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.

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?

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.

I really started getting into Dire Straits right before On Every Street came out. In the course of 6 months I had bought all of their previous recordings and was listening to them religiously. So of course I was elated when I happened to catch the video for "Calling Elvis" on MTV. If you haven't seen it it is awesome, it features characters from the show Thunderbirds. So I waited, brimming with anticipation until the release of the record. Yeah, I had read a few bad reviews before the release of the record, but I overlooked them trying to give Mark Knopfler and co. the benefit of the doubt. Unfortunately, the reviews were right on the mark.

True, the record starts off great. "Calling Elvis" is a fun song and makes you want to hear what the rest of the record has to offer. The next song "On Every Street" is perhaps the best song Dire Straits has ever written. Once again, Mark Knopfler tells us a story of desperation, longing and bittersweet hope. And my, the melodies alone send shivers down the spine. After this, however, the record starts taking a dive.

First of all, there is way too much country music on here for me. Yes, Dire Straits' music has always had a country influence in it but some of these songs are straight up Nashville. If I wanted to buy a country record I would buy Garth Brooks, not Dire Straits. A warning label should have been issued with the record so us fans would have known there was going to be a switch in genre.

Second of all, the rest of the songs on the record that are good (i.e. the bluesy and lusty "You and your Friends" and the jazzy, with a Santana solo at the end, "Planet of New Orleans")don't even come close to their masterpieces of old like "Your Latest Trick".

Last but not least, it seems on some songs Mark Knopfler has completely run out of ideas, because he rewrites a few of their old songs into new and lamer versions. Thus, Money for Nothing becomes "Heavy Fuel" and "The man's to Strong" becomes "Iron Hand". And neither matches the glory of their origin. Another hint at his lack of new ideas becomes apparent in the appaling lyrics of "My Parties" and "Heavy Fuel". You truly start to wonder if this is the same man who wrote "Telegraph road".

But for all of that I wouldn't rule this record out. If you are a Dire Straits fan it is worth getting for the half of the record that is good. I would hate any Dire Straits fan to miss out on the feeling of sitting in some seedy jazz club in "Fade to Black" and driving down a dimly New Orleans street in "Planet of New Orleans" simply on account of my review. Yeah, their are lame songs but thank God almighty for skip buttons and used cd's so you don't have to pay full price for a record that is only half good.