Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler [Canada Single Disc] (2005)

About this title: This 22-cut double-disc set finally gets at it. Issuing a single disc of Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler would be a silly thing at best and a hopelessly frustrating one at worst. When the band burst on the scene with "Sultans of Swing," there was a lot happening in rock music, but most of it was under the radar and remains forgotten except in the historic annals of music fanatics. Knopfler and his band were full of rock & roll romance and proved it through their first four recordings time and again. They couldn't help but become superstars and mainstays of MTV. But there is another story told ... read more

Tracks:

1. Sultans of Swing [Knopfler]
2. Love Over Gold [Knopfler]
3. Romeo & Juliet [Knopfler]
4. Tunnel of Love [Knopfler/Hammerstei]
5. Private Investigations [Knopfler]
6. Money for Nothing [Knopfler/Sting]
7. Brothers in Arms [Knopfler]
8. Walk of Life [Knopfler]
9. On Every Street [Knopfler]
10. Going Home [Theme from Local Hero][Instrumental] [Knopfler]
11. Why Aye Man [Knopfler]
12. Boom, Like That [Knopfler]
13. What It Is [Knopfler]
14. All the Roadrunning [Knopfler]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.