MARK KNOPFLER

Albums recorded by Mark Knopfler, with release dates and UK & US CD availability.

 

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Local Hero [OST]

04/83

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Music By Mark Knopfler From The Film Cal [OST]

10/84

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The Princess Bride [OST]

11/87

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Last Exit To Brooklyn [OST]

11/89

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Neck And Neck [with Chet Atkins]

11/90

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Golden Heart

04/96

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Wag The Dog [OST]

01/98

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Metroland

03/99

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Sailing To Philadelphia

09/00

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A Shot At Glory [OST]

10/01

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The Ragpicker's Dream

09/02

12a

Shangri-La

09/04

12b

Shangri-La [limited special edition with bonus DVD]

09/04

13

One Take Radio Sessions [USA only]

06/05

14

All The Roadrunning [with Emmylou Harris]

04/06

15

Real Live Roadrunning

11/06

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Kill To Get Crimson

09/07

17a

Get Lucky [standard edition]

09/09

17b

Get Lucky [deluxe edition with bonus DVD]

09/09

18

Privateering

09/12


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1) LOCAL HERO

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The Rocks And The Water
Wild Theme
Freeway Flyer
Boomtown (Variation Louis' Favourite)
The Way It Always Starts
The Rocks And The Thunder
The Ceildh And The Northern Lights

The Mist Covered Mountains
The Ceilidh: Louis' Favourite/Billy's Tune
Whistle Theme
Smooching
Stargazer
The Rocks And The Thunder
Going Home (Theme Of The Local Hero)


Ed Bicknell
Mike Brecker
Alan Clark
Eddie Gomez
John Illsley
Neil Jason
Steve Jordan
Mark Knopfler

Tony Levin
Hal Lindes
Mike Mainieri
Roddy Murray
Gerry Rafferty
Brian Rowan
Terry Williams
Dale Winchester
Mark Winchester
Jimmy Yuill

Producer:

Percussion (Tracks 7-9)
Saxophone (Tracks 4,11,14)
Synthesiser, Piano, Organ
Bass (Track 8)
Bass (Track 3)
Bass (Track 4,5)
Drums (Track 4,5)
Guitar, Synthesiser, Percussion,
Linn Drums
Bass (Tracks 11,14)
Guitar (Track 3)
Vibraphone (Tracks 4,11)
Guitar (Tracks 7-9)
Vocals (Track 5)
Bass (Tracks 7-9)
Drums (Tracks 3,11,14)
Accordion (Tracks 7-9)
Violin (Tracks 7-9)
Whistle (Tracks 7-9)

Mark Knopfler

 

Ceilidh recorded at Hilton Women's Royal Institute Hall, Banff, Scotland on 19 June 1982

2) MUSIC BY MARK KNOPFLER FROM THE FILM CAL

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Irish Boy
The Road
Waiting For Her
Irish Love
A Secret Place/Where Will You Go
Father And Son

Meeting Under The Trees
Potato Picking
In A Secret Place
Fear And Hatred
Love And Guilt
The Long Road


Paul Brady
Guy Fletcher
John Illsley
Mark Knopfler
Liam O'Flynn
Terry Williams

Producer:

Mandolin, Tin Whistle
Keyboards
Bass
Guitar
Uillean Pipes
Drums

Mark Knopfler

3) THE PRINCESS BRIDE

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Once Upon A Time...Storybook Love
I Will Never Love Again
Florin Dance
Morning Ride
The Friends' Song
The Cliffs Of Insanity
The Sword Fight

Guide My Sword
The Fireswamp And The Rodents Of Unusual Size
Revenge
A Happy Ending
Storybook Love


Willy DeVille
Mickey Feat
Guy Fletcher
Mark Knopfler
Jamie Lane

Producer:

Vocals (Track 12)
Bass (Track 12)
Keyboards
Guitar
Drums (Track 12)

Mark Knopfler

4) LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN

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Last Exit To Brooklyn
Victims
Think Fast
A Love Idea
Tralala

Riot
The Reckoning
As Low As It Gets
Finale - Last Exit To Brooklyn


Irvine Arditti
Guy Fletcher
Mark Knopfler
David Nolan
Chris White

Producer:

Violin (Track 9)
Keyboards
Guitar (Track 5)
Violin (Track 4)
Saxophone (Track 5)

Mark Knopfler

5) NECK AND NECK

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Poor Boy Blues
Sweet Dreams
There'll Be Some Changes Made
Just One Time
So Soft, Your Goodbye

Yakety Axe
Tears
Tahitian Skies
I'll See You In My Dreams
The Next Time I'm In Town


