Communiqué

Tracklist

• 1
  Once Upon a Time in the West
  5:14
  4.2 ★
• 2
  News
  4:11
  3.6 ★
• 3
  Where Do You Think You’re Going?
  3:43
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Communiqué
  5:42
  3.0 ★
• 5
  Lady Writer
  3:38
  3.6 ★
• 6
  Angel of Mercy
  4:29
  2.4 ★
• 7
  Portobello Belle
  4:21
  3.2 ★
• 8
  Single‐Handed Sailor
  4:42
  2.6 ★
• 9
  Follow Me Home
  5:42
  2.6 ★

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Release credits

• Barry Beckett
  guest, keyboard, producer
• David Knopfler
  background vocals, electric guitar
• Gregg Hamm
  mix
• Jack Nuber
  engineer
• Jerry Wexler
  producer
• John Illsley
  background vocals, bass guitar
• Mark Knopfler
  electric guitar [1, 1-2, 2-3, 3-4, 4-5, 5-6, 6-7, 7-8, 8-9, 9], lead vocals
• Pick Withers
  drums (drum set)

Issues

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  12" Vinyl
  April 1979
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  C
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  12" Vinyl
  1979
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  12" Vinyl
  1979
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  12" Vinyl
  1979
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  C
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  CD
  1979
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  C
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  12" Vinyl
  1979
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  C
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  CD (made in Japan, target)
  1984
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  C
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  CD (made in Japan)
  1984
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  C
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  CD (Made in West Germany by Polygram)
  1984
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  C
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  CD (Germany, 1st pressing, blue swirl, blue lettering)
  1984
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  C
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  CD (Germany, 2nd pressing, divided blue swirl, black lettering)
  1984
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  CD (Germany, 2nd pressing misprint, divided blue swirl, black lettering)
  1984
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  C
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  CD (Germany, orange/red swirl, 1st pressing)
  1984
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  C
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  CD (Germany, orange/red swirl, 4th pressing with PDO imprint)
  1986
• C
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  Cassette
  1987
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  C
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  CD (Germany, PMDC)
  1991
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  C
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  CD
  1991
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  CD
  1991
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  12" Vinyl (white labels)
  1992
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  12" Vinyl (red labels)
  1992
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  C
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  CD (France, PMDC, red CD)
  1994
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  C
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  CD (Dire Straits Remastered, Super Bit Mapping)
  3 June 1996
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  CD (“BIEM MCPS” printed on disc label)
  1996
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  C
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  CD
  19 September 2000
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  CD (reissue, remastered)
  2006
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  CD
  22 October 2008
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  12" Vinyl
  2009
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  SHM-SACD (2 channels)
  22 February 2012
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  C
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  SHM-CD (SBM remastered)
  20 February 2013
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  C
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  SHM-CD
  27 August 2014
• C
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  Vinyl
  2014
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  C
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  Hybrid SACD (CD layer), Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, 2 channels) (special edition)
  29 October 2019
• C
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  2x 12" Vinyl
  13 November 2019
• C
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  12" Vinyl
  22 January 2021
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  C
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  Digital Media
  25 July 2024
• C
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  CD (2026 reissue)
  2026
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  C
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  CD (made in USA)
• C
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  CD (DIRE STRAITS REMASTERED, “BIEM MCPS” printed on disc label, “4228005221 AF05662-01” matrix, SBM Super Bit Mapping)
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  CD (SBM, BIEM/MCPS, Made in Germany by EDC)
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  CD (“Made in Australia” printed on disc label and case insert)
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  CD (Disc: Made in Korea by SKC Red swirl print.)
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  CD (Germany, orange/red swirl, 5th pressing with PDO imprint)
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