DIRE STRAITS
"ON EVERY STREET"

Vinyl LP

1991 original release vinyl LP on the VERTIGO record label Cat n#  510 160 1   Made in ENGLAND

The album cover is in NM condition., no splits or tears, light sticker mark, very light wear on edges, the inner credits/lyric/sleeve sleeve is in NM condition it has no splits or tears,

The vinyl itself is in  EX/NM condition. there are some light papercut/scuffs seen under 1500watt strong light which will give some low level clicks and pops when the LP is played. this is a shiny looking LP with no scratches.

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Full track list

Side One

1. "Calling Elvis"   6:26
2. "On Every Street"   5:04
3. "When It Comes to You"   5:01
4. "Fade to Black"   3:50
5. "The Bug"   4:16
6. "You and Your Friend"   5:59   .

Side Two

7. "Heavy Fuel"   5:10
8. "Iron Hand"   3:09
9. "Ticket to Heaven"   4:25
10. "My Parties"   5:33
11. "Planet of New Orleans"   7:48
12. "How Long"   3:49
Total length: 59:55  .

All songs were written by Mark Knopfler.

THE BAND

Mark Knopfler – vocals, guitar
John Illsley – bass
Alan Clark – organ, piano, synthesizer
Guy Fletcher – synthesizer, backing vocals
Additional musiciansDanny Cummings – percussion
Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar, acoustic lap steel (6)
Vince Gill – guitar, backing vocals (5)
Manu Katché – percussion, drums (1,7,11)
George Martin – conductor, string arrangements (9)
Phil Palmer – guitar
Jeff Porcaro – drums, percussion
Chris White – flute, saxophone .

On Every Street is the sixth and final studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 10 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

On Every Street was released on 10 September 1991 - more than six years after the band's previous album - Brothers in Arms, and was Dire Straits' sixth and final studio album. It was released to mixed reviews and was not as popular - nor as successful - as its predecessor, though it still sold more than eight million copies worldwide (six million in Europe and one million in the United States). It reached number 12 in the United States and number one in the United Kingdom. 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 Paul Franklin, Phil Palmer, Danny Cummings and American drummer Jeff Porcaro from Toto.

Dire Straits promoted the album with a gruelling world tour which lasted until the end of 1992. The group disbanded in 1995, after which Mark Knopfler pursued a solo career and released his debut album Golden Heart in 1996 (not counting previously released soundtracks), and has released many solo records since.

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

ROLLING STONE REVIEW
By Don Mcleese

October 17, 1991
 
Five years ago, Dire Straits was threatening to become the biggest band in the world — and/or an extended arena-rock cliché — when Mark Knopfler whipped off his headband, put down his guitar and hopped off the "money for nothing, chicks for free" treadmill. After an extended hiatus, Knopfler has made an album that falls somewhere between a radical reinvention of Dire Straits and the next step on a continuum from the mega-platinum Brothers in Arms, released in 1985. While "Heavy Fuel," sardonic but fairly witless, will likely emerge as a raised-fist, frat-boy anthem in the "Money for Nothing" mold, most of the rest forsakes heavy-riffing guitar-hero histrionics for more mature brands of mood music.

In the manner of last year's Notting Hillbillies and Knopfler's other side projects, On Every Street explores Knopfler's affinity with Nashville in particular and with an idealized version of the musical South in general, with session steel player Paul Franklin emerging as his major musical foil. The album opens in Memphis with "Calling Elvis," which offers a playful ride on the "Mystery Train" into a brave new world of sampling and rhythm loops. From there the songcraft of "When It Comes to You," "The Bug" and "How Long" practically demands the country-cover treatment, while Franklin additionally makes key contributions to the cocktail-jazz cool of "Fade to Black" and the "Spanish Harlem"-tinged "Ticket to Heaven."

While the more economical material offers the major musical pleasures, some of the longer pieces seem like mere exercises in style: The title song and "You and Your Friend" mainly serve as excuses for the instrumental interplay of their extended fades. At more than seven minutes, "The Planet of New Orleans" was apparently designed as the album's centerpiece, but it sounds like a leftover from one of Knopfler's film sound-tracks, its evocation of "mojo root" incongruous, given a musical backdrop that suggests the aural equivalent of designer fashion.

As a whole, On Every Street reconfirms that Knopfler is an impeccable guitarist, a musician of exquisite taste — but some of it shows why impeccability in rock is often a minor virtue and tastefulness a smooth path to tedium.

Review by William Ruhlmann

It took Mark Knopfler more than six years to craft a follow-up to Dire Straits' international chart-topper, Brothers in Arms, but although On Every Street sold in the expected multi-millions worldwide on the back of the band's renown and a year-long tour, it was a disappointment. Knopfler remained a gifted guitar player with tastes in folk ("Iron Hand"), blues ("Fade to Black"), and rockabilly ("The Bug"), among other styles, but much of the album was low-key to the point of being background music. The group had long since dwindled to original members Knopfler and bassist John Illsley, plus a collection of semi-permanent sidemen who provided support but no real musical chemistry. This was not the comeback it should have been.

 

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