Chet Atkins
Floyd Cramer
Guy Fletcher
Paul Franklin
Vince Gill
Mark Knopfler
Larry Londin
Edgar Meyer
Mark O'Connor
Steve Wariner

Producer:

Guitar, Vocals
Piano (Track 2)
Drums, Bass, Keyboards
Pedal Steel Guitar, Pedabro, Dobro
Backing Vocals
Guitar, Vocals
Drums
Bass
Fiddle, Mandolin
Bass

Mark Knopfler

6) GOLDEN HEART

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Darling Pretty
Imelda
Golden Heart
No Can Do
Vic And Ray
Don't You Get It
A Night In Summer Long Ago
Cannibals
I'm The Fool
Je Suis Désolé
Rüdiger
Nobody's Got The Gun
Done With Bonaparte
Are We in Trouble Now


Heike Barthe
Eddie Bayers
Barry Beckett
Derek Bell
Richard Bennett

Paul Brady
Robbie Casserly
Steve Conn
Brendan Croker
Chad Cromwell
Danny Cummings

Bill Cuomo
Michael Doucet
Guy Fletcher

Paul Franklin

Vince Gill
Seán Keane
Mark Knopfler
Sonny Landreth

Donal Lunny
Terry McMillan
Paul Moore
Steve Nathan

Máirtin O'Connor
Liam O'Flynn
Don Potter
Michael Rhodes
Hargus "Pig" Robbins
Matt Rollings
Jo-El Sonnier
Billy Ware
Glenn Worf

Producer:

Backing Vocals (Track 11)
Drums (Tracks 1,5,9-12,14)
Piano (Tracks 9,12)
Irish Harp (Track 1)
Guitar (Tracks 1-3,5,6,8,9,11,12),
Tiple (Track 10)
Whistle (Tracks 1,7,13)
Drums (Track 13)
Accordion (Track 10)
Backing Vocals (Tracks 4,8)
Drums (Track 2-4,6,8)
Backing Vocals (Tracks 1-4,6,8,10),
Percussion (Tracks 2,4,5,9,12,14)
Organ (Track 6)
Fiddle (Track 10)
Backing Vocals (Tracks 1-4,6,8),
Keyboards (Tracks 3,4,8,12)
Pedal Steel Guitar
(Tracks 1,5,9,11,12,14)
Backing Vocals (Tracks 12,14)
Violin (Tracks 1,7,13)
Guitar, Vocals
National Steel Guitar (Track 10),
Backing Vocals (Track 10)
Bouzouki (Tracks 1,7,13)
Djembe (Track 5)
Bass (Tracks 7,13)
Organ (Tracks 1,2,8,9,11,12,14),
Keyboards (Tracks 3,5,9,14)
Accordion (Tracks 1,7,13)
Uillean Pipes (Tracks 7,13)
Guitar (Track 14)
Bass (Tracks 1,5,6,9-12,14)
Piano (Track 14)

Piano (Tracks 1,5,11)
Accordion (Track 8)
Triangle (Track 10)
Bass (Tracks 2-4)

Chuck Ainlay, Mark Knopfler

7) WAG THE DOG

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Wag The Dog
Working On It
In The Heartland
An American Hero
Just Instinct
Stretching Out
Drooling National
We're Going To War


Richard Bennett
Jim Cox
Chad Cromwell
Guy Fletcher
Mark Knopfler
Glenn Worf

Producer:

Guitar
Piano, Organ
Drums
Keyboards
Guitar, Vocals
Bass

Chuck Ainlay, Mark Knopfler

8) METROLAND

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Metroland Theme [instrumental]
Annick
Tous Les Garçons Et Les Filles [Françoise Hardy]
Brats
Blues Clair [Django Reinhardt]
Down Day
A Walk In Paris
She's Gone
Minor Swing [Django Reinhardt]
Peaches [The Stranglers]
Sultans Of Swing [Dire Straits]
So You Win Again [Hot Chocolate]
Alison [Elvis Costello]
Metroland


Richard Bennett
Jim Cox
Chad Cromwell
Guy Fletcher
Mark Knopfler
Steve Sidwell
Chris White
Glenn Worf

Producer:

Guitar
Piano, Organ
Drums
Keyboards
Guitar, Vocals
Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Flute, Saxophone
Bass

Chuck Ainlay, Mark Knopfler

9) SAILING TO PHILADELPHIA

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What It Is
Sailing To Philadelphia
Who's Your Baby Now
Baloney Again
The Last Laugh
Do America
Silvertown Blues
El Macho
Prairie Wedding
Wanderlust
Speedway At Nazareth
Junkie Doll
Sands Of Nevada
One More Matinee


Robert Bailey
Richard Bennett
Jim Cox
Chad Cromwell
Danny Cummings
Tim Davis
Chris Difford
Guy Fletcher
Paul Franklin


