Cover Art: Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms

Artist: Dire Straits

Title: Brothers in Arms

Date: 1985

Label: Phonogram Records 824 499-1Q

Sleeve: Sutton Cooper

Photography: Deborah Feingold

Painting: Thomas Steyer

Notes: I guess that if it was mandatory that each of us owned a Dire Straits record this would be the one. It's got a ton of hits and the rest of the disc ain't bad either. The signature guitar sound is there in all its glory and the strong line-up of material makes for a pleasant experience. Beautiful cover photos and a simple design enhance the package. The is a German import, but I think everything is the same as the stateside version.

Line Up

Mark Knopfler: guitars & vocals
Alan Clark: keyboards
Guy Fletcher: keyboards & vocals
John Illsley: bass & vocals
Omar Hakim / Terry Williams: drums

Track Listing

Side 1

So Far Away
Money For Nothing
Walk of Life
Your Latest Trick
Why Worry

Side 2

Ride Across the River
The Man's Too Strong
One World
Brothers in Arms

Gotta Slide?

Front Cover

Nice 'n Shiny...

Back Cover

Here's some info provided by Steve H:

I don't know if it's of any real interest to you but...........
It's commonly known that Brothers in Arms was the first album to be recorded entirely digitally, and as such was the first CD ever to bear the letters DDD. In the early days of CD's, there was a three letter code on the back cover, either AAD, ADD or DDD. This signified the mixture of analogue and digital recording used in production, and until the release of Brothers in Arms there had always been an element of analogue recording somewhere in the process. Dire Straits broke the mould with this album, which heralded the start of all-digital recording, mixing and
mastering.