Brothers In Arms brought the atmospheric, jazz-rock inclinations of Love Over Gold into a pop setting, resulting in a surprise international best-seller.
Of course, the success of Brothers In Arms was helped considerably by the clever computer-animated video for "Money For Nothing," a sardonic attack on MTV. But what kept the record selling was Mark Knopfler's increased sense of pop song-craft... "Money for Nothing" had an indelible guitar riff, "Walk Of Life" is a catchy up-tempo boogie variation on "Sultans Of Swing," and the melodies of the bluesy "So Far Away" and the down-tempo, Everly Brothers-style "Why Worry" were wistful and lovely.
Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
A1 So Far Away
A2 Money For Nothing
B1 Walk Of Life
B2 Your Latest Trick
C1 Why Worry
C2 Ride Across The River
D1 The Man's Too Strong
D2 One World
D3 Brothers In Arms