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Cal (album)

Cal
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Soundtrack album by Mark Knopfler
Released 24 August 1984 (1984-08-24)
Recorded February–March 1984 AIR Studios, London, England, United Kingdom
Genre Celtic music
folk
Length 35:08
Label Vertigo Records
Producer Mark Knopfler
Mark Knopfler chronology
Local Hero
(1983)
Cal
(1984)
Comfort and Joy
(1984)
Singles from Cal
  1. "Irish Boy"
    Released: August 24, 1984
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4.5/5 stars

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).

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."

All music was written by Mark Knopfler.


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