Tracks
Side A
- 12022Sultans Of Swing5:49F major
- 21978Down To The Waterline4:02
- 32022Portobello Belle4:24A♯ major
Side B
- 11988Twisting By The Pool3:33A major
- 21980Tunnel Of Love8:12
- 31980Romeo And Juliet5:59
Side C
- 11988Where Do You Think You're Going?3:34
- 21985Walk Of Life4:07
- 31982Private Investigations5:57E minor
Side D
- 12022Telegraph Road12:00D minor
- 21988Money For Nothing4:08D minor
- 31988Brothers In Arms4:59G♯ minor
Sound of Money For Nothing
Money For Nothing sounds more electric and more energetic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 128 bpm.
Quietest track: Private Investigations · most energetic: Twisting By The Pool
Across 12 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of the line-up
All nine members of Dire Straits over the years, without tour members. This is a compilation that spans the whole career, not one moment in time. The thin line is this album. Point at a line for more. A linked name has its own page.
Mark Knopfler
John Illsley
Pick Withers
David Knopfler
Alan Clark
Hal Lindes
Terry Williams
Guy Fletcher
Jack Sonni1980198519901995Member of the groupAlbumMember until the end
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Frequently asked questions
When was Money For Nothing by Dire Straits released?
Money For Nothing came out in 1988.
How many tracks are on Money For Nothing?
Money For Nothing has twelve tracks, 67 minutes in total, spread over four vinyl sides.
Which category is Money For Nothing in?
Money For Nothing is filed under compilations. 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 Brothers in Arms (1985).
Who was in Dire Straits when Money For Nothing came out?
In 1978–2022, Dire Straits consisted of Mark Knopfler, John Illsley, Pick Withers, David Knopfler, Alan Clark, Hal Lindes, Terry Williams, Guy Fletcher and one others. That is the line-up of the group in those years, 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 Money For Nothing 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 Money For Nothing?
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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