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DIRE STRAITS "Private Investigations"

Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler is a 2005 best of album. Named after their 1982 hit single, it consists of material by Dire Straits, with songs selected from most of the group's studio albums from 1978 up to the group's dissolution in 1995 (excluding the 1979 album Communiqué). It also features work from the solo career of the lead guitarist and singer, Mark Knopfler, including some of his soundtrack material.

The only previously unreleased track on the album is "All The Roadrunning", a duet with country music singer Emmylou Harris. The US version omits "Darling Pretty", but adds "Skateaway".

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/Gordon Sumner (Sting))
9. "Brothers in Arms" - 06:57
10. "Walk of Life" - 04:08
11. "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