Encores (EP)

Encores is a live EP by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 10 May 1993, shortly after the release of their live album, On the Night. Although it was an EP, it was charted on the singles charts of many countries, including France where it debuted at number one.

Encores
EP by Dire Straits
Released	10 May 1993
Recorded	May 1992
Genre	Roots rock
Length	20:44
Label	Vertigo
Producer	Guy Fletcher, Mark Knopfler, Neil Dorfsman
Dire Straits chronology
On the Night (1993) Encores (1993) Live at the BBC (1995)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listings

All songs were written by Mark Knopfler.

1. "Your Latest Trick" – 5:41
2. "The Bug" – 5:24
3. "Solid Rock" – 5:20
4. "Local Hero (Wild Theme)" – 4:19[2]

Charts

This EP stayed 3 weeks in the UK Albums Chart.[3]

Albums

Chart (1993)	Peak
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[4]	47
Austrian Singles Chart[4]	19
Dutch Top 40[5]	4
Finnish Singles Chart (Suomen virallinen lista)[6]	18
French Singles Chart[4][7]	1
German Singles Chart[8]	34
Norwegian Singles Chart[4]	10
Spain (AFYVE)[9]	1
Swiss Singles Chart[4]	20
UK Singles Chart[10]	31

Albums end of year

Chart (1993)	Position
Dutch Top 40[5]	49

References

1. "Encores". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
2. "Encores". Discogs. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
4. "Encores", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved 10 April 2008)
5. "Single top 100 over 1993" (PDF) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
6. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava.
7. "Your Latest Trick" ("Encores" EP), French Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved 10 April 2008)
8. "Dire Straits singles, German Singles Chart" (in German). musicline. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
9. Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
10. UK Singles Chart OfficialCharts.com (Retrieved 10 April 2008)