Home / Music / Brothers in Arms sold over 30 million copies by the end of the 1980sMusic linernotes album music dire-straitsBrothers in Arms sold over 30 million copies by the end of the 1980sDire Straits’ Brothers in Arms had sold over 30 million copies worldwide by the end of the 1980s. It was everywhere. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesCommuniqué matched Dire Straits' debut in Europe but not AmericaMaking Movies pushed Dire Straits from roots rock to cinematic rockLove Over Gold: Dire Straits' slow-burner at 7.5 million copiesDire Straits' On Every Street couldn't escape the shadow of Brothers in Arms.Brothers in Arms was recorded on a Sony 24-track digital tape machineExploreGumshoe earned Mojo four stars for Crain's most 'fluid and celebratory' workHave You in My Wilderness put Julia Holter on the mapHospice started as a free download before Frenchkiss Records gave it a proper releaseHounds of Love was recorded in a barn studio Kate Bush had built for creative freedomNina Simone's I Put a Spell on You sold a million copies but was banned from radioPrevious Brothers in Arms was recorded on a Sony 24-track digital tape machineNext Bill Evans made Waltz for Debby a jazz standard in the studio and at the Vanguard