3 Things to Know About the Recording of Brothers in Arms

It was one of the first all-digital albums Dire Straits recorded the 1985 album on a Sony 24-track digital tape machine, making it an early all-digital recording.

The digital recording defined its sound The clean, precise digital capture gave the album a clarity that became a sonic benchmark for the early CD era.

It helped popularize the CD format Brothers in Arms was used to demonstrate the superior sound of compact discs, boosting consumer adoption.