Tracks
Side A
- 11985Dutch Top 40: peak position 31 in week 18 of 1985, 5 weeks in the chartSo Far Away5:06F♯ major
- 21985Dutch Top 40: peak position 27 in week 33 of 1989, 4 weeks in the chartMoney For Nothing8:25G major
Side B
- 11985Dutch Top 40: peak position 20 in week 2 of 1986, 8 weeks in the chartWalk Of Life4:09B major
- 21985Your Latest Trick6:30
Side C
- 11985Why Worry8:25B major
- 21985Ride Across The River6:58
Side D
- 11985The Man's Too Strong4:39D major
- 21985One World3:37E major
- 31985Brothers In Arms7:00G♯ major
Source of the Dutch Top 40 entries: top40.nl
Sound of Brothers in Arms
Brothers in Arms sounds more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 117 bpm.
Quietest track: Ride Across The River · most energetic: Walk Of Life
Across 9 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of the line-up
The seven members of Dire Straits around the time of Brothers in Arms, with the years they belonged to the group. This is the band line-up around that time, not necessarily who is heard on the album. The thin line is this album and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line for more. A linked name has its own page.
Mark Knopfler
John Illsley
Alan Clark
Hal Lindes
Terry Williams
Guy Fletcher
Jack Sonni1980198519901995Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Member until the end
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Frequently asked questions
When was Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits released?
Brothers in Arms came out in 1985.
How many tracks are on Brothers in Arms?
Brothers in Arms has nine tracks, 55 minutes in total, spread over four vinyl sides.
Which tracks from Brothers in Arms made the Dutch Top 40?
Three tracks from this album reached the Dutch Top 40: So Far Away, Money For Nothing and Walk Of Life. The highest was Walk Of Life, at number 20 in week 2 of 1986.
Which category is Brothers in Arms in?
Brothers in Arms is filed under studio albums. On the home page, sorted by category, the album sits on that shelf, among the other albums by Dire Straits.
Which other albums by Dire Straits are in the collection?
The collection holds two more albums by Dire Straits: Dire Straits (1978) and Money For Nothing (1988).
Who was in Dire Straits when Brothers in Arms came out?
In 1985, Dire Straits consisted of Mark Knopfler, John Illsley, Alan Clark, Hal Lindes, Terry Williams, Guy Fletcher and Jack Sonni. That is the line-up of the group in that year, not necessarily who is heard on the album. A linked name has a page of its own.
What do the percentages for the sound of Brothers in Arms mean?
They come from an acoustic analysis of the recordings as they are on Spotify: per track a score from 0 to 100 for energy, danceability, mood and acoustic, plus the tempo and the key. They are the outcome of a model, not a measurement of the music itself; 93% acoustic means the model is fairly sure that mostly acoustic instruments are heard. The sound of the album is the average of its tracks, each track counting equally, and the comparison is with the average of all analysed tracks in the collection.
How do you play Brothers in Arms?
With the round Spotify button after each track, or the whole album at once via the play button next to the cover. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
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