![]() ![]() The album was produced by songwriter Mark Knopfler and Neil Dorfsman, who had engineered Dire Straits' 1982 album Love over Gold and Knopfler's 1983 soundtrack album Local Hero. "Brothers in Arms" was recorded at the now-abandoned AIR Studios in Montserrat (pictured in 2013) which was home to many famous artists and bands in the late '70s and '80s.īrothers in Arms was recorded from October 1984 to February 1985 at AIR Studios on the island of Montserrat, a British overseas territory in the Caribbean. Q magazine ranked Brothers in Arms number 51 on its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. The album won a Grammy Award in 1986 for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical and Best British Album at the 1987 Brit Awards the 20th Anniversary reissue won another Grammy in 2006 for Best Surround Sound Album. It is certified nine-times platinum in the United States 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 United States and 34 weeks at number one on the Australian Albums Chart. Brothers in Arms is the fifth studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on through Vertigo Records internationally and through Warner Bros.
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