Scapolo, Dean (2007). The Complete New Zealand Music Charts 1966-2006. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-877443-00-8. Illsley, John (2021). My Life in Dire Straits. Random House. ISBN 978-1-473587-94-6. We brought in a number of other top session musicians (...), including (...) Neil Jason, who helped out on the song 'One World'. This needed a funk bass sound, which I don't do but Neil does very well. In the Netherlands, the album broke the all-time record for most weeks on chart, with 269 non-consecutive weeks (since overtaken by Adele's 21 and the Buena Vista Social Club's eponymous debut album). [62] Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1sted.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5. Richie LP Hits Big In South Africa". Billboard. 13 September 1986 . Retrieved 1 June 2020– via Google Books.

a b Tarik de Souza (12 September 1991). "Volta os campeões de audiência". Jornal do Brasil (in Portuguese). p.38 . Retrieved 23 October 2023– via National Library of Brazil. Alam da platina tripla pelos 750 mil copias de Brothers in Arms, a banda de Mark Knopfler garimpou entre nos duas platina dimples de 250 mil cada (Alchemy, o primeiro que estourou, em 84, e coletânea Money for Nothing, de 8) e um disco de ouro (no LP de estreia Dire Straits, de 79) Brothers in Arms (album) (booklet). Dire Straits. Warner Bros. Records. 1985. p.5. 947773-2. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/entertainment/music/516848/dire-straits-reunion-not-horizon-says-band-founder-john-illsley-ahead-tayside-gigs/ Brothers In Arms (Booklet). Dire Straits. Vertigo (5483572). 2000. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link)In the UK, the album spent 14 weeks at number one on the UK Albums Chart, [63] and as of August 2018 has spent 271 weeks on the chart. [64] a b All Music Guide: The Definitive Guide to Popular Music (4thed.). Hal Leonard Corporation. 2001. p.120. ISBN 0879309237. The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Dire Straits; 'Dire Straits ')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. American album certifications – Dire Straits – Dire Straits". Recording Industry Association of America.

European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Eurotipsheet. Vol.2, no.23. 10 June 1985. p.18. OCLC 29800226– via World Radio History. Danish album certifications – Dire Straits – Dire Straits". IFPI Danmark . Retrieved 2 February 2021.

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Their first single, " Sultans of Swing", from their 1978 self-titled debut album, reached the top ten in the UK and US charts. It was followed by a string of hit singles including " Romeo and Juliet" (1981), " Private Investigations" (1982), " Twisting by the Pool" (1983), " Money for Nothing" (1985), and " Walk of Life" (1985). [3] Their most commercially successful album, Brothers in Arms (1985), has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide; it was the first album to sell a million copies on compact disc [4] [5] and is the eighth-best-selling album in UK history. According to the Guinness Book of British Hit Albums, Dire Straits have spent over 1,100 weeks on the UK albums chart, the fifth most of all time. [6] European Charts of the Year 1987 – Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol.4, no.51/52. 26 December 1987. p.35. OCLC 29800226– via World Radio History.

Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time". Rolling Stone. 2012 . Retrieved 9 September 2019. Dimery, Robert; Lydon, Michael, eds. (7 February 2006). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 0-7893-1371-5.