Comfort and Joy (album)

Comfort and Joy is a soundtrack album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released in 1984 by Vertigo Records. The album contains music composed for the 1984 film Comfort and Joy, written and directed by Bill Forsyth.

Composition

Although the album consists of only three original pieces written for the film, additional songs from the Dire Straits album Love Over Gold were used throughout the film. According to a review of the film by Philip Gillett, director Forsyth once acknowledged in an interview that he was "trying to mirror the tone" of the album by featuring the tracks "Telegraph Road" and "Private Investigations".^[1] Dialogue in the film also makes reference to the band and song lyrics. After the main character Allan "Dicky" Bird's car has been vandalized, a colleague quips, "I hear the seven deadly sins and the terrible twins came to call on you"—a direct quote from the song "It Never Rains". Bird responds, "Dire Straits!"

Track listing

All songs were written by Mark Knopfler.

Side one

"Comfort" (Theme from Comfort and Joy) – 2:28
"Joy" – 4:20

Side two

"A Fistful of Ice-Cream" – 4:42

Personnel

Music

Mark Knopfler – guitars and mandolin
Chris White – saxophone
Guy Fletcher – keyboards
Mickey Feat – bass
Terry Williams – drums

Production

Mark Knopfler – producer
Neil Dorfsman – engineer
Matt D'Arbanlay-Butler – assistance engineer

Release history

The Comfort and Joy soundtrack was released as a three-song 12" vinyl record in 1984. It has never been released in CD format, but the songs were issued in CD as b-side of some CD singles. ^[2]

References

↑ Gillett, Philip (31 July 2005). "Comfort and Joy: the anatomy of melancholy". Off Screen. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
↑ "Comfort and Joy". Discogs. Retrieved 23 November 2012.

External links

Comfort and Joy at the Internet Movie Database

Mark Knopfler

Studio albums	Golden Heart Sailing to Philadelphia The Ragpicker's Dream Shangri-La Kill to Get Crimson Get Lucky Privateering Tracker

Soundtracks	Local Hero Cal Comfort and Joy The Princess Bride Last Exit to Brooklyn Wag the Dog Metroland A Shot at Glory

Collaborations	Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time (with the Notting Hillbillies) Neck and Neck (with Chet Atkins) All the Roadrunning (with Emmylou Harris) Real Live Roadrunning (with Emmylou Harris)

Compilations	Screenplaying Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler

Singles and EPs	"Darling Pretty" "Cannibals" "Rüdiger" "What It Is" "Sailing to Philadelphia" "Silvertown Blues" "Why Aye Man" "Boom, Like That" The Trawlerman's Song (EP) One Take Radio Sessions (EP) "True Love Will Never Fade" "Punish the Monkey" "Border Reiver" "Remembrance Day"

Videography	A Night in London Real Live Roadrunning (with Emmylou Harris)

Band personnel	Richard Bennett Jim Cox Chad Cromwell Danny Cummings Phil Cunningham Stuart Duncan Guy Fletcher Paul Franklin Mike Henderson John McCusker Michael McGoldrick Tim O'Brien Matt Rollings Ian Thomas Geraint Watkins Glenn Worf

Tours	Golden Heart Tour Sailing to Philadelphia Tour Shangri-La Tour All the Roadrunning Tour Kill to Get Crimson Tour Get Lucky Tour Bob Dylan Tour with Mark Knopfler 2011 Bob Dylan Tour with Mark Knopfler 2012 Privateering Tour Tracker Tour

Related articles	Mark Knopfler discography Brewers Droop Dire Straits The Notting Hillbillies British Grove Studios

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