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The six year latter follow up to Brothers in Arms.
From Amazon
On Every Street is an amazing album, if only for its apparent refusal to exploit the success of its predecessor. Sure, radio programmers could hear echoes of "Money for Nothing" in "Heavy Fuel," or traces of "Walk of Life" in "The Bug," but Mark Knopfler wouldn't have waited six years to follow up the band's megaplatinum Brothers in Arms if that was all he had in mind. Instead, he took time out to play with the Notting Hillbillies and Chet Atkins (while most British guitar heroes idolize American blues, Knopfler obviously has a thing for Nashville). On Every Street finds those influences complementing the late-night melancholy that's always been Dire Straits' specialty. Instead of Sting singing "I Want My MTV," fans got Hillbillies pedal steel player Paul Franklin adding to the high-lonesome sound of the quite infectious title track and the epic "Planet of New Orleans," along with meditations on the mistreatment of striking miners in the cinematic "Iron Fist," and some of Knopfler's most haunting guitar work throughout. The result can be seen as a dignified--and, at times, even inspiring--farewell album. --Bill Forman
Comments (4)
a re-post :-)
Hmmm, almost sounds a bit Larry Carltonish, wonder if he changed over from the usual Strat to an ES-335? Nice observations on Nawlins....some decadent Gris Gris served up like a Dixie Beer and etouffee'
While I've always liked Knopfler, I've never bought any of his releases, nor kept up with his career. This is really nice.
I always wondered what the band thought of waiting so long to release another album. I don't know what all went into the decision to wait--was it completely intentional? A set of insurmountable circumstances? I don't know. But I do know that while Money For Nothing was freakin' huge, On Every Street went by relatively unnoticed, and after that they sort of dropped off the popular radar, at least as far as I noticed. Makes you wonder what would've happened if they had jumped on their success and followed up with something quickly.