Dire Straits- Brothers in Arms 40th Anniversary- Mark Knopfler 5-11

Few albums from the Eighties have been so popular or aged as well as Brothers in Arms, the fifth studio album from London’s Dire Straits. Released in May 1985, Brothers in Arms contained the songs of Mark Knopfler, performed expertly and produced impeccably, which proved irresistible to an international buying audience estimated at over thirty million.

Mark Knopfler thoughtfully addresses topics including the proliferation of MTV in the mid-Eighties as well as the phenomenon of cultural superstardom while detailing songs “Walk of Life”, “So Far Away”, the atmospheric “Ride Across the River”, “One World”, the international hit “Money for Nothing”, and the dramatic title song on the fortieth anniversary of the worldwide #1 seller Brothers in Arms the week of May 11. –Redbeard