Mike Haynes

Aubrey Haynie
Mike Henderson
Jim Hoke
Jim Horn

Wayne Jackson
Mark Knopfler
Van Morrison
Louis Nunley
David Rawlings
Frank Ricotti
Chris Rodriguez
Duane Starling
James Taylor
Harvey Thompson
Glenn Tilbrook
Gillian Welch
Chris Willis
Glenn Worf

Producer:

Vocals (Track 4)
Guitar
Piano, Organ
Drums
Percussion (Tracks 3,8,14)
Vocals (Track 8)
Vocals (Tracks 7,14)
Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Pedal Steel Guitar
(Tracks 2,9,10,11,13,14),
Lap Steel Guitar (Track 6)
Flugelhorn (Tracks 8,14),
Trumpet (Track 14)
Violin (Tracks 1,11)
Mandolin (Track 12)
Harmonica & Autoharp (Track 4)
Baritone & Tenor Saxophone
(Track 5)
Trumpet (Track 5)
Guitar, Vocals
Vocals (Track 5)
Vocals (Track 4)
Vocals (Tracks 9,11)
Marimba (Track 8)
Vocals (Track 8)
Vocals (Track 4)
Vocals (Track 2)
Tenor Saxophone (Track 5)
Vocals (Tracks 7,14)
Vocals (Tracks 9,11)
Vocals (Track 4)
Bass

Chuck Ainlay, Mark Knopfler

10) A SHOT AT GLORY

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Sons Of Scotland
Hard Cases
He's The Man
Training
The New Laird
Say Too Much
Four In A Row
All That I Have
Sons Of Scotland: Quiet Theme
It's Over
Wild Mountain Thyme


Richard Bennett
Jim Cox
Chad Cromwell
Guy Fletcher
Mark Knopfler
Glenn Worf

Producer:

Guitar
Organ, Piano
Drums
Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Guitar, Vocals
Bass

Guy Fletcher, Mark Knopfler

11) THE RAGPICKER'S DREAM

 
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Disc One
Why Aye Man
Devil Baby
Hill Farmer's Blues
A Place Where We Used To Live
Quality Shoe
Fare Thee Well Northumberland
Marbletown
You Don't Know You're Born
Coyote
The Ragpicker's Dream
Daddy's Gone To Knoxville
Old Pigweed

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Why Aye Man
Quality Shoe
Sailing To Philadelphia
Brothers In Arms
Why Aye Man [enhanced video]


Richard Bennett
Jim Cox
Chad Cromwell
Glen Duncan
Guy Fletcher
Paul Franklin
Tim Healy
Mike Henderson
Mark Knopfler
Jimmy Nail
Glenn Worf

Producer:

Guitar
Organ, Piano
Drums
Violin (Track 11)
Keyboards, Backing Vocals (Track 8)
Pedal Steel Guitar (Tracks 3,5,10)
Backing Vocals (Track 1)
Harmonica (Track 6)
Vocals, Guitar
Backing Vocals (Track 1)
Bass

Chuck Ainlay, Mark Knopfler

 

Disc Two was only included in the special limited edition issue.
Tracks 1,2,5: recorded live at The Empire, Shepherds Bush, London, England on 24 July 2002
Tracks 3,4: recorded live at Massey Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada on 3 May 2001

12) SHANGRI-LA

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5.15 A.M.
Boom, Like That
Sucker Row
The Trawlerman's Song
Back To Tupelo
Our Shangri-La
Everbody Pays
Song For Sonny Liston
Whoop De Doo
Postcrads From Paraguay
All That Matters
Stand Up Guy
Donegan's Gone
Don't Crash The Ambulance


Richard Bennett
Jim Cox
Chad Cromwell
Guy Fletcher
Mark Knopfler
Glenn Worf

Producer:

Guitar
Piano, Organ
Drums
Piano, Organ
Vocals, Guitar
Bass

Chuck Ainlay, Mark Knopfler

 

The limited edition (Mercury 986 725 9) had a bonus DVD with interviews, studio footage and Mark's commentary on the album.

