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<h1><em>Brothers in Arms</em> (album)</h1><p>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/67/DS_Brothers_in_Arms.jpg" alt="DS Brothers in Arms.jpg"></p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>Brothers in Arms</em></strong> is the fifth studio album by British rock band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dire Straits</a>, released on 13 May 1985 through <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertigo_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Vertigo Records</a> internationally and through <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Warner Bros. Records</a> in the US. It spent a total of 14 non-consecutive weeks at number one on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Albums_Chart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">UK Albums Chart</a> (including ten consecutive weeks between 18 January and 22 March 1986), nine weeks at number one on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Billboard</em> 200</a> in the US and 34 weeks at number one on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARIA_Charts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Australian Albums Chart</a>. <em>Brothers in Arms</em> was the first album certified ten-times platinum in the UK<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_in_Arms_(album)#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a> and is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_in_the_United_Kingdom" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">eighth-best-selling album in UK chart history</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_in_Arms_(album)#cite_note-occ-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[2]</a> It is certified <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIAA_certification" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">nine-times platinum</a> in the US and is one of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">world's best-selling albums</a>, having sold more than 30 million copies worldwide.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_in_Arms_(album)#cite_note-riaa-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_in_Arms_(album)#cite_note-bbc-news-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[4]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_in_Arms_(album)#cite_note-bbc-news-2-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[5]</a></p><p>The album won a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grammy Award</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_Grammy_Awards" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">1986</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Engineered_Album,_Non-Classical" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical</a> and Best British Album at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Brit_Awards_ceremonies#1987" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">1987 Brit Awards</a>; the 20th Anniversary Edition won another Grammy in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/48th_Grammy_Awards" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">2006</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Surround_Sound_Album" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Best Surround Sound Album</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Q</em></a> magazine placed the album at number 51 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. It was also among ten albums nominated for the best British album of the previous 30 years by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brit_Awards" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Brit Awards</a> in 2010, ultimately losing to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(What%27s_the_Story)_Morning_Glory%3F" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>(What's the Story) Morning Glory?</em></a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oasis_(band)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Oasis</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_in_Arms_(album)#cite_note-nme_wilkinson-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[6]</a></p><p><br></p><p>On the second side of the album, three songs ("Ride Across the River", "The Man's Too Strong" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_in_Arms_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Brothers in Arms</a>") are lyrically focused on militarism. "Ride Across the River" uses immersive Latin American imagery, accompanied by synthesized <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_flute" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">pan flute</a>, mariachi trumpet, a reggae-influenced drum part and eerie background noises. "The Man's Too Strong" depicts the character of an ancient soldier (or war criminal) and his fear of showing feelings as a weakness. Written during the 1982 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands_War" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Falklands War</a>, "Brothers in Arms" deals with the senselessness of war.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_in_Arms_(album)#cite_note-17" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[17]</a> In 2007, the 25th anniversary of the war, Knopfler recorded a new version of the song at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_Road_Studios" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Abbey Road Studios</a> to raise funds for British veterans who he said "are still suffering from the effects of that conflict."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_in_Arms_(album)#cite_note-18" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[18]</a></p>