D
ARTIST · KNOWLEDGE GUIDE
Dire Straits
- Country / region
- United Kingdom
- Recording years
- 1992–2014
- Recordings in scope
- 12
- Albums in scope
- 2
CURRENT BROWSING SCOPE
Dire Straits in 1990s · United Kingdom
Recordings and albums use the selected era and genre; the region confirms where this artist belongs.
ARTIST STORY
Meet Dire Straits
Dire Straits is a band / group associated with United Kingdom whose catalog here spans 1992–2014. The artist is connected with Rock, so genre, period and individual recordings offer useful ways into the work.
Listen for how Rock shape rhythm, voice and arrangement. A starting path includes “Down to the Waterline”, “Lions”, “Six Blade Knife”, “Tunnel of Love”. Then move to “Live at the BBC” and “Alchemy: Dire Straits Live” to hear how recordings are organized in a release context.
BIOGRAPHICAL FACTS
Basic information
- Type
- Band / group
- Country / region
- United Kingdom
- Formation date
- 1977
- End date
- 1995
- Formed in
- Deptford
START HERE
Recordings in the current scope
DISCOGRAPHY
Albums in the current scope
GENRES
Genres
ARTIST GRAPH
View relationship graphRecording relationship map
KEEP EXPLORING