Customer Reviews

On Every Street

5 star:		(87)
4 star:		(15)
3 star:		(8)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(10)

 

 

While not particularly successful commercially, On Every Street is still a must-have for any Dire Straits fan. It is their swan song before drifting into the sweet halls of nostalgic memory...

"On Every Street" itself is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard, bittersweet and filled with unrequited longing, and illustrates Mark Knopfler's desire to convey "the essential loneliness of a lot of life experience".

"You and Your Friend" is truly erotic! You can feel a slow and sensual buildup that becomes almost unbearable with the bass turned high. Crank this one up with a special lady friend on a chill winter evening with the fireplace roaring, all you gentlemen out there, and let the fun begin!

While the more recognizable hits on this album are "Heavy Fuel" and "Calling Elvis", which are quite good, these other songs would be my faves, along with the ironic "My Parties", the hilariously satirical "Ticket to Heaven", and the mini-jazz riff "Fade to Black".

To listen to this album is to love Dire Straits in their twilight, the end of a beautiful era...

This is the most experimental album by Dire Straits. It covers almost every musical style. It has 12 tracks enough to give us a trip of what western music is all about. CALLING ELVIS: A straight forward rock n' roll number dedicated to the king of rock n' roll. It has name of some Elvis's songs in its lyrics. ON EVERY STREET: A surprizingly mellow number revolving around a theme, in the last few seconds it bursts off. WONDERFUL. WHEN IT COMES TO YOU: It's basically a ballad, but not purely. M.K. is mixing things up. FADE TO BLACK: This track has a bit of jazz. M.K. guitar speaks differently. Wonderfully played by the master of guitar. THE BUG: A very fast rock n' roll. You can listen it when you are feeling happy or sad. the result? feeling great!!! YOU AND YOUR FRIEND: This track again great playing (as usual) and also good vocal (emotion in M.K.'s voice). One of the alltime best track by Dire Straits. HEAVY FUEL: Rock n' roll again. IRON HAND: A song with lots of thing that can make one emotional. Uncomparable guitar work and god, M.K.'s improved vocal. TICKET TO HEAVEN: A wonderfully written ballad. This is the best ballad by D.S. ever. MY PARTIES: It is hard to describe this song. It is strangely beautiful song. It will make anyone dance. A variation from the usual rock stuff. PLANET OF NEW ORLEANS: A slow rock song. HOW LONG: Nice and simple country. Simply great.

- This is a must-have album for anyone who likes dire straits and also for anybody who doubts their talent.

One of the best Dire straits albums. A must for every Dire straits/Mark knopfler fan. Mark knopfler never disappoints. one can clearly discern how Mark and his supergroup, have matured over the years, with the heavy rock, jazz and country based songs. The album starts off with the lengthy, yet fantastic 'calling elvis' the best tribute ever paid to the late great king. The joyous 'the bug', the cocktail jazz 'my party', supercool 'fade to back', the pensive track 'planet of new orleans' stand the test of time. The end piece, the hauntingly beautiful, country tinged ballad 'how long' deserves a lot of radio play, yet never to be heard over the radio. Mark knopfler's brilliant guitar work is every where, coupled with the sweet sound of pedal steel guitar by the Nashville's Paul Franklin and a host of guest musicians plus state of the art digital recording, this album is well worth the money and a must for your collection. I dare say, buy it blindly! You'll never regret it.

I love this cd. So expressionate. The song PONO is great, and you get the steamy feeling while MK writes and plays and sings about any topic, whether it is a threesome in You and Your Friend or any other topic. Quite an underrated recording. I have bought it two or three times. Really good stuff.

The CD is most likley the best that Dire Straits ever made. The songs flow and have a very humerous tone that MK can give to songs. Songs like 'YOU AND YOUR FRIEND' and 'MY PARTIES' are genuinley fun to listen to, and MK tells a great story stocked with juicy guitar riffs that have jazz elements to them.

It is a very good representative of Dire Straits, and it is the swan song for dire straits, but a very effective one.

