Top Tip: Right-click and open in new tab Top Albums of 1985 The Top 10 Albums with a You Tube hyperlink on the title: So, on we go with 1985: The top 10 sellers for 1985 are below, not a good year! More writings on this album here: Brothers in Arms “ Money for Nothing” ( Mark Knopfler, Sting) Track listingĪll songs were written by Mark Knopfler, except where indicated. I do not play it much at these days, having played it to death over many years, but always nice to hear a song from this album on the radio from time to time. It is one of those albums that most people had, or indeed still have in their collection, along with Bridge Over troubled Water. It is certified nine-times platinum in the US, and is one of the world’s best-selling albums, having sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. Brothers in Arms was the first album certified ten-times platinum in the UK and is the eighth best-selling album in UK chart history. It spent a total of 14 non-consecutive weeks at number one on the UK Albums Chart (including ten consecutive weeks between 18 January and 22 March 1986), nine weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 in the US and 34 weeks at number one on the Australian Albums Chart. Happy days!īrothers in Arms is the fifth studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on through Vertigo Records internationally and through Warner Bros. That cost us 3 extra duties and 3 bottles of port each. I had my first and only 9am walk of shame to see the RSM, along with 2 other SNCO’s, following an unfortunate incident at a mess dinner, involving a bottle of port, apparently not meant to leave the table. The squadron did a tour of NI, but I was left behind to be in charge of the rear party. In 1985 I had a quiet year, chief clerk of a squadron in Hameln. Not everyone will like my choices of course, and you may remember some from each particular year that you feel should have been included, so do please post a link to the song. I will select a featured album for each year and the link for the whole album, Plus list the songs on it.Īs before, it is not just about the songs and tunes, it is very much about memories, and good ones, I hope. This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. Featured Album: Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms
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