Released: May 1985. Label: Warner Bros.. Genres: Rock & Roll, Pop/Rock, Album Rock. Number Of Tracks: 9. Brothers in Arms brought the atmospheric, jazz-rock inclinations of Love Over Gold into a pop setting, resulting in a surprise international best-seller.

POSTED: 09/24/2005 - 06:15 am

Release Date: Oct 1978. Label: Warner Bros.. Genres: Rock & Roll, Pop/Rock, Album Rock. Number Of Tracks: 9. While a few of the songs fall flat, the album is remarkably accomplished for a debut, and Dire Straits had difficulty surpassing it throughout their career.

POSTED: 08/13/2007 - 07:40 am

Release Date: Sep 1982. Label: Warner Bros.. Genres: Rock & Roll, Pop/Rock, Album Rock. Number Of Tracks: 5. In a sense, the album is their prog rock effort, containing only five songs, including the 14-minute opener "Telegraph Road."

POSTED: 07/14/2006 - 06:05 am

Release Date: Oct 17, 1980. Label: Warner Bros.. Genres: Rock & Roll, Pop/Rock, Album Rock. Number Of Tracks: 7. The record runs out of steam toward the end, closing with the borderline offensive "Les Boys," but the remainder of Making Movies ranks among the band's finest work.

POSTED: 02/09/2008 - 03:00 am

Release Date: Oct 1988. Label: Warner Bros.. Genres: Rock & Roll, Pop/Rock, Album Rock. Number Of Tracks: 12. Released in late 1988, as everyone was waiting for the follow-up for Brothers In Arms, the 12-track Money For Nothing does an adequate job of summarizing hits and highlights from Dire Straits.

POSTED: 08/03/2006 - 07:41 am

Released: Sep 9, 1991. Genre: Rock. Label: Vertigo / Warner Bros. (US). Number Of Tracks: 12. On Every Street is the sixth and final studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released in 1991. It made #1 on the UK Albums Chart.

POSTED: 06/04/2009 - 03:40 am

Release Date: Nov 10, 1998. Label: Warner Bros.. Genres: Album Rock, Pop/Rock, Rock & Roll. Number Of Tracks: 16. This compilation repeats seven tracks from 1988's Money For Nothing anthology.

POSTED: 04/25/2006 - 04:16 am

Release Date: Nov 15, 2005. Label: Warner Bros.. Genres: Pop/Rock, Album Rock. Number Of Tracks: 22. This is not only a fine collection for fans because of its wonderful sequencing, but the best introduction to the man and the band that one could ask for.

POSTED: 03/03/2007 - 01:25 am