See, we originally oriented Rykodisc to be for the audiophile, specialty market, which we all expected to be where the CD would be for its first 5-10 years at least," Rykodisc co-founder Robert Simonds told Inside Hook. "Honestly, the fast growth of the CD almost killed us. It was the first compact disc to sell over a million copies. Given the album's pristine and crystal-clear sound, Brothers in Arms exploded on the format.
When the CD format was introduced in 1982, it didn't take long for the shiny silver discs with the high-end sound to become wildly popular with serious music fans. It's the album that jump-started compact disc sales So let's pull back the doors, bust open the books and take a look inside Dire Straits' 1985 classic, Brothers in Arms.ġ. It topped the chart for nine weeks over the course of a 97-week run. Released on May 13, 1985, Brothers in Arms hit #1 for the week of August 31, 1985. Propelled by the time-defining single, "Money for Nothing," Brothers in Arms now stands as one of the best-selling albums of all time.
But nothing prepared the world for what would happen years later when the group released its fifth studio album, Brothers in Arms. Dire Straits was a successful British rock band who'd struck gold in America with the band's very first single, "Sultans of Swing," in 1978.
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