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Length
  
35:08

Artist
  
Mark Knopfler

Movie
  
Cal

Genres
  
Folk music, Celtic music

Producer
  
Mark Knopfler

Release date
  
24 August 1984

Label
  
Vertigo Records

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Released
  
24 August 1984 (1984-08-24)

Recorded
  
AIR Studios, London, February–March 1984

Similar
  
Mark Knopfler albums, Celtic music albums, Other albums

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Cal is a soundtrack album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released on 24 August 1984 by Vertigo Records. The album contains music composed for the 1984 film Cal, produced by David Puttnam and directed by Pat O'Connor. Puttnam also produced the film Local Hero (1983).

Contents

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Critical reception

In a contemporary review in The New York Times, Janet Maslin called the album "an exceptionally lovely and haunting score."

In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Steven McDonald gave the album four our of five stars and called it a "quiet, reflective set of cues that eschew false dramatics in favor of supporting the story."

Track listing

All music was written by Mark Knopfler.

Personnel

Music
  • Mark Knopfler – guitars
  • Paul Brady – tin whistle, mandolin
  • Liam O'Flynn – Uilleann pipes
  • Guy Fletcher – keyboards
  • John Illsley – bass
  • Terry Williams – drums
  • Production
  • Mark Knopfler – producer
  • Neil Dorfsman – engineer
  • Matt d'Arbanlay-Butler – assistant engineer
  • Steve Jackson – assistant engineer
  • John Dent – mastering at the Sound Clinic in London
  • Sutton Cooper – sleeve design
  • Brian Aris – photograph of Mark Knopfler
  • Songs

    1Irish Boy4:43
    2The Road2:07
    3Waiting for Her0:40

    References

    Cal (album) Wikipedia


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