The thing with Straits is they simply never disapointed, all of their albums were up to par, no album was weaker or stronger, well, perhaps Brothers in Arms stands out a tiny bit. As their most succesfull album it should be the most logical first choice. Sfter that I'm undecided, all of them are equally good, though if someone put a knife on my throat and forced me to choose it'd be something like this:
1. Brothers in Arms
2. Making Movies
3. Dire Straits
4. Communique
5. Love Over Gold
6. On Every Street
They're simply a quality band which can't and won't disapoint any rock fan.
P.S. I recently downloaded a high resolution vinyl rip of Communique and it sounds simply awesome, trust me, CD's are crap compaired to this. Such a warm sound, incredible. Had vinyls been smaller and more compact CD's would have never become the success they are now, in sound quality vinyl is simply unmatched.