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{{Infobox album<br />
| name = Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time<br />
| type = studio<br />
| artist = [[The Notting Hillbillies]]<br />
| cover = TheNottingHillbillies.jpg<br />
| alt =<br />
| released = {{Start date|1990|03|06|df=y}}<br />
| recorded = 1989–1990<br />
| venue =<br />
| studio =<br />
| genre = [[Country rock]], [[blues]], [[Americana music|Americana]]<br />
| length = {{Duration|m=40|s=44}}<br />
| label = [[Vertigo Records|Vertigo]]<br />[[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]] <small>(US)</small><br />
| producer = [[Mark Knopfler]]<br />[[Guy Fletcher]]<br />
| prev_title =<br />
| prev_year =<br />
| next_title =<br />
| next_year =<br />
| misc = {{Extra chronology<br />
| artist = [[Mark Knopfler]]<br />
| type = studio<br />
| prev_title = [[Last Exit to Brooklyn (album)|Last Exit to Brooklyn]]<br />
| prev_year = 1989<br />
| title = Missing... Presumed Having a Good Time<br />
| year = 1990<br />
| next_title = [[Neck and Neck]]<br />
| next_year = 1990<br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
'''''Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time''''' is the only album by [[the Notting Hillbillies]], released on 6 March 1990 by [[Vertigo Records]] internationally, and by [[Warner Bros. Records]] in North America.<br />
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==Critical reception==<br />
{{Album ratings<br />
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]<br />
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic"/><br />
}}<br />
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."<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|last=Demalon |first=Tom |title=Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time |work=AllMusic |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/missingpresumed-having-a-good-time-mw0000203647 |accessdate=24 November 2012}}</ref> Demalon continued:<br />
{{blockquote|Despite the high-profile presence of Knopfler, the Notting Hillbillies succeed in sounding like a band with Knopfler often taking a backseat to his bandmates, although he does sing lead on the lovely "Your Own Sweet Way". The styles range from the gorgeous harmonies of "Railroad Worksong" with some mournful guitar from Knopfler, to the '50s-style rock ballad "Bewildered", to the breezy, tropical-flavored "One Way Gal".<ref name="allmusic"/>}}<br />
Demalon concluded that ''Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time'' is a "delightful record that doesn't overstay its welcome."<ref name="allmusic"/><br />
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==Track listing==<br />
{{Track listing<br />
| total_length = <br />
| title1 = [[Take This Hammer|Railroad Worksong]]<br />
| note1 = <br />
| writer1 = Traditional; arranged by The Notting Hillbillies<br />
| length1 = 5:29<br />
| title2 = [[Bewildered]]<br />
| note2 = <br />
| writer2 = Leonard Whitcup, [[Teddy Powell]]<br />
| length2 = 2:37<br />
| title3 = Your Own Sweet Way<br />
| note3 = <br />
| writer3 = [[Mark Knopfler]]<br />
| length3 = 4:32<br />
| title4 = Run Me Down<br />
| note4 = <br />
| writer4 = Traditional; arranged by The Notting Hillbillies<br />
| length4 = 2:25<br />
| title5 = One Way Gal<br />
| note5 = <br />
| writer5 = Traditional; arranged by The Notting Hillbillies<br />
| length5 = 3:10<br />
| title6 = Blues Stay Away from Me<br />
| note6 = <br />
| writer6 = [[The Delmore Brothers|Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore]], [[Wayne Raney]], [[Henry Glover]]<br />
| length6 = 3:50<br />
| title7 = Will You Miss Me?<br />
| note7 = <br />
| writer7 = [[Steve Phillips (musician)|Steve Phillips]]<br />
| length7 = 3:52<br />
| title8 = Please, Baby<br />
| note8 = <br />
| writer8 = Traditional; arranged by The Notting Hillbillies<br />
| length8 = 3:50<br />
| title9 = Weapon of Prayer<br />
| note9 = <br />
| writer9 = [[The Louvin Brothers|Ira Louvin, Charlie Louvin]]<br />
| length9 = 3:10<br />
| title10 = That's Where I Belong<br />
| note10 = <br />
| writer10 = [[Brendan Croker]]<br />
| length10 = 2:51<br />
| title11 = Feel Like Going Home<br />
| note11 = <br />
| writer11 = [[Charlie Rich]]<br />
| length11 = 4:52<br />
}}<br />
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".<br />
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==Personnel==<br />
;Music<br />
* [[Mark Knopfler]] – guitar, vocals<br />
* [[Guy Fletcher]] – keyboards, vocals<br />
* [[Brendan Croker]] – guitar, vocals<br />
* [[Steve Phillips (musician)|Steve Phillips]] – guitar, vocals<br />
* [[Paul Franklin (musician)|Paul Franklin]] – pedal steel guitar<br />
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; Additional musicians<br />
* [[Marcus Cliffe]] - bass<br />
* [[Ed Bicknell]] (Dire Straits' manager) - drums<br />
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;Production<br />
* Mark Knopfler – producer<br />
* Guy Fletcher – producer<br />
* [[Bill Schnee]] – mix engineer<br />
* [[Brian Aris]] – photography<br />
* * Ron Eve - Guitar wrangler/technician<br />
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==Charts==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! Chart (1990)<br />
! Peak<br />position<br />
|-<br />
{{album chart|Australia|6|artist=The Notting Hillbillies|album=Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time}}<br />
|-<br />
{{album chart|Austria|3|artist=The Notting Hillbillies|album=Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time}}<br />
|-<br />
|align="left" | Canada ([[RPM (magazine)|RPM Top 100]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.1242.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Albums - May 19, 1990}}</ref><br />
|align="center" | 29<br />
|-<br />
{{album chart|Netherlands|13|artist=The Notting Hillbillies|album=Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time}}<br />
|-<br />
{{album chart|Germany4|6|artist=The Notting Hillbillies|album=Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time|id=1014}}<br />
|-<br />
{{album chart|New Zealand|4|artist=The Notting Hillbillies|album=Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time}}<br />
|-<br />
{{album chart|Norway|2|artist=The Notting Hillbillies|album=Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time}}<br />
|-<br />
{{album chart|Sweden|8|artist=The Notting Hillbillies|album=Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time}}<br />
|-<br />
{{album chart|Switzerland|3|artist=The Notting Hillbillies|album=Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time}}<br />
|-<br />
{{album chart|UK|2|artist=The Notting Hillbillies}}<br />
|-<br />
{{album chart|Billboard200|52|artist=The Notting Hillbillies}}<br />
|}<br />
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==Certifications==<br />
{{certification Table Top}}<br />
{{Certification Table Entry|title= Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time|artist=Notting Hillbillies|type=album|relyear=1990|certyear=1990|region=Australia|award=Gold|access-date=25 November 2021}}<br />
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.markknopfler.com/music/discography/cd/mk_CollaborationsDetails.aspx?AlbumId=a78bd18a-5611-4fba-9ff2-a7a64c87fa98 ''Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time''] at [http://www.markknopfler.com/ Mark Knopfler official website]<br />
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[[Category:1990 debut albums]]<br />
[[Category:Albums produced by Mark Knopfler]]<br />
[[Category:Albums produced by Guy Fletcher]]<br />
[[Category:Mark Knopfler albums]]<br />
[[Category:Warner Records albums]]</div>
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