On Every Street

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On Every Street
Studio album by
Dire Straits
Released9 September 1991 (1991-09-09)
RecordedNovember 1990 – May 1991
StudioAIR Studios Oxford Street, London
GenreRoots rock
Length60:16
LabelVertigo
Warner Bros. (US)
Producer
Dire Straits chronology
Money for Nothing
(1988) 		On Every Street
(1991) 		On the Night
(1993)
Singles from On Every Street
  1. "Calling Elvis"
    Released: 19 August 1991
  2. "Heavy Fuel"
    Released: 21 October 1991
  3. "On Every Street"
    Released: 17 February 1992
  4. "The Bug"
    Released: May 1992
  5. "You and Your Friend"
    Released: November 1992
  6. "Ticket to Heaven"
    Released: June 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Pitchfork5.2/10[2]
Rolling Stone[3]

On Every Street is the sixth and final studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 9 September 1991 by Vertigo Records internationally, and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The follow-up to the band's massively successful album Brothers in Arms, On Every Street reached the top of the UK Albums Chart and was also certified platinum by the RIAA.

History[edit]

On Every Street was released more than six years after the band's previous album, Brothers in Arms. On Every Street reached number 12 in the United States and number one in the United Kingdom and numerous European countries. The album was produced by Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits.

By this time, the band comprised Knopfler, John Illsley, Alan Clark and Guy Fletcher, and the album features session musicians including Chris White, Paul Franklin, Phil Palmer, Danny Cummings and American drummer Jeff Porcaro from Toto, who was asked to play the band's subsequent world tour, although he declined because of other commitments, both with Toto and as a studio musician.

Dire Straits promoted the album with a 14 month long world tour which comprised 216 shows in Europe, North America, and Australia, sold 7.1 million tickets, and lasted from August 1991 to October 1992.[4] This was documented in the group's second live album, On the Night, which was recorded in May 1992 at Les Arenes in Nîmes, France, and at Feijenoord Stadion in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and was released in May 1993.

Dire Straits disbanded permanently in 1995, after which Mark Knopfler pursued a solo career.

The album was remastered and reissued with the rest of the Dire Straits catalogue in 1996 for most of the world, except for the United States, where it was reissued on 19 September 2000.

Track listing[edit]

The album was released on LP, compact cassette, Digital Compact Cassette and CD. The track list below corresponds to the original LP and cassette variants.

The LP version has the same duration as the CD and cassette versions, being more than one hour long.[5] This was achieved by narrowing the grooves on vinyl, which reduced the sound level. The 2014 pressing of the album spans two LPs with three songs per side.

All songs written by Mark Knopfler.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Calling Elvis"6:26
2."On Every Street"5:04
3."When It Comes to You"5:02
4."Fade to Black"3:49
5."The Bug"4:18
6."You and Your Friend"5:59
Side two
No.TitleLength
7."Heavy Fuel"4:57
8."Iron Hand"3:09
9."Ticket to Heaven"4:26
10."My Parties"5:32
11."Planet of New Orleans"7:47
12."How Long"3:53
Total length:60:16

Certain versions of the album since 1996 feature a slightly longer version of "Heavy Fuel" (length of 5:10), which includes approximately four measures of additional instrumental music both between the first chorus and second verse, and between the bridge and the third verse.[6] It is unclear if the 5:10 version is the original "uncut" version or if these instrumental passages were simply added afterward to extend the song.

Personnel[edit]

Dire Straits

Additional musicians

Production[edit]

  • Mark Knopfler – producer
  • Dire Straits – producers
  • Chuck Ainlay – engineer
  • Bill Schnee – engineer
  • Steve Orchard – assistant engineer
  • Jack Joseph Puig – assistant engineer
  • Andy Strange – assistant engineer
  • Neil Dorfsman – mixing (1-6, 8-11)
  • Bob Clearmountain – mixing (7)
  • Avril Mackintosh – mix assistant
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York City, New York)
  • Jo Motta – project coordinator
  • Sutton Cooper – design
  • Paul Cummins – design
  • Paul Williams – sleeve photography
  • Ron Eve – guitar technician to Mark Knopfler

Singles[edit]

On Every Street produced six singles:

  1. "Calling Elvis"
  2. "Heavy Fuel"
  3. "On Every Street"
  4. "The Bug"
  5. "You and Your Friend" (released in France and Germany)
  6. "Ticket to Heaven" (released in The Netherlands)

Charts[edit]

Singles charts[edit]

Year Song UK AUS AUT FRA ITA NLD NOR SWE SWI US
Alt. 		US
Main.
Rock
1991 "Calling Elvis" 21 8 8 7 3 — 2 6 2 25 3
1991 "Heavy Fuel" 55 26 — 32 22 — — — — 22 1
1992 "On Every Street" 42 — — 23 — — — — — — —
1992 "The Bug" 67 — — 44 — — — — — — 8
1992 "You and Your Friend" — — — 49 — — — — — — —
1994 "Ticket to Heaven" — — — — — 43 — — — — —

Sales and certifications[edit]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[28] 2× Platinum 140,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[29] Platinum 50,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[30] 2× Platinum 200,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[31] Platinum 90,664[31]
France (SNEP)[32] Diamond 1,000,000*
Germany (BVMI)[33] Platinum 500,000^
Italy — 600,000[34]
Netherlands (NVPI)[35] Platinum 100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[36] Platinum 15,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[37] 4× Platinum 400,000^
Sweden (GLF)[38] 2× Platinum 200,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[39] 4× Platinum 200,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[40] 2× Platinum 600,000^
United States (RIAA)[41] Platinum 1,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[edit]

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External links[edit]

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