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Dire Straits - Dire Straits
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Side one
1. "Down to the Waterline" 3:55
2. "Water of Love" 5:23
3. "Setting Me Up" 3:18
4. "Six Blade Knife" 4:10
5. "Southbound Again" 2:58
Side two
1. "Sultans of Swing" 5:47
2. "In the Gallery" 6:16
3. "Wild West End" 4:42
4. "Lions" 5:05
Total length: 41:34
Dire Straits Band Members / Musicians
Mark Knopfler – vocals, lead and rhythm guitars
David Knopfler – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
John Illsley – bass guitar, backing vocals
Pick Withers – drums
Rhett Davies – engineer
Paddy Eckersley – photography
Chuck Loyola – cover painting
Bob Ludwig – remastering
Alan Schmidt – art direction
Muff Winwood – producer
Dire Straits is the debut studio album by the British rock band Dire Straits released on 7 October 1978 by Vertigo Records internationally, Warner Bros. Records in the United States and Mercury Records in Canada. The album produced the hit single "Sultans of Swing", which reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 8 on the UK Singles Chart. The album reached the top of the album charts in Germany, Australia and France, number 2 in the United States and number 5 in the United Kingdom. Dire Straits was later certified double platinum in both the United States and the United Kingdom.
