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Live at the BBC (Dire Straits album)

1995 live album by Dire Straits From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Live at the BBC (Dire Straits album)
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Live at the BBC is a live album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 26 June 1995 on Vertigo Records internationally, and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The album was recorded on 22 July 1978 at BBC Studios in London, with one track recorded on 19 December 1980. The studio versions of the first six songs were released on Dire Straits. Live at the BBC was the band's third live album, preceded by Alchemy: Dire Straits Live (1984) and On the Night (1993).

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In November 2023, Live at the BBC was included in the box set anthology, Live 1978-1992.

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Release

Live at the BBC was released on 26 June 1995, after the group officially disbanded. According to Mark Knopfler,[citation needed] the album was released because Dire Straits still owed one album to Phonogram Records (now Mercury Records). The album was a means to end the contract before Knopfler began his solo career (still signed to Mercury).

Composition

Live at the BBC consists of eight songs, the first seven recorded for the BBC Live in Concert series on 22 July 1978. The eighth song, "Tunnel of Love", was recorded at the Rockpop concert in Dortmund on 19 December 1980.

Critical reception

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In his review for AllMusic, William Ruhlmann gave the album three and a half out of five stars, writing, "It's a modest effort from a modest band and, in that sense, a better representation of them than Alchemy or On the Night, both of which reflected their worldwide popularity."[1] The album stayed on the UK albums chart for one week.

Track listing

All songs were written by Mark Knopfler, except where indicated.

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Personnel

Dire Straits

Charts

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Certifications and sales

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References

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