Money for Nothing (album)

chronology
Money for Nothing
Compilation album by Dire Straits
Publication ; (s)	October 1988
Label (s)	Phonogram ; Vertigo Records ; Warner Bros. Records
Title (number)	12
running time	66:18
production	Muff Winwood ; Mark Knopfler ; Jimmy Iovine ; Jerry Wexler ; Barry Beckett; Neil Dorfsman

Money for Nothing is a compilation by the British rock band Dire Straits . It was released by Phonogram , Vertigo Records, and Warner Bros. Records in the fall of 1988 .

Creation and publication

After the tour of the successful album Brothers in Arms , the band suddenly disappeared from the scene and there were rumors that they would break up.

It was only in June 1988 that Dire Straits returned for a concert for Nelson Mandela's 70th birthday. In October of that year a best-of compilation with (partly newly mixed or shortened) pieces from all previous releases came on the market. It was named after the hit single Money for Nothing and became a chart success itself.

Track list

Sultans of Swing - 5:46 (from Dire Straits , 1978)
Down to the Waterline - 4:00 (from Dire Straits , 1978)
Portobello Belle (Live) - 4:33 (previously unreleased, 1983)
Twisting by the Pool (Remix) - 3:30 (by ExtendedancEPlay , 1983)
Tunnel of Love - 8:09 (from Making Movies , 1980)
Romeo and Juliet - 5:57 (from Making Movies , 1980)
Where Do You Think You're Going? - 3:31 (from Communiqué , 1979)
Walk of Life - 4:07 (from Brothers in Arms , 1985)
Private Investigations - 5:48 (from Love over Gold , 1982)
Telegraph Road (Live, Remix) - 12:00 (from Alchemy: Dire Straits Live , 1984)
Money for Nothing - 4:05 (from Brothers in Arms , 1985)
Brothers in Arms - 4:48 (from Brothers in Arms , 1985)

reception

"Money for Nothing winds up being a pretty good career summary. Far from perfect, though: too many album rock hits […] are missing, plus there're two live cuts […]. Discounting these, the remainder of the compilation does hit many of the big songs [...]. "

- Stephen Thomas Erlewine : Allmusic

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	3 × platinum	210,000
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	500,000
Finland (IFPI)	platinum	77,842
France (SNEP)	diamond	1,000,000
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	platinum	20,000
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	3 × platinum	150,000
Spain (Promusicae)	2 × platinum	200,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × platinum	1,200,000
All in all	19 × platinum 1 × diamond	4,572,842