	Encores Second EP Released: May 10, 1993	59

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions												Album
		UK [4]	IRE [5]	AUS	NZ	CAN	AUT [6]	US	US Rock	FRA [7]	GER [8]	ITA [9]	SWI [10]
1978	"Sultans of Swing"	8	6	6	12	6	—	4	—	—	20	12	—	Dire Straits
1979	"Water of Love"	—	—	54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Lady Writer"	51	—	95	39	51	—	45	—	—	—	—	—	Communiqué
1981	"Romeo and Juliet"	8	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Making Movies
	"Skateaway"	37	17	—	47	—	—	58	31	—	—	—	—
	"Tunnel of Love"	54	—	62	—	—	—	—	—	—	44	31	—
1982	"Private Investigations"	2	2	21	16	—	19	—	—	8	—	28	4	Love over Gold
1983	"Industrial Disease"	—	—	—	—	18	—	75	9	—	—	—	—
	"Twisting by the Pool"	14	13	2	1	18	—	—	12	—	31	11	—	ExtendedancEPlay
1984	"Love over Gold" (live)	50	—	46	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Alchemy: Dire Straits Live
1985	"So Far Away"	20	14	22	25	24	—	19	29	—	—	33	6	Brothers in Arms
	"Money for Nothing"	4	6	4	4	1	7	1	1	34	19	—	22
	"Brothers in Arms"	16	10	57	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Walk of Life"	2	1	11	3	5	18	7	4	—	15	—	24
1986	"Your Latest Trick"	26	6	—	47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1988	"Sultans of Swing" (re-release)	62	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Money For Nothing
1991	"Calling Elvis"	21	2	8	9	4	8	—	3	7	8	3	2	On Every Street
	"Heavy Fuel"	55	—	26	34	26	—	—	1	32	48	22	—
1992	"On Every Street"	42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	23	—	—	—
	"The Bug"	67	—	—	—	21	—	—	8	44	52	—	—
	"You and Your Friend"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	49	—	—	—
1993	"Encores"	31	—	47	—	91	19	—	—	1	34	3	20	On the Night

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
1985	"Money for Nothing"	Ken O'Neil
1986	"Walk of Life"	Stephen Johnson

References

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