Dire Straits

Given their low-key music and lack of visual flash, these guys seemed like unlikely candidates for mainstream pop stardom.

Dire Straits released only a handful of albums during their brief time together. Which holds up best?

Dire Straits released their second album, 'Communique,' on June 15, 1979.

In truth, they'd never come across as overly eager about courting rock radio — and really didn't need to be.