Dire Straits - Communique (1979)

Year: 15 June 1979 (CD 1984)
Label: Vertigo Records (Germany), 800 052-2
Style: Rock, Pub Rock, Classic Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 41:58
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 255 Mb

I would like to draw attention to the year of CD release - 1984. The sound has not yet been spoiled by all sorts of remastering and other digital nonsense.
Charts: UK #5, AUS #5, AUT #7, CAN #14, FRA #3, GER #1, NED #3, NZ #1, SWI #2, US #11. NZ & US: Gold; UK & GER: Platinum; CAN & FRA: 2x Platinum; SWI: 3x Platinum.
After the Dire Straits Tour finished in Hitchin on 18 November 1978, Dire Straits set to work on recording their second album. The recording sessions for Communique took place from 28 November to 12 December 1978 at Compass Point Studios in Nassau. The album was mixed in January 1979 at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Alabama. The album was produced by Jerry Wexler and Barry Beckett, veteran producers from Muscle Shoals Sound Studio. Beckett (credited as B. Bear) also contributed keyboards to some of the album's nine tracks.
In a 1979 review for the Birmingham Daily Post, Jonathan Daumler-Ford called it a "competent record", but wrote that "the songs sound like pale imitations, or the cuts which were not good enough for Dire Straits". Record World said of "Once Upon a Time in the West" that Knopfler's "unique and super-sensitive vocals evoke vivid imagery that's totally enhanced by the Wexler-Beckett production team." The Tucson Citizen called the album "an appealing production," writing that "a combination of country and reggae can be substantial."
In his retrospective review for AllMusic, William Ruhlmann wrote that the second album "seemed little more than a carbon copy of its predecessor with less compelling material."
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communiqu%C3%A9_(Dire_Straits_album))

01. Once Upon A Time In The West (05:15)
02. News (04:13)
03. Where Do You Think You're Going? (03:45)
04. Communique (05:43)
05. Lady Writer (03:39)
06. Angel Of Mercy (04:30)
07. Portobello Belle (04:25)
08. Single Handed Sailor (04:42)
09. Follow Me Home (05:42)

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