On the Night

On the Night
Live album by Dire Straits
Released	10 May 1993
Recorded	May 1992, Les Arenes, Nîmes, France; Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Genre	Roots rock
Length	75:33
Label	Vertigo Warner Bros. (USA)
Producer	Mark Knopfler, Neil Dorfsman, Guy Fletcher
Dire Straits chronology
On Every Street (1991) On the Night (1993) Encores (1993)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	(CD)[1]
Allmusic	(DVD)[2]

On the Night is the second live album by Dire Straits. It was released in 1993, between Alchemy (1984) and Live at the BBC (1995, but recorded much earlier). It features many of their later hits, including the successful singles "Walk of Life" and "Money for Nothing". "On the Night" is a collection of recordings from two different concerts during the On Every Street tour.

The musical virtuosity of all players can clearly be heard, and the album makes good use of Paul Franklin's pedal steel guitar skills, and Chris White's saxophone solos. These two musicians had previously appeared on the album On Every Street; On the Night highlights their talents more prominently.

Video and DVD releases

The video version of On the Night included three additional tracks: "The Bug", "Solid Rock" and "Wild Theme" (from the Local Hero soundtrack). "The Bug" was placed between "Romeo and Juliet" and "Private Investigations", while the other two tracks were at the end. The three omitted tracks were released separately on the Encores EP.

The concert film was eventually released in a PAL-format DVD in the UK, VideoCD in Netherlands, and a region-free NTSC DVD importable from Argentina.

Track listing

All songs were written by Mark Knopfler, except where noted.

Album version

1. "Calling Elvis" – 10:25
2. "Walk of Life" – 5:06
3. "Heavy Fuel" – 5:23
4. "Romeo and Juliet" – 10:05
5. "Private Investigations" – 9:43
6. "Your Latest Trick" – 5:35
7. "On Every Street" – 7:01
8. "You and Your Friend" – 6:48
9. "Money for Nothing" (Knopfler, Sting) – 6:28
10. "Brothers in Arms" – 8:54

Video and DVD version

1. "Calling Elvis"
2. "Walk of Life"
3. "Heavy Fuel"
4. "Romeo and Juliet"
5. "The Bug"
6. "Private Investigations"
7. "Your Latest Trick"
8. "On Every Street"
9. "You and Your Friend"
10. "Money for Nothing" (Knopfler, Sting)
11. "Brothers in Arms"
12. "Solid Rock"
13. "Local Hero - Wild Theme"

Charts

The second live album by Dire Straits stayed for 7 weeks in the UK Albums Chart. [1]

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1993	Austrian Albums Chart	1
1993	Dutch Albums Chart	2
1993	Italian Albums Chart	3
1993	UK Albums Chart	4
1993	Australian ARIA Albums Chart	5
1993	Norwegian Albums Chart	5
1993	Swiss Albums Chart	5
1993	French Albums Chart	1
1993	Swedish Albums Chart	14
1993	U.S. Billboard 200	116

Personnel

• Mark Knopfler – lead vocals, lead guitar
• John Illsley – bass, backing vocals
• Alan Clark – keyboards
• Guy Fletcher – keyboards, backing vocals
• Danny Cummings – percussion, backing vocals
• Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
• Phil Palmer – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Chris White – saxophone, flute, backing vocals
• Chris Whitten – drums

References

1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. On the Night at Allmusic
2. ^ Davies, Ben. On the Night at Allmusic