"On Every Street" is the sixth and final studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on September 9, 1991, by Vertigo Records internationally and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. It followed the band's hugely successful album Brothers in Arms. The album reached the top of the UK Albums Chart and was certified platinum by the RIAA.
"On Every Street" was released more than six years after Dire Straits' previous album, Brothers in Arms. It reached number 12 in the United States and topped the charts in the United Kingdom and numerous European countries. The album was produced by Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits.
At this point, the band consisted of Knopfler, John Illsley, Alan Clark, and Guy Fletcher. The album also featured session musicians such as Chris White, Paul Franklin, Phil Palmer, Danny Cummings, and American drummer Jeff Porcaro from Toto. Porcaro was invited to join the band's subsequent world tour but declined due to other commitments with Toto and as a studio musician.
The album was promoted with a 14-month world tour, which included 216 shows across Europe, North America, and Australia. The tour sold 7.1 million tickets and lasted from August 1991 to October 1992. This tour was documented in the group's second live album, On the Night, recorded in May 1992 at Les Arenes in Nîmes, France, and Feijenoord Stadion in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. It was released in May 1993.
Dire Straits disbanded permanently in 1995, and Mark Knopfler subsequently pursued a solo career.
The album was remastered and reissued along with the rest of the Dire Straits catalog in 1996 for most of the world, except the United States, where it was reissued on September 19, 2000.
