Dire Straits selected punk and disco’s most formative yr to make their debut. Coincidence? Strategic advertising? Or only a sometimes trend-free assertion from frontman Mark Knopfler? Regardless of the case, 1978’s Dire Straits sounded little like anything launched that yr, not even the standard rock ‘n’ roll it gave the impression to be rooted in.
And that is just about the trail the band took throughout its temporary profession, which yielded solely six albums. Every time Knopfler felt he was getting too snug, stagnant or pigeonholed, he turned issues round on the subsequent report. From bar-band rockers to formidable storytellers to stadium-shaking superstars, Dire Straits hardly ever made the identical album twice.
That is evident within the beneath listing of Dire Straits Albums Ranked Worst to Finest, which gathers the group’s six studio LPs and charts the band’s progress over the 13 years it recorded. “Cash for Nothing” made them large MTV stars (all of the whereas biting the hand that fed), however Knopfler by no means compromised his band’s imaginative and prescient. And by breaking apart after a half-dozen albums, they by no means obtained round to creating a foul or embarrassing one.
Dire Straits Albums Ranked Worst to Finest
Dire Straits launched solely a handful of albums throughout their temporary time collectively, and every gives important songs. However which holds up finest?
