The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations

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The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations
Greatest hits by Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler
Released 2005
Genre Rock
Label Mercury/Vertigo
Warner Bros. (USA)
Professional reviews
Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler chronology
Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits
(1998)		 The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations
(2005)
Deluxe edition cover art

Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler is a 2005 best of album. Named after their 1982 hit single, it consists of material by Dire Straits, with songs selected from most of the group's studio albums from 1978 up to the group's dissolution in 1995 (excluding the 1979 album Communiqué). It also features work from the solo career of the lead guitarist and singer, 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. The US version omits "Darling Pretty", but adds "Skateaway".

This album was released in four different versions:

  • A single disc (Grey cover)
  • A two-disc compilation (Blue cover)
  • A two-disc compilation together with a booklet (Gold cover)
  • A two-disc LP with tracks from the single disc CD version

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs are written by Mark Knopfler unless otherwise indicated.

[edit] Single disc track listing

  1. "Sultans of Swing"
  2. "Love over Gold"
  3. "Romeo and Juliet"
  4. "Tunnel of Love" (intro "The Carousel Waltz" by Rodgers & Hammerstein)
  5. "Private Investigations"
  6. "Money for Nothing" (Knopfler/Sting)
  7. "Brothers in Arms"
  8. "Walk of Life"
  9. "On Every Street" – 5:03
  10. "Going Home (Theme from Local Hero)" – 5:00
  11. "Why Aye Man" - 4.09
  12. "Boom, Like That" - 5.49
  13. "What It Is" - 4.56
  14. "All the Roadrunning" - 4.49

[edit] Two-disc track listing

Disc one:

  1. "Telegraph Road" – 14:20
  2. "Sultans of Swing" – 05:48
  3. "Love Over Gold" – 06:18
  4. "Romeo and Juliet" – 06:00
  5. "Tunnel of Love" - 08:10 (intro "The Carousel Waltz" by Rodgers/Hammerstein)
  6. "Private Investigations" – 05:59
  7. "So Far Away" – 05:07
  8. "Money For Nothing" – 08:24 (Knopfler/Sting)
  9. "Brothers in Arms" - 06:57
  10. "Walk of Life" – 04:08
  11. "Your Latest Trick" – 06:29

Disc two:

  1. "Calling Elvis" – 06:24
  2. "On Every Street" – 05:03
  3. "Going Home (Theme from Local Hero)" – 05:00
  4. "Darling Pretty" – 04.30
  5. "The Long Road (Theme from Cal)" – 07:21
  6. "Why Aye Man" - 04.09
  7. "Sailing To Philadelphia" - 05.29
  8. "What It Is" - 04.56
  9. "The Trawlerman's Song" - 05.02
  10. "Boom, Like That" - 05.49
  11. "All The Roadrunning" - 04.49

[edit] Two-disc track listing (US version)

Disc one:

  1. "Telegraph Road" – 14:20
  2. "Sultans of Swing" – 05:48
  3. "Love Over Gold" – 06:18
  4. "Romeo and Juliet" – 06:00
  5. "Tunnel of Love" - 08:10 (intro "The Carousel Waltz" by Rodgers/Hammerstein)
  6. "Skateaway" - 06:35
  7. "Private Investigations" – 05:59
  8. "So Far Away" – 05:07
  9. "Money For Nothing" – 08:24 (Knopfler/Sting)
  10. "Walk of Life" – 04:08
  11. "Your Latest Trick" – 06:29

Disc two:

  1. "Calling Elvis" – 06:24
  2. "On Every Street" – 05:03
  3. "Going Home (Theme from Local Hero)" – 05:00
  4. "The Long Road (Theme from Cal)" – 07:21
  5. "Why Aye Man" - 04.09
  6. "Sailing To Philadelphia" - 05.29
  7. "What It Is" - 04.56
  8. "The Trawlerman's Song" - 05.02
  9. "Boom, Like That" - 05.49
  10. "Brothers in Arms" - 06:57
  11. "All The Roadrunning" - 04.49

[edit] Album

Year Chart Position
2005 Portugal Albums Chart 3
2005 Denmark Albums Chart 5
2005 Norway Albums Chart 5
2005 Sweden Albums Chart 6
2005 Spain Albums Chart 7
2005 Belgium Albums Chart 14
2005 Switzerland Albums Chart 15
2005 Finland Albums Chart 17
2005 New Zealand Albums Chart 17
2005 UK Albums Chart 20
2005 Netherlands Albums Chart 23
2005 Australia Albums Chart 35
2005 Austria Albums Chart 44

[edit] Certifications

Organisation Level Date
BPI – UK Silver November 11, 2005
BPI – UK Gold November 11, 2005
IRMA – Ireland 2X Platinum 2005
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