On Every Street

This article is about the album. For the title song, see On Every Street (song).

On Every Street
Studio album by
Dire Straits
Released9 September 1991 (1991-09-09)
RecordedNovember 1990 – May 1991
StudioAIR (London, UK)
GenreRoots rock
Length60:16
LabelVertigo
Warner Bros. (US)
Producer
Dire Straits chronology
Money for Nothing
(1988) 		On Every Street
(1991) 		On the Night
(1993)
Singles from On Every Street
  1. "Calling Elvis"
    Released: 19 August 1991
  2. "Heavy Fuel"
    Released: 21 October 1991
  3. "On Every Street"
    Released: 17 February 1992
  4. "The Bug"
    Released: May 1992
  5. "You and Your Friend"
    Released: November 1992
  6. "Ticket to Heaven"
    Released: June 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Entertainment WeeklyC–[3]
The Great Rock Discography5/10[4]
MusicHound1/5[5]
NME6/10[6]
Pitchfork5.2/10[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[9]
Select2/5[10]

On Every Street is the sixth and final studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 9 September 1991 by Vertigo Records internationally, and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The follow-up to the band's massively successful album Brothers in Arms, On Every Street reached the top of the UK Albums Chart and was also certified platinum by the RIAA.

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). "Dire Straits". Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Browne, David (13 September 1991). "On Every Street". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  4. ^ Strong, Martin C. (2004). "Dire Straits". The Great Rock Discography (7 ed.). Canongate Books. pp. 424–425. ISBN 1-84195-615-5.
  5. ^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). "Dire Straits". MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. p. 342–344. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
  6. ^ Maconie, Stuart (14 September 1992). "Dire Straits: On Every Street". New Musical Express. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  7. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (23 September 2020). "Dire Straits: Dire Straits Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  8. ^ McLeese, Don (17 October 1991). "On Every Street". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  9. ^ Considine, J. D. (2004). "Dire Straits". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 242–243. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  10. ^ Duerden, Nick (October 1996). "Dire Straits: On Every Street". Select. No. 17. p. 73. Retrieved 15 September 2024.