Communiqué

This article describes the music album by the British band Dire Straits. In Switzerland, a designated communiqué a press release .

Communiqué
Studio album by Dire Straits
Publication (s)	June 15, 1979
admission	November 27, 1978 - January 10, 1979
Label (s)	Vertigo Records
Format (s)	CD , LP , MC
Genre (s)	skirt
Title (number)	9
running time	42:24
occupation	Guitar , vocals : Mark Knopfler Bass , vocals : John Illsley Guitar , vocals : David Knopfler Drums : Pick Withers Keyboard : Barry Beckett
production	Jerry Wexler, Barry Beckett
Studio (s)	Compass Point Studios , Bahamas
chronology Dire Straits (1978) Communiqué Making Movies (1980)

Communiqué is the second studio album by the British rock band Dire Straits . It was released in 1979. The most famous song on the album is Lady Writer , which was released as a single.

background

The second album by Dire Straits picked up where their debut album Dire Straits left off. Released only a few months later, it was able to build on its great commercial success. However, it was judged far worse by the critics. In 2000, Communiqué was re-released as a remastered version along with the band's other albums .

Trivia

The song Once Upon a Time in the West was allegedly banned in the GDR "because the authorities thought the title meant: At some point we will all belong to the West."

Track list

1. Once Upon a Time in the West (Mark Knopfler) - 5:25
2. News (Mark Knopfler) - 4:14
3. Where Do You Think You're Going? (Mark Knopfler) - 3:49
4. Communiqué (Mark Knopfler) - 5:49
5. Lady Writer (Mark Knopfler) - 3:45
6. Angel of Mercy (Mark Knopfler) - 4:36
7. Portobello Belle (Mark Knopfler) - 4:29
8. Single-Handed Sailor (Mark Knopfler) - 4:42
9. Follow Me Home (Mark Knopfler) - 5:50

Other contributors

• Production: Barry Beckett, Jerry Wexler
• Engineer: Jack Nuber
• Mixing: Gregg Hamm
• Mastering: Bobby Hata
• Mastering Supervisor: Paul Wexler
• Remastering: Bob Ludwig
• Project Coordinator: Jo Motta
• Series Concept: Gregg Geller
• Art Direction: Alan Schmidt
• Illustrations: Geoff Halpin

Chart successes

album

year	Album name	Chart positions
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1979	Communiqué	1	7th	-	5	11

Singles

year	title	Chart positions
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1979	Lady Writer Where Do You Think You're Going?	-	-	-	51	45

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	500,000
Finland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
France (SNEP)	2 × platinum	600,000
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	200,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	3 × platinum	150,000
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	3 × gold 11 × platinum	2,482,500

Main article: Dire Straits / Music Sales Awards

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Interview with Mark Knopfler, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung No. 271, 24./25. November 2018, p. 56.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Charts.de : DE: Chart placements Dire Straits
3. ↑ ^{a b} austriancharts.at : AT: Chart placements Dire Straits
4. ↑ ^{a b} hitparade.ch : CH: Chart placements Dire Straits
5. ↑ ^{a b} chartstats.com: UK: Chart positions Dire Straits
6. ↑ ^{a b} allmusic.com: US: Billboard Charts Communiqué