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Tracklist
Side A
- So Far Away (3:59)
- Money For Nothing (7:04)
- Walk Of Life (4:07)
- Your Latest Trick (4:46)
- Why Worry? (5:22)
Side B
- Ride Across the River (6:57)
- The Man's Too Strong (4:36)
- One World (3:36)
- Brothers in Arms (6:56)
Labels & dead wax
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The rim text on the edge of the label is in Portuguese: "TODOS OS DIREITOS DO PRODUTOR E DO PROPRIETÁRIO DA OBRA GRAVADA SÃO RESERVADOS. A REPRODUÇÃO, ALOCAÇÃO, EXECUÇÃO PÚBLICA E RADIOTELEDIFUSÃO DESTE DISCO ESTÃO PROIBIDAS. FABRICADO E DISTRIBUÍDO POR FONOGRAMA DISTRIBUIDORA FONOGRÁFICA BRASILEIRA LTDA". The Portuguese language clearly indicates Brazil (the only Portuguese-speaking country in South America). Additionally, in the middle of the label there is a licensing formula: "Sob licença da Polygram do Brasil Ltda, Indústria Brasileira", meaning "under license from Polygram do Brasil Ltda, Brazilian Industry". The phrase Indústria Brasileira is the standard Brazilian wording for product origin protection, required by law on all industrial goods manufactured in Brazil since the late 1970s.
Historical context & other notes
From the main release
Brothers In Arms was one of the two most important rock albums of the 1980s in terms of the transition from vinyl to CD. The other one was Thriller. CD players were bought for these albums in 1985 and 1986.
Brothers In Arms became the first album to sell more than one million copies on CD worldwide and the first to sell more copies on CD than on vinyl. It sold over thirty million copies globally by the end of the decade. It held the number one spot in the UK charts for fourteen weeks and nine weeks in the US. Vertigo and Philips jointly financed a tour spanning 248 shows in 177 cities, with the CD format as the main visual element of the tour. For promotion, the world's first single in CD format was released in 1985 (Vertigo 884 285-2, pressed in West Germany by Polygram), containing a long version of the title track and excerpts from the album.
Other releases
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