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Dire Straits
Dire Straits

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    Track     Duration Listeners
1 Down To The Waterline 4:04 96,028
2 Water Of Love 5:25 64,312
3 Setting Me Up 3:20 48,065
4 Six Blade Knife 4:13 71,410
5 Southbound Again 3:00 50,339
6 Sultans Of Swing 5:47 381,433
7 In The Gallery 6:16 49,307
8 Wild West End 4:43 52,990
9 Lions 5:03 49,696

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© Universal Music Italia srL. (1983) Released: 9 Jun 1983 9 tracks (41:51)
Dire Straits’s first album was an anachronism even when it debuted in 1978. It was a droplet of minimalist pub rock in a sea of punk. But against the odds, it succeeded, buoyed by lead guitarist and singer Mark Knopfler’s gruff, Dylanesque delivery and the major hit single Sultans Of Swing. Knopfler’s lyrics paint a vivid picture of the London nightlife while taking time elsewhere to touch on subjects as diverse as obscurity in the art world, the versatility of a knife, and playing the fool in a relationship. Dire Straits’s debut album proved to be one of their strongest and most enduring throughout their 17-year career.
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