 | Dire Straits by Dire Straits
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.00 So many good songs on this debut, 'Six Blade Knife''In The Gallery''Sultans Of Swing' and personal favourite 'Wild West End'. Introduced Dire Straits to the world and amassed 132 weeks on chart (1978)
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 | Communique by Dire Straits
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.88 Stunning follow up strangely not as successful for some reason as any of the others. Includes 'Lady Writer''News''Follow Me Home' and 'Once Upon A Time In The West' (1979)
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 | Making Movies by Dire Straits
Buy used from: £4.91 The album that to this day is their most successful in terms of weeks on chart, (251) it has the superb 'Tunnel Of Love' and the best love song ever 'Romeo And Juliet' (1980)
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 | Love Over Gold by Dire Straits
Buy new: £6.28 / Used from: £3.19 Could afford a year off to bring us my personal favourite album, 'Telegraph Road' remains their best song and 'Private Investigations' their best single spent 4 years on chart. (1982)
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 | Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.38 One of the Top 5 best selling albums of all time, noted for its singles but 'Man's Too Stong''Your Latest Trick''Ride Across The River' & 'One World' that make it exceptional. (1985)
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 | Alchemy: Dire Straits Live by Dire Straits
Buy new: £31.79 / Used from: £7.96 A quality 'live' act to catch on stage in the mid 80's, this demonstrates the brilliance of Mark Knopfler's guitar playing and the wealth of talent he had around him at the time. (1984)
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 | On Every Street by Dire Straits
Buy used from: £1.57 Final studio offering from one of the most successful bands in recent times. Great songs include 'When It Comes To You''You And Your Friend' & the excellent 'Planet Of New Orleans' (1991)
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 | Money for Nothing by Dire Straits
Buy used from: £1.76 Token best of album towards the end of the 80's with no suprises, all the singles are here in all there glory, including non album track 'Twisting By The Pool'. (1988)
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 | Live at the BBC by Dire Straits
Buy used from: £12.95 Good live album that gives you a taste of life before stadiums, to hear Mark announce "this is Sultans Of Swing" to a hushed response seems strange. 'Tunnel Of Love' is from a different venue. (1995)
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 | On The Night by Dire Straits
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.88 Not my favourite 'live' album, 10 tracks with nothing from 1st 2 albums, a lacklustre performance of 'Romeo And Juliet' and padded out with the later material. Get Alchemy instead! (1993)
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 | Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits by Dire Straits
Buy new: £15.39 / Used from: £5.28 A more comprehensive best of than 'Money For Nothing' and an excellent introduction to Dire Straits. It puzzles me why 'Local Hero' has been included as this is a Knopfler solo track. (1998)
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![Private Investigations [The Best of Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513Z8GCR3EL._SL75_.jpg) | Private Investigations [The Best of Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler] by Mark Knopfler
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £6.99 The best compilation out there with a stunning selection, get the double disc version if interested. This is definitive as an introduction to Mark's music. (2005)
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 | Local Hero by Mark Knopfler
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £7.74 Mark's score is perfect for this gem of a film about the greed of corporate America conning Scottish locals out of their oil drilling rights. Very atmospheric music. (1983)
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 | Cal by Mark Knopfler
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.96 Fear, guilt and betrayal in Northern Ireland with the wonderful Helen Mirren and a lovely score from Mark who seems to connect with the characters with his music.(1983)
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 | The Princess Bride by Mark Knopfler
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.99 A really good fun film which has been winning fans as it gets older, a perfect fantasy with a lot of funny moments. Another good score from Knopfler who keeps the fun rolling. (1984)
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 | Last Exit to Brooklyn by Mark Knopfler
Buy used from: £4.99 Couldn't be further away from 'Local Hero'. A tale of Homosexuality ,depravity and degredation in America. Another well written score from Mark describes the darker side of life only too well. (2004)
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 | Metroland by Mark Knopfler
Buy new: £21.99 / Used from: £3.16 A film set around tube station network of the suburbs of London which has acquired the name 'Metroland'. Different styles define this peice with jazz, pop and the melancholy you have come to expect.
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 | Neck and Neck by Chet Atkins
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.99 Born out of mutual admiration for each other, Knopfler teams up with a Country & Western singing and playing legend. Some superb songs on this as you would come to expect. (1990)
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 | Missing... Presumed Having A Good Time by The Notting Hillbillies
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.49 Released as a side project to highlight the importance of Country & Western music and its influence on music today. A thinking man's Traveling Wilbury's! (1995)
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 | Golden Heart by Mark Knopfler
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.94 First album after a lot of soundtracks finds Mark dealing with rock, folk, celtic blues and the ballads we love him for. Includes the Top 40 hit 'Darling Pretty' his first single in 4 years. (1996)
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 | Sailing To Philadelphia by Mark Knopfler
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.77 Album two starts off with the wonderful 'What It Is' which is pure Dire Straits, also has James Taylor contributing to the title track. Attained highest chart position at No.4 (2000)
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 | The Ragpicker's Dream by Mark Knopfler
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.43 An album that has its roots firmly in the North, my ancestral homeland of Newcastle with 'Why Aye Man'. Come on the Toon! Another Top 10 album but only managed 5 weeks on chart. (2002)
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 | Shangri-La by Mark Knopfler
Buy new: £9.88 / Used from: £7.63 4th solo album that contains his only other Top 40 hit single to date 'Boom Like That'. 4 weeks in the charts which just shows that his name is not synonemous with Dire Straits to the public (2004)
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 | Kill To Get Crimson by Mark Knopfler
Buy new: £9.88 / Used from: £4.24 The latest album which includes the singles 'True Love Will Never Fade' and 'Punish The Monkey'. Also welcomes him back to the Top 10. His style has not changed in years. Buy all his albums! (2007)
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 | Get Lucky by Mark Knopfler
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £6.62 Latest release (2009)
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