Brothers in Arms (album)

Brothers in Arms is the fifth studio album by British rock band Dire Straits. It was released on 13 May 1985 by Vertigo Records, and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. It went to number one in the charts in many countries. It was number one on the Billboard 200 in the United States for 9 weeks and was number one on the UK Albums Chart for 14 weeks. It is the  eighth-best-selling album in UK chart history and one of the world's best-selling albums. It sold over 30 million copies worldwide.

The album won a Grammy Award in 1986 for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. The 20th anniversary version of the album also won a Grammy Award in 2006 for Best Surround Sound Album.

Track listings
All songs were written by Mark Knopfler, except where noted. Some of the track lengths on the LP version are different from the lengths on the CD and cassette versions because the full tracks would not all fit on a single vinyl disc.

CD and cassette

Original single LP

Double LP

Personnel
Credits adapted from album liner notes.

Dire Straits
 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 on intro to Money For Nothing

Other musicians
Nature of contributions uncredited on album; contributions added where known.
 Michael Brecker – saxophone on "Your Latest Trick"https://web.archive.org/web/20080527141355/http://www.knopfler.net/interview48.html
 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" 

References

Category:1985 albums
Category:Pop rock albums
Category:Grammy Award-winning albums
Category:Dire Straits