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On sale -50%With the release of Get Lucky, Mark Knopfler has made as many solo studio albums as he made group studio albums with Dire Straits, which may be a signal that it's time to stop comparing his two careers and simply accept them as separate entities. Of course, since Knopfler was the lead singer, chief instrumentalist, and songwriter for Dire Straits, there are obvious similarities, even if he has taken a deliberately different path as a solo artist. Basically, he's a lot quieter. "Border Reiver," the first song here, begins with a pennywhistle and a piano, then strings join in. Soon enough, Knopfler's distinctive conversational baritone begins calmly intoning lyrics, and eventually there are examples of his melodic fingerpicked guitar style on both acoustic and electric. He even works up to a smoldering swamp rock shuffle, à la J.J. Cale, on "Cleaning My Gun." But that's as close as he comes to really rocking out. More typical is "Hard Shoulder," a ballad that employs a twangy guitar sound and comes across as a number that Glen Campbell could have had a hit with back in his late-'60s "Wichita Lineman" heyday. The tunes support Knopfler's story-songs and musical character studies, as he describes or embodies truck drivers ("Border Reiver"), itinerant workers ("Get Lucky"), guitar makers ("Monteleone"), and sailors ("So Far from the Clyde"), among others, painting a portrait of pastoral and blue-collar life in the British Isles some time in the past. This Glasgow-born guitarist comes by the Celtic influence honestly, of course, but he seems to be trying to create his own pseudo-traditional repertoire of what often sound like old folk songs. That's certainly one of the things he was trying to do in Dire Straits. "Remembrance Day" here is similar in tone to Dire Straits' "Brothers in Arms," but then so is much of Knopfler's solo work; old fans still may lament that there isn't much that sounds like "Sultans of Swing" or "Money for Nothing."
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Richard Bennett, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rolf Wilson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Garfield Jackson, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Cunningham, Accordion, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Everton Nelson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Watkins, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - MATT ROLLINGS, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Pleeth, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Perry Montague-Mason, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Lale, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Rees, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Bowes, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Knopfler, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Emlyn Singleton, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Patrick Kiernan, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Parker, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Julian Leaper, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Garland, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Woodcock, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Boguslaw Kostecki, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bruce White, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Loveday, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - CHUCK AINLAY, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Berrow, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Warren Zielinski, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Maciej Rakowski, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Daniels, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Shave, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Rita Manning, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Lewis, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Vicci Wardman, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Owen, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - John Bradbury, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Rupert Gregson-Williams, String Arranger, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Cummings, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Guy Fletcher, Producer, String Arranger, Keyboards, Co-Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Rose Warren-Green, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Rachel Stephanie Bolt, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Mcgoldrick, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - John McCusker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Hollis, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Allan Cooper, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Will D. Side Limited
Richard Bennett, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rolf Wilson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Garfield Jackson, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Everton Nelson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Watkins, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - MATT ROLLINGS, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Pleeth, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Perry Montague-Mason, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Lale, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Rees, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Bowes, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Knopfler, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Emlyn Singleton, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Patrick Kiernan, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Parker, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Julian Leaper, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Garland, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Woodcock, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Boguslaw Kostecki, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bruce White, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Loveday, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - CHUCK AINLAY, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Berrow, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Warren Zielinski, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Maciej Rakowski, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Daniels, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Shave, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Rita Manning, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Lewis, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Vicci Wardman, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Owen, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - John Bradbury, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Rupert Gregson-Williams, String Arranger, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Cummings, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Guy Fletcher, Producer, String Arranger, Keyboards, Co-Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Rose Warren-Green, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Rachel Stephanie Bolt, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Hollis, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Allan Cooper, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Will D. Side Limited
Richard Bennett, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MATT ROLLINGS, Piano, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Knopfler, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - CHUCK AINLAY, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Danny Cummings, Drums, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Guy Fletcher, Producer, Co-Producer - Martin Hollis, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Allan Cooper, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Will D. Side Limited
Richard Bennett, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Cunningham, Accordion, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MATT ROLLINGS, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Knopfler, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - CHUCK AINLAY, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Guy Fletcher, Producer, Keyboards, Co-Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Mcgoldrick, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Hollis, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Allan Cooper, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Will D. Side Limited
Richard Bennett, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rolf Wilson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Garfield Jackson, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Everton Nelson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - MATT ROLLINGS, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Pleeth, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Perry Montague-Mason, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Lale, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Rees, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Bowes, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Knopfler, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Emlyn Singleton, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Patrick Kiernan, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Parker, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Julian Leaper, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Garland, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Woodcock, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Boguslaw Kostecki, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bruce White, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Loveday, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - CHUCK AINLAY, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Berrow, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Warren Zielinski, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Maciej Rakowski, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Daniels, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Shave, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Rita Manning, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Lewis, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Vicci Wardman, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - John Bradbury, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Rupert Gregson-Williams, String Arranger, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Guy Fletcher, Producer, String Arranger, Keyboards, Co-Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Rose Warren-Green, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Rachel Stephanie Bolt, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Hollis, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Allan Cooper, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Will D. Side Limited
Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Knopfler, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - CHUCK AINLAY, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Danny Cummings, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Guy Fletcher, Producer, Keyboards, Co-Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Hollis, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Allan Cooper, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Will D. Side Limited
Richard Bennett, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rolf Wilson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Everton Nelson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - MATT ROLLINGS, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Perry Montague-Mason, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Rees, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Bowes, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Knopfler, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Emlyn Singleton, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Patrick Kiernan, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Julian Leaper, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Garland, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Woodcock, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Boguslaw Kostecki, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - CHUCK AINLAY, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Berrow, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Warren Zielinski, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Maciej Rakowski, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Shave, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Rita Manning, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - John Bradbury, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Rupert Gregson-Williams, String Arranger, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Cummings, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Guy Fletcher, Producer, String Arranger, Keyboards, Co-Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Rose Warren-Green, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Hollis, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Allan Cooper, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Will D. Side Limited
Richard Bennett, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MATT ROLLINGS, Piano, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Knopfler, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - CHUCK AINLAY, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Danny Cummings, Drums, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Guy Fletcher, Producer, Keyboards, Co-Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Stewart, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - William Cummings, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Hollis, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jacob Stewart, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Allan Cooper, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Cummings, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Leon Fletcher, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Saskia Gregson-Williams, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Katy Hanson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lucy Hanson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Freya Hodgkinson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lucia Hodgkinson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Isabella Knopfler, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Katya Knopfler, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Lytton Cobbold, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Summer Lytton Cobbold, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Amy Saggers, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Kitty Aldridge, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Robyn Becker, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Shelley Cummings, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Laurie Ann Fletcher, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Emma Gregson-Williams, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Louise Hanson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lorraine Saggers, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 Will D. Side Limited
Richard Bennett, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MATT ROLLINGS, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Knopfler, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - CHUCK AINLAY, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Danny Cummings, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Guy Fletcher, Producer, Keyboards, Co-Producer, AssociatedPerformer - John McCusker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Hollis, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Allan Cooper, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Will D. Side Limited
Richard Bennett, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Cunningham, Accordion, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MATT ROLLINGS, Piano, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Knopfler, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - CHUCK AINLAY, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Danny Cummings, Drums, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Guy Fletcher, Producer, Keyboards, Co-Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Mcgoldrick, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - John McCusker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Hollis, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Allan Cooper, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Will D. Side Limited
Richard Bennett, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Cunningham, Accordion, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MATT ROLLINGS, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Knopfler, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - CHUCK AINLAY, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Danny Cummings, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Guy Fletcher, Producer, Keyboards, Co-Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Mcgoldrick, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - John McCusker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Hollis, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Allan Cooper, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Will D. Side Limited
Richard Bennett, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - MATT ROLLINGS, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Knopfler, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - CHUCK AINLAY, Producer, Co-Producer - Rupert Gregson-Williams, String Arranger, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Cummings, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Guy Fletcher, Producer, String Arranger, Keyboards, Co-Producer, AssociatedPerformer - John McCusker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Hollis, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Allan Cooper, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Will D. Side Limited, under exclusive licence to Mercury Records Ltd.
Album review
With the release of Get Lucky, Mark Knopfler has made as many solo studio albums as he made group studio albums with Dire Straits, which may be a signal that it's time to stop comparing his two careers and simply accept them as separate entities. Of course, since Knopfler was the lead singer, chief instrumentalist, and songwriter for Dire Straits, there are obvious similarities, even if he has taken a deliberately different path as a solo artist. Basically, he's a lot quieter. "Border Reiver," the first song here, begins with a pennywhistle and a piano, then strings join in. Soon enough, Knopfler's distinctive conversational baritone begins calmly intoning lyrics, and eventually there are examples of his melodic fingerpicked guitar style on both acoustic and electric. He even works up to a smoldering swamp rock shuffle, à la J.J. Cale, on "Cleaning My Gun." But that's as close as he comes to really rocking out. More typical is "Hard Shoulder," a ballad that employs a twangy guitar sound and comes across as a number that Glen Campbell could have had a hit with back in his late-'60s "Wichita Lineman" heyday. The tunes support Knopfler's story-songs and musical character studies, as he describes or embodies truck drivers ("Border Reiver"), itinerant workers ("Get Lucky"), guitar makers ("Monteleone"), and sailors ("So Far from the Clyde"), among others, painting a portrait of pastoral and blue-collar life in the British Isles some time in the past. This Glasgow-born guitarist comes by the Celtic influence honestly, of course, but he seems to be trying to create his own pseudo-traditional repertoire of what often sound like old folk songs. That's certainly one of the things he was trying to do in Dire Straits. "Remembrance Day" here is similar in tone to Dire Straits' "Brothers in Arms," but then so is much of Knopfler's solo work; old fans still may lament that there isn't much that sounds like "Sultans of Swing" or "Money for Nothing."
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:57:38
- Main artists: Mark Knopfler
- Composer: Mark Knopfler
- Label: EMI
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2009 Mercury Records Limited ℗ 2009 Mercury Records Limited
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