Dire Straits - Communique - Used CD

Excellent condition, a few light marks but NAP, properly graded, collectors will not be disappointed
About this Item

The item format is a CD
europe, Format:CD,Album,Reissue,Remastered,Repress
The Artist Name is Dire Straits
The Title is Communique
The Catalog Number is 800 052-2

Condition Used

Other Comments
Excellent condition, a few light marks but NAP, properly graded, collectors will not be disappointed

The Media Condition is Very Good Plus

Visually this disk may have light-visible wear, marks, and or hairlines. When playing some surface noise may be evident, especially in the quiet soft passages and during the intro and fade, but the surface noise will not overpower the sound. The label on the disk is likely to have minor wear and possibly writing on the label. 

The Sleeve Condition is Near Mint

This sleeve has almost no defects, with only very slight signs of handling. It has no creases, no folds, no seam splits, no cut-out holes, or other noticeable or similar defects, it will look almost new.

Product Description -
Digitally remastered edition of their second album, a top 20record when originally released in 1979. Nine tracks, including 'News', 'Lady Writer' and 'Communique'. 1996Mercury Records release. Recorded a mere nine months after their debut, Communique has often been written off as a mere carbon copy of the Dire Straits' first album featuring less compelling material. Recording took place in the Bahamas with top production team Jerry Wexler and Barry Beckett and mixing at the famous Muscle Shoals studio it consequently features a delicate and supremely balanced sound. Yet even Knopfler has said of this album that the tropical breezes made his song writing "lazy". Whilst being unnecessarily self-deprecating, this has an element of truth about it and at the same time is precisely what is so engaging about the album. It is true that Knopfler doesn't do as much to the songs he's written as on other albums--his guitar playing does not feature the same consistently bubbling energy of his work on the first album. But this gives a little more space for the rest of the band to shine. Pick Withers's drumming is especially hypnotic and David Knopfler's intuitive rhythm guitar interplay with his brother comes across well. Overall, the consistently dreamy atmosphere of the record is decidedly captivating, and the most fully realised tracks, particularly "Once Upon A Time In The West" and "Portobello Belle", are among their best-ever material. "Where Do You Think You're Going", a rather over-zealous attempt to imitate Bob Dylan, is the only song that seems somewhat out-of-place. This was the last album to feature the original Dire Straits line-up, with the departure of David Knopfler for a solo career shortly before the recording of Making Movies. --James Swift

The Tracks of this item include:
1. Once Upon A Time In The West (5:14)
2. News (4:11)
3. Where Do You Think You're Going? (3:43)
4. Communiqué (5:42)
5. Lady Writer (3:38)
6. Angel Of Mercy (4:29)
7. Portobello Belle (4:21)
8. Single Handed Sailor (4:42)
9. Follow Me Home (5:42)

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Location ID 1142z

iHaveit SKU ID 156320226

Unique Reference Number 959638979