| Comfort and Joy | ||||
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| Released | 27 July 1984 (1984-07-27) | |||
| Recorded | AIR Studios, London, March 1984 | |||
| Genre | Pop,jazz | |||
| Length | 11:30 | |||
| Label | Vertigo | |||
| Producer | Mark Knopfler | |||
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Comfort and Joy is the third soundtrack album by British singer-songwriter and guitaristMark Knopfler, released in 1984 byVertigo Records. The album contains music composed for the 1984 filmComfort and Joy, written and directed byBill Forsyth.
Although the album consists of only three original pieces written for the film, additional songs from theDire Straits albumLove 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 vandalised, 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!"
All songs were written by Mark Knopfler.
TheComfort 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 on CD as b-sides of two CD singles promoting theScreenplaying album (which doesn't include any of theComfort and Joy tracks).[2] "Comfort" was the b-side of the 1993"Going Home" CD single; "Joy" and "A Fistful of Ice Cream" appeared on the 1994 "Irish Boy" CD single.
