Brothers in Arms (album)

Brothers in Arms
Brothers in Arms
Studio album by Dire Straits
Released	17 May 1985
Recorded	2 November 1984 – 31 March 1985
Studio	AIR Montserrat (Salem); Power Station (New York City);
Length	55:11 (CD, cassette and double LP); 45:40 (vinyl);
Label	Vertigo
Producer	Neil Dorfsman; Mark Knopfler;
Dire Straits chronology
Singles from Brothers in Arms
	"So Far Away"; Released: 12 April 1985; "Money for Nothing"; Released: 28 June 1985; "Brothers in Arms"; Released: 18 October 1985 (UK); "Walk of Life"; Released: October 1985 (US); "Your Latest Trick"; Released: April 1986;

Brothers in Arms is the fifth studio album by the British rock band Dire Straits, released on 17 May 1985^[2] through Vertigo Records internationally and Warner Bros. Records in the United States. It was the first album in history to sell over one million copies in CD format.^[3]

Brothers in Arms 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 United States and 34 weeks at number one on the Australian Albums Chart. It was the first album certified ten-times platinum in the UK^[4] and is the eighth-best-selling album in UK chart history.^[5] It is certified nine-times platinum in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and is one of the world's best-selling albums, having sold more than 30 million copies worldwide.^[6]^[7]^[8]

The album won a Grammy Award in 1986 for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical and Best British Album at the 1987 Brit Awards; the 20th Anniversary reissue won another Grammy in 2006 for Best Surround Sound Album. In 2020, Rolling Stone placed Brothers in Arms at number 418 on its "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list. Q magazine ranked Brothers in Arms number 51 on its list of the "100 Greatest British Albums Ever".

^ Dire Straits Live in 85/86 concert tour program
^ "Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms" (PDF). Music Week. 11 May 1985. p. 44. Retrieved 17 May 2022 – via World Radio History.
^ Sullivan, Caroline (11 June 2011). "Brothers in Arms popularises the CD". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
^ BPI [@bpi_music] (1 April 2017). "The first ever album to go 10× Platinum in the UK was Dire Straits' 'Brothers In Arms', released in 1985 #bpiAwards44" (Tweet). Retrieved 2 April 2017 – via Twitter.
^ Copsey, Rob (4 July 2016). "The UK's 60 official biggest selling albums of all time revealed". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
^ "Brothers in Arms (album)". RIAA. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
^ "Queen head all-time sales chart". BBC News. 16 November 2006. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
^ "Mark Knopfler hurt in crash". BBC News. 18 March 2003. Retrieved 2 December 2012.

[1] Dire Straits Live in 85/86 concert tour program

[2] "Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms" (PDF). Music Week. 11 May 1985. p. 44. Retrieved 17 May 2022 – via World Radio History.

[3] Sullivan, Caroline (11 June 2011). "Brothers in Arms popularises the CD". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 April 2023.

[4] BPI [@bpi_music] (1 April 2017). "The first ever album to go 10× Platinum in the UK was Dire Straits' 'Brothers In Arms', released in 1985 #bpiAwards44" (Tweet). Retrieved 2 April 2017 – via Twitter.

[occ-5] Copsey, Rob (4 July 2016). "The UK's 60 official biggest selling albums of all time revealed". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 April 2017.

[riaa-6] "Brothers in Arms (album)". RIAA. Retrieved 13 August 2017.

[bbc-news-7] "Queen head all-time sales chart". BBC News. 16 November 2006. Retrieved 2 December 2012.

[bbc-news-2-8] "Mark Knopfler hurt in crash". BBC News. 18 March 2003. Retrieved 2 December 2012.

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