Private Investigations (album)

Private Investigations
Compilation album by Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler
Released	11 November 2005 (2005-11-11)[1]
Genre	Roots rock
Length	77:12 (CD) 135:52 (2CD) 137:57 (2CD-U.S.A.)
Label	Mercury Vertigo Warner Bros. (US)
Dire Straits chronology
Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits (1998) Private Investigations (2005) The Honky Tonk Demos (2015)
Mark Knopfler chronology
One Take Radio Sessions (2005) Private Investigations (2005) All the Roadrunning (2006)

Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler is the third compilation album by Dire Straits and Scottish-born British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released in 2005 by Mercury and Vertigo internationally, and Warner Bros. in the United States. Named after their 1982 hit single, the album consists of material by Dire Straits, with songs selected from the group's six studio albums (excluding the 1979 album Communiqué) from 1978 up through the group's dissolution in 1995. It also features work from the solo career of the group's singer, songwriter, and guitarist Mark Knopfler, including some of his soundtrack material.

The only previously unreleased track on the album is "All the Roadrunning", a duet with country music singer Emmylou Harris. It was released as a single, reaching #8 in the UK.^[2] The United States version omits "Darling Pretty", but adds "Skateaway".