One of the world’s best-selling and most iconic albums, Dire Straits’ Brothers In Arms turns 40 with a deluxe anniversary reissue. Originally released on 17 May 1985, the band’s fifth studio album was co-produced by Mark Knopfler and Neil Dorfsman, recorded between AIR Studios in Montserrat and the Power Station in New York.
The first album to sell over a million copies on CD, it went on to become the group’s most commercially successful release, spawning timeless singles like ‘Money For Nothing’, ‘Walk of Life’, ‘So Far Away’, and the haunting title track. It dominated the UK Albums Chart for 14 non-consecutive weeks and remains the eighth best-selling album in UK chart history.
Winner of the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album (Non-Classical) and the BRIT Award for Best British Album, Brothers In Arms is a landmark in both sound and scale. For the first time since 1985, this single-sleeve 1LP reissue faithfully mirrors the original pressing, with abridged versions of ‘So Far Away’, ‘Money For Nothing’, ‘Your Latest Trick’ and ‘Why Worry?’ to suit the vinyl format.
An essential slice of rock history, lovingly restored.
TRACKS:
SIDE A
- So Far Away
- Money For Nothing
- Walk Of Life
- Your Latest Trick
- Why Worry?
SIDE B
- Ride Across The River
- The Man's Too Strong
- One World
- Brothers In Arms
