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Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler is a compilation album by Dire Straits and 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. The United States version omits "Darling Pretty", but adds "Skateaway".

Release

Private Investigations was released in four different versions:

  • A single disc (grey cover)
  • A two-disc compilation (blue cover)
  • A two-disc compilation with a booklet (gold cover)
  • A two-disc LP with tracks from the single disc CD version

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek gave the album four out of five stars, writing, "This is not only a fine collection for fans because of its wonderful sequencing, but the best introduction to the man and the band that one could ask for."[1]

Track listing

All songs were written by Mark Knopfler, except where indicated.

Single disc version

No.TitleLength
1."Sultans of Swing"5:48
2."Love Over Gold"6:18
3."Romeo and Juliet"6:00
4."Tunnel of Love" (Extract from "The Carousel Waltz" by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II)8:10
5."Private Investigations"5:59
6."Money for Nothing" (Mark Knopfler, Sting)8:24
7."Brothers in Arms"6:57
8."Walk of Life"4:08
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" (featuring Emmylou Harris)4:49
Total length:81:30

Two-disc version

Disc one
No.TitleLength
1."Telegraph Road"14:20
2."Sultans of Swing"5:48
3."Love Over Gold"6:18
4."Romeo and Juliet"6:00
5."Tunnel of Love" (Extract from "The Carousel Waltz" by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II)8:10
6."Private Investigations"5:59
7."So Far Away"5:07
8."Money for Nothing" (Mark Knopfler, Sting)8:24
9."Brothers in Arms"6:57
10."Walk of Life"4:08
11."Your Latest Trick"6:29
Disc two
No.TitleLength
1."Calling Elvis"6:24
2."On Every Street"5:03
3."Going Home (Theme from Local Hero)"5:00
4."Darling Pretty"4:30
5."The Long Road (Theme from Cal)"7:21
6."Why Aye Man"4:09
7."Sailing to Philadelphia" (featuring James Taylor)5:29
8."What It Is"4:56
9."The Trawlerman's Song"5:02
10."Boom, Like That"5:49
11."All the Roadrunning" (featuring Emmylou Harris)4:49
Total length:135:52

Two-disc version (USA)

Disc one
No.TitleLength
1."Telegraph Road"14:20
2."Sultans of Swing"5:48
3."Love Over Gold"6:18
4."Romeo and Juliet"6:00
5."Tunnel of Love" (Extract from "The Carousel Waltz" by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II)8:10
6."Skateaway"6:35
7."Private Investigations"5:59
8."So Far Away"5:07
9."Money for Nothing" (Mark Knopfler, Sting)8:24
10."Walk of Life"4:08
11."Your Latest Trick"6:29
Disc two
No.TitleLength
1."Calling Elvis"6:24
2."On Every Street"5:03
3."Going Home (Theme from Local Hero)"5:00
4."The Long Road (Theme from Cal)"7:21
5."Why Aye Man"4:09
6."Sailing to Philadelphia" (featuring James Taylor)5:29
7."What It Is"4:56
8."The Trawlerman's Song"5:02
9."Boom, Like That"5:49
10."Brothers in Arms"6:57
11."All the Roadrunning" (featuring Emmylou Harris)4:49
Total length:137:57

Charts

Chart performance

Chart (2005) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[2] 35
Austrian Albums Chart[3] 44
Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart[4] 14
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[5] 32
Danish Albums Chart[6] 5
Dutch Albums Chart[7] 23
Finnish Albums Chart[8] 17
French Compilations Chart[9] 4
German Albums Chart[10] 36
Greek Albums Chart[11] 8
Irish Albums Chart[12] 10
Italian Albums Chart[13] 21
New Zealand Albums Chart[14] 17
Norwegian Albums Chart[15] 5
Portuguese Albums Chart[16] 3
Spanish Albums Chart[17] 7
Swiss Albums Chart[18] 15
UK Albums Chart[19] 20
Chart (2010) Peak
position
Swedish Albums Chart[20] 3

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Belgium (BEA)[21] Platinum 50,000*
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[22] Platinum 40,000^
Ireland (IRMA)[23] 2× Platinum 30,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[24] Platinum 15,000^
Portugal (AFP)[25] Platinum 20,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[26] Platinum 80,000^
Sweden (GLF)[27] Gold 30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[28] Gold 100,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[29] Platinum 1,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ a b Jurek, Thom. "Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler". Allmusic. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Australian-charts.com – Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler – Private Investigations – The Best Of". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
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  7. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler – Private Investigations – The Best Of". GfK Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  8. ^ "Finnishcharts.com – Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler – Private Investigations – The Best Of". Finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  9. ^ "InfoDisc: Tous les "Chart Runs" des Albums classés depuis 1985 dans le Top Albums Officiel". InfoDisc (in French). Retrieved 10 February 2013. Search for Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler under the drop-down menu and click Ok.
  10. ^ "Album – Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler, Private Investigations – The Best Of". Charts.de (in German). Media Control. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  11. ^ "Top 50 Ξένων Άλμπουμ". IFPI Greece (in Greek). Archived from the original on 26 December 2005. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  12. ^ "Irish Music Charts Archive: Top 75 Artist Album, Week Ending 17 November 2005". GfK Chart-Track. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  13. ^ "Classifiche – Archivio". FIMI (in Italian). Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  14. ^ "Charts.org.nz – Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler – Private Investigations – The Best Of". Charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
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  18. ^ "Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler – Private Investigations – The Best Of – Hitparade.ch". Hitparade.ch (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  19. ^ "2005-11-19 Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive | Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  20. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler – Private Investigations – The Best Of". Swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  21. ^ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – albums 2012". Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  22. ^ "Danish album certifications – Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler – Private Investigations". IFPI Danmark. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  23. ^ "The Irish Charts - 2005 Certification Awards - Multi Platinum". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  24. ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler – Private Investigations". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  25. ^ "Portuguese Charts" (in Portuguese). Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. Archived from the original on 10 February 2006. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  26. ^ "Spanish album certifications – Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler – Private Investigations". El portal de Música. Productores de Música de España. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  27. ^ "Gold & Platinum Certifications 2005" (PDF). IFPI Sweden (in Swedish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  28. ^ "British album certifications – Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler – Private Investigations". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 10 February 2013. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Private Investigations in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  29. ^ "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 2007". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 10 February 2013.


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