The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations

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The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations
Greatest hits by Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler
Released	2005
Genre	Rock
Label	Mercury
Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler chronology
Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits (1998)	The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations (2005)
Deluxe edition cover art

Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler is a 2005 best of album. It is composed of material by Dire Straits and the solo career of the lead guitarist and singer, Mark Knopfler.

This album was released in three different versions, which features different tracklists.

• A single disc (Grey cover)
• A two disc compilation (Blue cover)
• A two disc compilation together with a booklet (Gold cover)

[edit] Track listing

All songs are written by Mark Knopfler unless otherwise indicated.

[edit] Single disc track listing

1. "Sultans Of Swing"
2. "Love Over Gold"
3. "Romeo and Juliet"
4. "Tunnel of Love" (intro "The Carousel Waltz" by Rodgers & Hammerstein)
5. "Private Investigations"
6. "Money for Nothing" (Knopfler/Sting)
7. "Brothers in Arms"
8. "Walk of Life"
9. "On Every Street" – 05:03
10. "Going Home (Theme from Local Hero)" – 05:00
11. "Why Aye Man" - 04.09
12. "Boom, Like That" - 05.49
13. "What It Is" - 04.56
14. "All The Roadrunning" - 04.49

[edit] Two-disc track listing

Disc one:

1. "Telegraph Road" – 14:20
2. "Sultans of Swing" – 05:48
3. "Love Over Gold" – 06:18
4. "Romeo and Juliet" – 06:00
5. "Tunnel of Love" - 08:10 (intro "The Carousel Waltz" by Rodgers/Hammerstein)
6. "Private Investigations" – 05:59
7. "So Far Away" – 05:07
8. "Money For Nothing" – 08:24 (Knopfler/Sting)
9. "Walk of Life" – 04:08
10. "Your Latest Trick" – 06:29

Disc two:

1. "Calling Elvis" – 06:24
2. "On Every Street" – 05:03
3. "Going Home (Theme from Local Hero)" – 05:00
4. "Darling Pretty" – 04.30
5. "The Long Road (Theme from Cal)" – 07:21
6. "Why Aye Man" - 04.09
7. "Sailing To Philadelphia" - 05.29
8. "What It Is" - 04.56
9. "The Trawlerman's Song" - 05.02
10. "Boom, Like That" - 05.49
11. "All The Roadrunning" - 04.49

Dire Straits

Mark Knopfler John Illsley | Alan Clark | Guy Fletcher | David Knopfler | Pick Withers | Hal Lindes | Terry Williams | Jack Sonni

Discography

Albums and extended plays: Dire Straits | Communiqué | Making Movies | Love over Gold | ExtendedancEPlay | Alchemy | Brothers in Arms | On Every Street | On the Night | Encores | Live at the BBC | Money for Nothing | Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits | The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations

Hit Singles: Sultans of Swing | Lady Writer | Romeo and Juliet | Skateaway | Private Investigations | Twisting by the Pool | So Far Away | Money for Nothing | Brothers in Arms | Walk of Life | Your Latest Trick | Calling Elvis | Heavy Fuel |