COMMUNIQUE
| Dire Straits
COMMUNIQUE
Communiqu is the second studio album by the British rock band Dire Straitsreleased on 15 June 1979 by Vertigo Records internationally and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The album produced the single "Lady Writer", which reached #45 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #51 on the UK Singles Chart. The album reached #1 on album charts in Germany, New Zealand, and Sweden, #11 in the United States and #5 in the United Kingdom. Communiqu was later certified gold in the United States, platinum in the United Kingdom and double-platinum in France. -Wikipedia
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Ultimate Classic Rock
'Communique' pretty much sounds like its predecessor, but without the payoff punch of a song like "Sultans of Swing."
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All Music
the group's sophomore effort, Communiqué, seemed little more than a carbon copy of its predecessor with less compelling material
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Only Solitaire
Again, I reiterate that none of these defects is enough to condemn the record by itself. It's just that when they are all combined together, you suddenly realize that while the form is still the same, the breathtaking magic has all but evaporated.
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Don Ignacio
This is perfect music to sit back and enjoy!!
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Robert Christgau
doesn't sound bad, but they'd better up those beats-per-minute
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Evans Rock Album Review
The album is saved from mediocrity by the fact that Dire Straits remain a topnotch band, and are thus able to make even a decidedly lesser LP enjoyable
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Oocities
a solid effort when judged solely on its own merits
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The Quietus
Across the first two Dire Straits albums – the second, Communiqué, is very much a retread of the first, and between the two of them you could just about assemble one really good LP
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Ultimate Classic Rock
Communique was very much like a second disc of Dire Straits’ debut. However, the comparisons stop with songs like "Where Do You Think You’re Going?," "Single Handed Sailor" and "Follow Me Home," which demonstrate more accomplished lyric writing and musicianship.
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Rock n Reviews
A magnificent album from first to last note. Nine titles that have not aged and a production still relevant.
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