Brothers in Arms

The blockbuster: number one on both sides of the Atlantic and more than 30 million copies sold.
Dire Straits, 1985

Released
17 May 1985
Recorded
November 1984 to February 1985
Studio
AIR Montserrat; Power Station, New York
Producer
Mark Knopfler and Neil Dorfsman
Length
55:11

Omar Hakim played drums on most of the record, and Sting added a guest vocal. It spent 14 weeks at number one in Britain and nine in America, and was reported as the first CD to sell a million copies. Q's Rob Beattie called it a singularly melancholic collection. The tour that followed ran to 248 shows and ended in Sydney in April 1986.

Track listing

  1. So Far Away5:12
  2. Money for Nothing8:25
  3. Walk of Life4:12
  4. Your Latest Trick6:33
  5. Why Worry8:31
  6. Ride Across the River6:58
  7. The Man's Too Strong4:40
  8. One World3:40
  9. Brothers in Arms7:00

More from Dire Straits

Dire Straits (1978), Making Movies (1980)

Sources

  1. Brothers in Arms (album), Wikipedia
  2. Dire Straits, Wikipedia