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Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
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Double LP track listing
Side 1
1. "So Far Away" 5:12
2. "Money for Nothing" (Mark Knopfler, Sting) 8:26
Side 2
1. "Walk of Life" 4:12
2. "Your Latest Trick" 6:33
Side 3
1. "Why Worry" 8:31
2. "Ride Across the River" 6:58
Side 4
1. "The Man's Too Strong" 4:40
2. "One World" 3:40
3. "Brothers in Arms" 6:59
Total length: 55:07
Dire Straits Band Members / Musicians
Mark Knopfler – guitars and vocals
John Illsley – bass guitar and vocals
Alan Clark – keyboards
Guy Fletcher – keyboards and vocals
Omar Hakim – drums
Terry Williams – drums
Michael Brecker – saxophone on "Your Latest Trick"
Randy Brecker
Malcolm Duncan
Neil Jason
Tony Levin – bass on "One World"
Jimmy Maelen
Mike Mainieri
Dave Plews
Jack Sonni – guitar synthesizer on "The Man's Too Strong"
Sting – vocals on "Money for Nothing"
Brothers in Arms is the 5th studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 13 May 1985 through Vertigo Records internationally and through Warner Bros. Records in the US. It spent a total of 14 non-consecutive weeks at number one on the UK Albums Chart (including ten consecutive weeks between 18 January and 22 March 1986), nine weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 in the US and 34 weeks at number one on the Australian Albums Chart. Brothers in Arms was the first album certified ten-times platinum in the UK and is the eighth-best-selling album in UK chart history. It is certified nine-times platinum in the US, and is one of the world's best-selling albums, having sold more than 30 million copies worldwide.
The album won a Grammy Award in 1986 for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, the 20th Anniversary Edition won another Grammy in 2006 for Best Surround Sound Album, and also won Best British Album at the 1987 Brit Awards. Q magazine placed the album at number 51 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. It was also among ten albums nominated for the best British album of the previous 30 years by the Brit Awards in 2010, ultimately losing to (What's the Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis.
