Dire Straits "On Every Street"

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.

On Every Street was released more than six years after the band's previous album, Brothers in Arms, and was Dire Straits' final studio album. It 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 world tour which lasted until the end of 1992. The group disbanded 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

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. 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.

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
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 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. 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.

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