Disco de Dire Straits: “On Every Street”

One of the best Dire straits albums. A must for every Dire straits/Mark knopfler fan. Mark knopfler never disappoints. one can clearly discern how Mark and his supergroup, have matured over the years, with the heavy rock, jazz and country based songs. The album starts off with the lengthy, yet fantastic 'calling elvis' the best tribute ever paid to the late great king. The joyous 'the bug', the cocktail jazz 'my party', supercool 'fade to back', the pensive track 'planet of new orleans' stand the test of time. The end piece, the hauntingly beautiful, country tinged ballad 'how long' deserves a lot of radio play, yet never to be heard over the radio. Mark knopfler's brilliant guitar work is every where, coupled with the sweet sound of pedal steel guitar by the Nashville's Paul Franklin and a host of guest musicians plus state of the art digital recording, this album is well worth the money and a must for your collection. I dare say, buy it blindly! You'll never regret it.

I love this cd. So expressionate. The song PONO is great, and you get the steamy feeling while MK writes and plays and sings about any topic, whether it is a threesome in You and Your Friend or any other topic. Quite an underrated recording. I have bought it two or three times. Really good stuff.

The CD is most likley the best that Dire Straits ever made. The songs flow and have a very humerous tone that MK can give to songs. Songs like 'YOU AND YOUR FRIEND' and 'MY PARTIES' are genuinley fun to listen to, and MK tells a great story stocked with juicy guitar riffs that have jazz elements to them.

It is a very good representative of Dire Straits, and it is the swan song for dire straits, but a very effective one.

Perhaps this CD will not please the Dire Straits purists who are expecting more of the same from the early days of Dire Straits - this one has a different feel, different style. It's a little less rock, a little more blues and country rock. Personally, I love it. It shows once again how varied Knopfler can be and how we can find himself in different styles.

Since I'm a sucker for blues, my hands-down favorite song on this album (and perhaps one of my favorite blues songs) is "You and Your Friend". It's an underrated gem. It has mysterious, understated, brief lyrics that leave a lot to your imagination as the instrumental improvisations take over the rest of the song. Knopfler is stellar playing a blues guitar on this track, and Paul Franklin provides a brilliant dialogue-like backing on a steel guitar that has a truly beautiful sound. That's right - a steel guitar. You don't hear a whole lot of it in modern blues without it being too country, and this one is a perfect combination of influences. This song's instrumental part is totally sinful. Solid rhythm and excellent bass make it a well-put together sensuous, melodic song. One reviewer called this song erotic and I agree. This song won't have a mainstream appeal because it's got too much heart and feeling in it, but for people who can really appreciate it, it's truly a great piece. I wish Knopfler and Franklin kept their guitars talking for longer on this song!

Calling Elvis is a great song with a good mainstream appeal. Iron Hand is a nice historic ballad that makes your mind want to travel back in time and picture a Civil War battlefield with rumbling thunder of cannons and smoke floating over the battlefield. New Orleans is another piece of interest. It's a mysterious song that might make one think of driving on a deserted late-night city street under the glow of yellow lights.

Heavy Fuel will no doubt appeal to the Dire Straits purists - it's probably the only truly rock song on this album with flashbacks to the earlier days of Dire Straits. To me, however, it's not one of the favorite tracks on this album because it's not as melodic as some other songs on here.

Pretty much all songs are good here (although My Parties could be stricken from the record). This is a truly great band. I think this CD is definitely worth checking out!

This is the best recording from Dire Straits. I'm a big fan and have all their albums including this one. Heavy Fuel is one of my favorite tracks of all time. Recommended if you don't have it.

This is Dire Straits best CD's behind Making Movies, & Sultans of

Swing. This album has some really brilliant songs. My favorites on this album are Calling Elvis, On Every Street, The Bug, Heavy

Fuel, & My Parties. Others I like are When It Comes to You, Fade

to Black, You and Your Friend, & Planet of New Orleans. I agree,

the weakest songs on this entire CD are Iron Hand, & Ticket to Heaven. Buy this today and I will save you some money for the next cd you buy. Great Album.