- rock, roots rock, blues rock, pop rock
- 42 min
- 9 tracks
- Vertigo
Dire Straits is the debut studio album by the British rock band Dire Straits, released on 9 June 1978 by Vertigo Records internationally, Warner Bros. Records in the United States and Mercury Records in Canada.
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Character
Classical in form, spare, grave and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
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- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideB
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- The Great Rock Discography8/10
- MusicHound4/5
- Pitchfork8.2/10
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3.5/5 ★
- Sputnikmusic5/5
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Tracks
- A1Down to the Waterline4:01
- A2Water of Love5:27
- A3Setting Me Up3:20
- A4Six Blade Knife4:12
- A5Southbound Again2:59
- B1Sultans of Swing5:52
- B2In the Gallery6:19
- B3Wild West End4:43
- B4Lions5:07
9 tracks, 42 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Dire Straits
- Label
- Vertigo
- Released
- 1978
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- PT
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