This article is about the album. For the title song, see On Every Street (song).
On Every Street
studio
ArtistDire Straits
CoverDire Straits - On Every Street.jpg
RecordedNovember 1990 – May 1991
StudioAIR (London, UK)
GenreRoots rock
Length60:16
LabelVertigo
Warner Bros. (US)
Producer
Prev year1988
Next year1993

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.

History

On Every Street was released more than six years after the band's previous album, Brothers in Arms. On Every Street 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 consisted of 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 14-month world tour which comprised 216 shows in Europe, North America, and Australia, sold 7.1 million tickets, and lasted from August 1991 to October 1992.[1] This was documented in the group's second live album, On the Night, which was recorded in May 1992 at Les Arenes in Nîmes, France, and at Feijenoord Stadion in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and was released in May 1993.

Dire Straits disbanded permanently 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.

Song information

"Iron Hand" relates to the Battle of Orgreave during the 1984–1985 UK miners' strike, with Knopfler remarking on how the police charge on horseback into the crowd of striking miners had reminded him of the savagery of medieval times.[2] The song also appeared on the compilation album Nintendo: White Knuckle Scorin' in the same year of its release.

Track listing

Note: On some reissues of the album, "Heavy Fuel" was 5:10.

Personnel

Dire Straits

Additional musicians

Production

  • 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

Singles

On Every Street produced six singles:

  1. "Calling Elvis"
  2. "Heavy Fuel"
  3. "On Every Street"
  4. "The Bug"
  5. "You and Your Friend" (released in France and Germany)
  6. "Ticket to Heaven" (released in The Netherlands)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1991)Peak
position
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[4]1

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5]25
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6]15
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[7]1
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8]12
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[9]26
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[10]36
Chart (1992)Position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[11]34
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12]39

Singles charts

YearSongUKAUSAUTFRAITANLDNORSWESWIUS
Alt.		US
Main.
Rock
1991"Calling Elvis"2188734262253
1991"Heavy Fuel"5526—3222————221
1992"On Every Street"42——23———————
1992"The Bug"67——44——————8
1992"You and Your Friend"———49———————
1994"Ticket to Heaven"—————43—————

References

  1. ^ "On Every Street tour 1991/92". Mark Knopfler Info. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  2. ^ On Every Street – An interview with Mark Knopfler – BBC Radio 1FM, date unknown (pre-release to On Every Street), transcript via private website. Accessed 2019-01-16
  3. ^ "Discographie, les contributions | Manu Katché Website". www.manu-katche.com. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  4. ^ Music & Media, vol. 8, issue 41; Oct 19, 1991
  5. ^ "ARIA Top 100 Albums for 1991". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Jahreshitparade Alben 1991". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Album 1991". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment. offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Top Selling Albums of 1991". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1991". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Album 1992". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment. offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 14 October 2020.