Dire Straits

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Top 100 Albums (January to December 1986)" (PDF). Music Week. 24 January 1987. p.25. ISSN 0265-1548– via World Radio History. Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Dire Straits; 'Brothers in Arms ')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.

Recording [ edit ] Brothers in Arms was recorded at the now-abandoned AIR Studios in Montserrat (pictured in 2013), frequented by many famous artists and bands in the late 1970s and 1980s.

DIRE STRAITS STUDIO ALBUMS

John Illsley: Strait From The Art". Performing Musician. November 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2014 . Retrieved 19 October 2015. Brothers in Arms – full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. 22 June 2018 . Retrieved 14 August 2018. Smith, Richard (14 June 2007). "Songs from a pointless war". theguardian.com . Retrieved 16 May 2023. Brothers In Arms (Media notes). Dire Straits. Vertigo (3752907). 2014. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link)

Bignell, Paul; Harmon, Will (14 February 2010). "Better than the Brits: The IoS offers an alternative selection". The Independent . Retrieved 13 November 2019. Top 50 ( ARIA Chart) peaks from 26 June 1988: "australian-charts.com > Dire Straits in Australian Charts". Hung Medien . Retrieved 3 November 2016. certifications awarded between 1988 and 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.

Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits: "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2015 Albums". ARIA. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015 . Retrieved 3 November 2016. The album was released in the US on 20 October 1978.[6] The first single released was "Sultans of Swing" which first broke into the United States top five early in the spring of 1979, becoming a hit a full five months after the album was released there, and then reached number eight in the UK Singles Chart. "Water of Love" was also released as a single in some countries, and charted in Australia, reaching number 54, and in the Netherlands, reaching number 28.