Dire Straits - Dire Straits (1978)

Year: 9 June 1978 (CD 1983)
Label: Vertigo Records (Germany), 800 051-2
Style: Rock, Pub Rock, Classic Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 41:25
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 243 Mb

Charts: UK #5, AUS #1, AUT #17, CAN #2, FRA #1, GER #3, NED #3, NZ #2, SWI #7, US #2. GER, NZ & FRA: Platinum; UK, SWI & US: 2x Platinum; CAN: 4x Platinum.
Dire Straits was recorded at Basing Street Studios in London from 13 February to 5 March 1978. Knopfler used a few guitars for the recording, including a pair of red Fender Stratocasters-one from 1961 (serial number 68354) and one from 1962 (serial number 80470). He played his 1938 National Style O 14 fret guitar (serial number B1844)[nb 1] on "Water of Love" and "Wild West End". He also used a black Telecaster Thinline (serial number 226254) on "Setting Me Up". David played a black Fender Stratocaster and a Harmony Sovereign acoustic guitar. The album was produced by Muff Winwood, and engineered by Rhett Davies, assisted by Greg Cobb.
The album cover artwork is designed by Hothouse, who commissioned the cover painting from Chuck Loyola. The Dire Straits Fender logo, which appears on the back cover, was designed by Geoff Halpern.
In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine called the album "remarkably accomplished for a debut". Erlewine praised Knopfler's "spare, tasteful guitar lines and his husky warbling" and his "inclination toward Dylanesque imagery, which enhances the smoky, low-key atmosphere of the album".
In his review for Rolling Stone, Ken Tucker wrote that the band "plays tight, spare mixtures of rock, folk and country music with a serene spirit and witty irony. It's almost as if they were aware that their forte has nothing to do with what's currently happening in the industry, but couldn't care less." Tucker singled out "Sultans of Swing" for its "inescapable hook" and "Bob Dylan-like snarl in its vocal". He also praised "Setting Me Up" as a "heavenly number, funny and bitter".
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits_(album))

01. Down To The Waterline (04:00)
02. Water Of Love (05:24)
03. Setting Me Up (03:20)
04. Six Blade Knife (04:10)
05. Southbound Again (02:59)
06. Sultans Of Swing (05:36)
07. In The Gallery (06:15)
08. Wild West End (04:44)
09. Lions (04:54)

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