Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time explained

Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time
Type:	studio
Artist:	The Notting Hillbillies
Cover:	TheNottingHillbillies.jpg
Recorded:	1989–1990
Genre:	Country rock, blues, Americana
Label:	Vertigo Warner Bros. (US)
Producer:	Mark Knopfler Guy Fletcher

Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time is a studio album by the Notting Hillbillies, released on 6 March 1990 by Vertigo Records internationally, and by Warner Bros. Records in North America.

Critical reception

In his review for AllMusic, Tom Demalon called the album "a low-key, joyous run-through of mostly traditional, blues-based songs with a handful of originals."^[1] Demalon continued:Demalon concluded that Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time is a "delightful record that doesn't overstay its welcome."^[1]

Track listing

The song "Lonesome Wind Blues" is a non-album track that appears on two different European/UK CD & 12" singles: "Will You Miss Me" and "Feel Like Going Home".

Personnel

Music

• Mark Knopfler – guitar, vocals
• Guy Fletcher – keyboards, vocals
• Brendan Croker – guitar, vocals
• Steve Phillips – guitar, vocals
• Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar

Additional musicians

• Marcus Cliffe - bass
• Ed Bicknell (Dire Straits' manager) - drums

Production

• Mark Knopfler – producer
• Guy Fletcher – producer
• Bill Schnee – mix engineer
• Brian Aris – photography
• * Ron Eve - Guitar wrangler/technician

External links

• Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time at Mark Knopfler official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Demalon . Tom . Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time . AllMusic . 24 November 2012.
2. Web site: RPM Top 100 Albums - May 19, 1990.