Yeah, it took forever to get this thing out after the colossally-successful BIA, but, still, this is one great album. Why did it tank so bad sales-wise? Got me. I just like the music. Bluesy, rootsy, dark, steely, a little sinister actually. Love it. Remastered adds slight improvement in depth and resolution but you'd need a good hi-fi system to tell. When's the next album coming out? Anyone there?

Perhaps this CD will not please the Dire Straits purists who are expecting more of the same from the early days of Dire Straits - this one has a different feel, different style. It's a little less rock, a little more blues and country rock. Personally, I love it. It shows once again how varied Knopfler can be and how we can find himself in different styles.

Since I'm a sucker for blues, my hands-down favorite song on this album (and perhaps one of my favorite blues songs) is "You and Your Friend". It's an underrated gem. It has mysterious, understated, brief lyrics that leave a lot to your imagination as the instrumental improvisations take over the rest of the song. Knopfler is stellar playing a blues guitar on this track, and Paul Franklin provides a brilliant dialogue-like backing on a steel guitar that has a truly beautiful sound. That's right - a steel guitar. You don't hear a whole lot of it in modern blues without it being too country, and this one is a perfect combination of influences. This song's instrumental part is totally sinful. Solid rhythm and excellent bass make it a well-put together sensuous, melodic song. One reviewer called this song erotic and I agree. This song won't have a mainstream appeal because it's got too much heart and feeling in it, but for people who can really appreciate it, it's truly a great piece. I wish Knopfler and Franklin kept their guitars talking for longer on this song!

Calling Elvis is a great song with a good mainstream appeal. Iron Hand is a nice historic ballad that makes your mind want to travel back in time and picture a Civil War battlefield with rumbling thunder of cannons and smoke floating over the battlefield. New Orleans is another piece of interest. It's a mysterious song that might make one think of driving on a deserted late-night city street under the glow of yellow lights.

Heavy Fuel will no doubt appeal to the Dire Straits purists - it's probably the only truly rock song on this album with flashbacks to the earlier days of Dire Straits. To me, however, it's not one of the favorite tracks on this album because it's not as melodic as some other songs on here.

Pretty much all songs are good here (although My Parties could be stricken from the record). This is a truly great band. I think this CD is definitely worth checking out!

This album is totally amazing. I can tell you that most songs are
amazing. Calling Elvis, On Every Street, Bug, Heavy Fuel maybe
personal favorites and all those songs are HITS!! Buy this with
On the Night, & Brothers in Arms and then you get the best 2 Dire
Straits CDs ever! Dizzy Lamb loves Heavy Fuel because it rocks
and it is an intro to BYB 2005 game. Dizzy likes Calling Elvis,
Bug, & Heavy Fuel the best.

This is the best recording from Dire Straits. I'm a big fan and have all their albums including this one. Heavy Fuel is one of my favorite tracks of all time. Recommended if you don't have it.

I am a big fan of Dire Straits and I own all of their albums, but I disagree with most of the reviewers above. "On every street" NEVER can keep up with the older DS-albums. I was pretty disappointed after having listened to this album a couple of times. For my taste, the older Mark Knopfler drifted off too much towards Country Music (especially with "Golden Heart"). Where is the straightforward Guitar Rock of the first DS-albums? "On every street" is certainly worth the money, but compared to "Dire Straits", "Communique", "Brothers in Arms", etc... it is a pity, but unfortunately they have gone beyond their zenit after "Brothers in Arms"! However, they are still one of the best bands ever!

This is Dire Straits best CD's behind Making Movies, & Sultans of
Swing. This album has some really brilliant songs. My favorites on this album are Calling Elvis, On Every Street, The Bug, Heavy
Fuel, & My Parties. Others I like are When It Comes to You, Fade
to Black, You and Your Friend, & Planet of New Orleans. I agree,
the weakest songs on this entire CD are Iron Hand, & Ticket to Heaven. Buy this today and I will save you some money for the next cd you buy. Great Album.