| Dire Straits discography | |
|---|---|
 Dire Straits performing live in Norway, October 1985 | |
| Studio albums | 6 |
| Live albums | 3 |
| Compilation albums | 3 |
| EPs | 2 |
| Singles | 31 |
The discography of English rock band Dire Straits consists of six studio albums, three live albums, three compilation albums, two extended plays and 31 singles. Dire Straits also have sold over 100 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling music artists in the world. [1]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] | AUS [3] | AUT [4] | CAN [5] | FRA [6] | GER [7] | NED [8] | NZ [9] | SWI [10] | US [11] | |||||
| Dire Straits |
| 5 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | |||
| Communiqué |
| 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |||
| Making Movies |
| 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | — | 19 | |||
| Love over Gold |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 19 | |||
| Brothers in Arms |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| On Every Street |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] | AUS [3] | AUT [4] | CAN [27] | FRA [6] | GER [28] | NED [8] | NZ [9] | SWI [10] | US [11] | |||||
| Alchemy: Dire Straits Live |
| 3 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 46 | |||
| On the Night |
| 4 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 116 | |||
| Live at the BBC |
| 71 | 98 | — | — | 13 | — | 15 | — | 45 | — | |||
| Live at the Rainbow |
| 81 | — | 6 | — | 21 [32] | 7 | — | — | 5 | — | |||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] | AUS [3] | AUT [4] | CAN [33] | FRA [6] | GER [34] | NED [8] | NZ [9] | SWI [10] | US [11] | |||||
| Money for Nothing |
| 1 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 62 | |||
| Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits |
| 6 | 4 | 5 | 60 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | — | |||
| Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler |
| 20 | 35 | 44 | — | 4 | 36 | 23 | 17 | 15 | — | |||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] | GER [38] | |||||||||||||
| The Studio Albums 1978–1991 | 9 | 14 | ||||||||||||
| Live 1978–1992 |
| — | — | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes items are yet to be released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] | AUS [3] | AUT [4] | CAN [41] | FRA [6] | GER [42] | NED [8] | NOR [43] | SWI [10] | US [11] | |||||
| ExtendedancEPlay |
| — | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 53 |
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| Live at Knebworth |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Encores |
| 31 | 47 | 19 | 91 | 1 | 34 | 3 | 10 | 20 | — | |||
| The Honky Tonk Demos |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] | AUS [3] [44] | AUT [4] | CAN [45] | FRA [6] [46] | GER [47] | NED [8] | NZ [9] | SWI [10] | US [48] | US Main Rock [49] | ||||
| 1978 | "Sultans of Swing" | 8 | 6 | — | 4 | 36 | 20 | 11 | 12 | — | 4 | — | Dire Straits | |
| "Water of Love" | — | 54 | — | — | — | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1979 | "Lady Writer" | 51 | 95 | — | 51 | 34 | — | 18 | 39 | — | 45 | — | Communiqué | |
| "Once Upon a Time in the West" [51] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1980 | "Tunnel of Love" | 54 | 62 | — | — | 52 | 44 | 28 | — | — | — | — | Making Movies | |
| "Skateaway" | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 47 | — | 58 | 31 | |||
| 1981 | "Romeo and Juliet" | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Expresso Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39 | |||
| "Solid Rock" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 56 | |||
| 1982 | "Private Investigations" | 2 | 21 | 19 | — | 4 | — | 1 | 16 | 4 | — | — |
| Love Over Gold |
| "Telegraph Road" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Industrial Disease" | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | 75 | 9 | |||
| 1983 | "Twisting by the Pool" | 14 | 2 | — | 18 | 29 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 105 | 12 | ExtendedancEPlay | |
| 1984 | "Love over Gold" (live) | 50 | 46 | — | — | 15 | — | 43 | 29 | — | — | — | Alchemy | |
| 1985 | "So Far Away" | 20 | 22 | — | 24 | 20 | — | 23 | 25 | 6 | 19 | 29 |
| Brothers in Arms |
| "Money for Nothing" | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 34 | 19 | 35 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 1 | |||
| "Brothers in Arms" | 16 | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — |
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| "Walk of Life" | 2 | 11 | 18 | 7 | — | 15 | 17 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 6 |
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| "One World" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | |||
| 1986 | "Your Latest Trick" | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 47 | — | — | — | ||
| "Ride Across the River" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | |||
| 1988 | "Sultans of Swing" (re-release) | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Money for Nothing | |
| "Brothers in Arms" (re-release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 59 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1989 | "Money for Nothing" (re-release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991 | "Calling Elvis" | 21 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 2 | — | 3 | On Every Street | |
| "Heavy Fuel" | 55 | 26 | — | 17 | 32 | 48 | 25 | 34 | — | — | 1 | |||
| 1992 | "On Every Street" | 42 | 109 | — | — | 23 | — | 42 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "The Bug" | 67 | — | — | 21 | 44 | 52 | 24 | — | — | — | 8 | |||
| "You and Your Friend" | — | — | — | — | 49 | — | 62 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1994 | "Ticket to Heaven" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005 | "Flashing for Money" (with Deep Dish) | — | — | — | — | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | George Is On | |
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| Title | Video/DVD details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK DVD [52] | AUS DVD [53] | BEL DVD [54] | FIN DVD [55] | NED DVD [56] | SWI DVD [57] | |||||||||
| Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits |
| 19 | 9 | — | 3 | 2 | — | |||||||
| On the Night |
| 33 | 18 | — | — | 6 | — |
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| Alchemy: Dire Straits Live |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| ||||||
| Sultans of Swing: Live in Germany |
| — | — | — | — | 12 | — | |||||||
| Stratospheric Sounds: Live in Basel, Switzerland, 1992 |
| — | — | — | — | — | 3 | |||||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | "Sultans of Swing" | unknown |
| "Wild West End" | ||
| 1979 | "Lady Writer" | |
| 1981 | "Romeo and Juliet" | Lester Bookbinder |
| "Skateaway" | ||
| "Tunnel of Love" | ||
| 1982 | "Private Investigations" | unknown |
| 1983 | "Twisting by the Pool" | |
| 1985 | "So Far Away" | |
| "Money for Nothing" | Steve Barron | |
| "Brothers in Arms" | Bill Mather | |
| 1986 | "Walk of Life" | Stephen R. Johnson |
| 1991 | "Calling Elvis" | Gerry Anderson |
| "Heavy Fuel" | Steve Barron | |
| 1992 | "The Bug" | Richard Jernigan |
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