This 2LP set gets it right. Issuing a single disc of Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler would be a silly thing at best and a hopelessly frustrating one at worst. When the band burst on the scene with “Sultans of Swing,” there was a lot happening in rock music, but most of it was under the radar and remains forgotten except in the historic annals of music fanatics

1. Sultans Of Swing
2. Love Over Gold
3. Romeo And Juliet
4. Tunnel Of Love
5. Private Investigations
6. Money For Nothing
7. Brothers In Arms
8. Walk Of Life
9. On Every Street
10. Boom, Like That
11. Going Home (Theme from the Local Hero)
12. Why Aye Man
13. What It Is
14. All The Road Running (Duet with Emmylou Harris)