Dire Straits (album)

Dire Straits
Studio album by
Dire Straits
Released9 June 1978 (1978-06-09) (UK)[1]
Recorded13 February – 5 March 1978
StudioBasing Street, Notting Hill, London
Genre
Length41:34
Label
ProducerMuff Winwood
Dire Straits chronology
Dire Straits
(1978) 		Communiqué
(1979)
Singles from Dire Straits
  1. "Sultans of Swing"
    Released: May 1978 (UK)
  2. "Water of Love"
    Released: October 1978 (NL) [3]

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.[4] The album features 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 by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) respectively.

  1. ^ "Dire Straits: The Timeline". Dire Straits. Archived from the original on 28 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b All Music Guide: The Definitive Guide to Popular Music (4th ed.). Hal Leonard Corporation. 2001. p. 120. ISBN 0879309237.
  3. ^ "Dire straits singles".
  4. ^ "Dire Straits". Discogs. Retrieved 4 December 2012.