Album info

• Title Dire Straits
• Artist Dire Straits
• Year 1978
• Genre Rock

Tracklist

1. Down to the Waterline
2. Water of Love
3. Setting Me Up
4. Six Blade Knife
5. Southbound Again
6. Sultans of Swing
7. In the Gallery
8. Wild West End
9. Lions

Thoughts

It is astonishing to me that Sultans of Swing can be on a debut album. It’s such an iconic, accomplished piece of music - the riff that gets right inside your head in the best possible way. Incredible. The rest of the album is good to, I mean, it’s exactly what you’d expect from Dire Straits - fab guitars and sultry vocals for some great songs. But the Sultans steals the show, for sure.

Rating: 4 / 5