13) ONE TAKE RADIO SESSIONS

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The Trawlerman's Song
Back To Tupelo
Song For Sonny Liston
Rüdiger
Boom, Like That
Everybody Pays
Donegan's Gone
Stand Up Guy


Richard Bennett
Jim Cox
Chad Cromwell
Mark Knopfler
Doug Pettibone
Matt Rollings
Glenn Worf

Producer:

Guitar
Keyboards
Drums
Guitar, Vocals
Mandolin, Guitar
Keyboards
Bass

Chuck Ainlay, Mark Knopfler

14) ALL THE ROADRUNNING

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Beachcombing
I Dug Up A Diamond
This Is Us
Red Staggerwing
Rollin' On
Love And Happiness
Right Now
Donkey Town
Belle Star
Beyond My Wildest Dreams
All The Roadrunning
If This Is Goodbye


Richard Bennett
Steve Conn
Jim Cox
Chad Cromwell
Danny Cummings
Dan Dugmore


Glen Duncan
Stuart Duncan
Guy Fletcher
Paul Franklin
Emmylou Harris
Mark Knopfler
Memphis Horns
Billy Ware
Glenn Worf

Producer:

Guitar
Accordion (Track 4)
Keyboards
Drums
Drums
Guitar (Tracks 6,12),
Pedal Steel Guitar (Tracks 5,10),
6-String Bass (Track 9)
Fiddle, Mandolin
Fiddle (Track 4)
Keyboards
Pedal Steel Guitar (Track 3)
Vocals, Guitar (Tracks 5,9)
Vocals, Guitar
Horn (Track 12)
Triangle (Track 4)
Bass

Chuck Ainlay, Mark Knopfler

15) REAL LIVE ROADRUNNING

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Right Now
Red Staggerwing
Red Dirt Girl
Done With Bonaparte
Romeo And Juliet
All That Matters
This Is Us
All The Roadrunning
Boulder To Birmingham
Speedway At Nazareth
So Far Away
Our Shangri-La
If This Is Goodbye
Why Worry


Richard Bennett
Danny Cummings
Stuart Duncan
Guy Fletcher
Emmylou Harris
Mark Knopfler
Matt Rollings
Glenn Worf

Producer:

Guitar
Drums
Fiddle, Mandolin
Keyboards
Vocals, Guitar
Vocals, Guitar
Keyboards
Bass

Guy Fletcher

 

Recorded live at The Gibson Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, California, USA on 28 June 2006

16) KILL TO GET CRIMSON

 
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LP One
True Love Will Never Fade
The Scaffolder's Wife
The Fizzy And The Still

Heart Full Of Holes
We Can Get Wild
Secondary Waltz

LP Two
Punish The Monkey
Let It All Go
Behind With The Rent

The Fish And The Bird
Madame Geneva's
In The Sky


Danny Cummings
Guy Fletcher
Mark Knopfler
Ian Lowthian
John McCusker
Steve Sidwell
Chris White
Glenn Worf

Producer:

Drums, Percussion
Keyboards
Vocals, Guitar
Accordion
Violin
Trumpet
Flute, Saxophone, Clarinet
Bass

Chuck Ainlay, Guy Fletcher,
Mark Knopfler

17) GET LUCKY

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Border Reiver
Hard Shoulder
You Can’t Beat The House
Before Gas And TV
Monteleone
Cleaning My Gun
The Car Was The One
Remembrance Day
Get Lucky
So Far From The Clyde
Piper To The End


Richard Bennett
Danny Cummings
Phil Cunningham
Guy Fletcher
Mark Knopfler
John McCusker
Michael McGoldrick
Matt Rollings
Glenn Worf

Producer:

Guitar
Drums
Accordian (Tracks 1,4,10,11)
Keyboards
Vocals, Guitar
Violin, Cittern
Flute & Whistle (Tracks 1,4,10,11)
Keyboards
Bass, Upright Bass

Chuck Ainlay, Guy Fletcher,
Mark Knopfler

 

The limited edition has a bonus DVD with a live acoustic performance of the track Get Lucky, a tour around the British Grove Studio
conducted by Mark and Chuck Ainlay and an interview

18) PRIVATEERING

 
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CD One
Redbud Tree
Haul Away
Don't Forget Your Hat
Privateering
Miss You Blues
Corned Beef City
Go, Love
Hot Or What
Yon Two Crows
Seattle

CD Two
Kingdom Of Gold
Got To Have Something
Radio City Serenade
I Used To Could
Gator Blood
Bluebird
Dream Of The Drowned Submariner
Blood And Water
Today Is Okay
After The Bean Stalk


Richard Bennett
Chris Botti
Jim Cox
Phil Cunningham
Guy Fletcher
Paul Franklin
Rupert Gregson-Williams
Mark Knopfler
John McCusker
Michael McGoldrick
Ruth Moody
Ian Thomas
Kim Wilson
Glenn Worf

Producer:

Guitar
Trumpet
Piano, Organ
Accordion
Keyboards, Bass (Track 1)
Pedal Steel Guitar
Strings Conductor

Vocals, Guitar
Violin, Cittern, Whistle
Flute, Whistle, Uilleann Pipes
Vocals
Drums
Harmonica
Bass, Double Bass

Chuck Ainlay, Guy Fletcher,
Mark Knopfler