| On the Night | ||||
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| 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) |
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| Producer | Mark Knopfler, Neil Dorfsman, Guy Fletcher | |||
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| 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.
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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.
All songs were written by Mark Knopfler, except where noted.
The second live album by Dire Straits stayed for 7 weeks in the UK Albums Chart. [1]
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 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 |
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