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Communique fails to touch the standards of this first album, save with one or two tracks, notably the entrancing 'Lady Writer' and that radio anthem of the eighties, 'Portobello Belle'. It *is* Dire Straits, of course; and so there are Knopfler's languid vocals and his rippling guitar, ... Read review
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Recorded a mere nine months after their debut,Communiquehas often been written off as a
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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 ...
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Recorded a mere nine months after their debut,Communiquehas often been written off as a
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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 ...
Advantages: Mark Knopfler's glorious guitar Disadvantages: Not one of their best
...often equally elaborate lyrics.
Communique fails to touch the standards of this first album, save with one or two tracks, notably the entrancing 'Lady Writer' and that radio anthem of the eighties, 'Portobello Belle'. It *is* Dire Straits, of course; and so there are Knopfler's languid vocals and his rippling guitar, but the guitar does not feature so prominently here as it has in the past, and the high points of this album are exactly that - high ... ...procure every track they ever recorded, it might be better just to give Communique a miss and make sure you have a solid copy of the Greatest Hits, just in case. That has 'Romeo and Juliet' on it, too, which is always a good reason to buy an album. ...
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