Release: 2014/2022 (originally released in 1982)

2014 US reissue Mobile Fidelity's 180g 45RPM HQ vinyl2LP

Blockbuster Brothers in Arms Helped Define 1980s, Catapulted Dire Straits to Arena Status: Ranked #351 on Rolling Stone's List of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time#

The Ultimate Version of the Audiophile Standard, Mastered from the Original Master Tapes: Mobile Fidelity 180g 45RPM 2LP Set Captures Nuances, Textures, and Finite Information

Digital clone of Sony 1630 U-Matic digital master

Made in the U.S.A.
Special Limited Edition
Production and Mastering by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab • Specially Plated and Pressed on
180 grams of High Definition Vinyl • Special Static Free - Dust free inside cover
Heavy Duty Protective Packaging • Mastered from the Original Master Tapes
Digital clone of Sony 1630 U-Matic digital master

Tracks(2LP)
LP1:
A1 So Far Away 5:05
A2 Money For Nothing (Vocals [Uncredited] –StingWritten-By – Mark Knopfler, Sting) 8:25

B1 Walk Of Life 4:07
B2 Your Latest Trick 6:30

LP2:
C1 Why Worry 8:24
C2 Ride Across The River 6:56

D1 The Man's Too Strong 4:37
D2 One World 3:36
D3 Brothers In Arms 6:58

Dire Straits' Brothers in Arms is the kind of epic spectacular that comes around only once or twice a decade. Surpassed only in fame and visibility during the period by Michael Jackson's Thriller, the 1985 album remains idiosyncratic for its covetable combination of adventurous songwriting, precision-based performances, and reference-caliber fidelity.

The sense of realism this edition delivers will leave slack-jawed even the most hard-to-please audiophiles. As the recipient of the Grammy for Best-Engineered Recording, the album has always been a go-to sonic standard, but never has it sounded so reach-out-and-touch-it realistic as it does on this analog pressing. All of the hallmark characteristics – ample spaciousness, ideal balances, widescreen dynamics, immersive depth, lush production – are here in spades. As is music-making of enviable proportions.

While it's easy to speculate that the colossal success of Brothers in Arms relates to its timing – its release during an era obsessed with catchy singles, flashy MTV videos, and whistle-friendly melodies – reasons for the album's chart-busting success primarily owe to the expertly crafted songs and memorable playing turned in by a group hitting its creative peak. Not to mention the spatial dimensions that cause instruments and vocals to naturally float in a fixed area.

Anchored by "Money for Nothing," a caustically themed smash immediately identifiable via Mark Knopfler's resonant finger-picked guitar riff and Sting's "I want my MTV" vocal refrain, Dire Straits' fifth album is stuffed with bluesy signatures, jazz-rock motifs, clever lyrics, and organic accents. Diversity and consistency also extend to the songs' moods. Singing with his trademark light-to-the-touch timbre, Knopfler conjures feelings of poignancy, peacefulness, and mellowness, channeling wistfulness on the Top 10 single "So Far Away" and somber assurance on "Why Worry."

Perfection abounds, not only in the manner in which the band nails its pop hooks and uptempo boogies with debonair flair – but also in the control room. Iconic session jazz drummer Omar Hakim supplies fluid beats and solid rhythmic foundations while Knopfler and Co. comb over grooves so smooth it seems that they're made of honey butter. Dire Straits would never play with such effortless again.

for your reference: 

Which Brothers In Arms pressing sounds better?

Brothers In Arms – Dire Straits (Abbey Road vs. Mobile Fidelity)

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https://uebervinyl.de/en/brothers-in-arms-dire-straits-abbey-road-vs-mobile-fidelity-2/

(Both sound excellent. The differences are really only noticeable in direct comparison and in no case really dramatic. It is only a matter of nuances. In dynamics, we measured small advantages for the Abbey Road. In the bass and in smoothness, the Mobile Fidelity scores. In all other important areas, both pressings don’t show any weakness. In the end, the MoFi is only just ahead of the Abbey Road.}