Mark Knopfler releases his eighth solo album on March 9th 2015. Entitled TRACKER the new album features 11 new Knopfler songs inspired by a wide range of subjects including Beryl Bainbridge and Basil Bunting. The songs contain Mark’s usual wryly but accurately observed vignettes of real life wrapped up in a musical accompaniment of distinctive subtlety. TRACKER has been produced by Knopfler and Guy Fletcher and was recorded at British Grove Studios in London. The band features Mark Knopfler on guitars, Guy Fletcher on keyboards, John McCusker on fiddle, Mike McGoldrick on whistle and flute, Glenn Worf on bass and Ian Thomas on drums. Guest musicians include Ruth Moody (from The Wailin’ Jennys) on vocals, Nigel Hitchcock on saxophone and Phil Cunningham on accordion.
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Tracker Music Review in Verse
The Water Butts are filling upBuses and Tractors supGuitars, Keyboards and Saxophone mix with DrumsBands will tourFingers crossed with the Sums.Tracker has arrivedHow I jivedThe first two Numbers are slow,The Dire Straits clan screams No !River Towns hits the Mark,And the Band starts to barkLulls then followTodd is feeling hollowBroken Bones is the cry from the BoardsLights of Taormina will satisfy the HordesSilver Eagle soars SkywardsBeryl may take the AwardsRuth grooves on Wherever I GoWho says Mark's Riff is set to Slow ?Tracker by Mark Knopfler is published by hornall brothers music limited / will d side limited.Produced by Mark Knopfler and Guy FletcherEngineered by Guy FletcherAssisted by Joe Kearns, Jason Elliott, Andy Cook and Martin Hollis at British Grove Studios in the Big Smoke of London.Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering Studios, Portland, Maine, USALooking forward to the Tracker Tour 2015 Boys.Thank You to Mark Knopfler, Guy Fletcher, Richard Bennett, John McCusker, Mike McGoldrick, Glen Worf, Phil Cunningham, Danny Cummings, Nigel Hitchcock, Tom Walsh, Ian Thomas, Ruth Moody and d'addario strings.The copyright to the Recording is owned by Virgin EMI Records Limited.A Universal Music Company.
G**Y
Typical Mark Knopfler
Stories in a song to great music. Nothing to dislike.
M**P
Good
Good cd
D**N
Excellent
Let led it all - top rating as always from Mark Knopfler.
R**S
Poetic, lyrical, melodic, introspective.
Tracker sees Mark Knopfler at his poetic, melodic best. It is thoughtful “listening” music, not for bopping or dancing or going over the top to.The musical balance is superb, and the more I play it the better it seems as I hear more subtlety, depth and detail in each song. I relax, close my eyes and see the pictures on the eyelids.Excellent.
R**M
Great
Great albumwe love it :-)Recommend to buy
T**D
give the album a listen.
after listening to this album, i'm fully convinced that mark is a folky at heart.being of the age i and mark is, we grew up at a time, when we where listening to rock, blues, folk and anything else that came our way.i like this album alot. but if you expect the dire straits mark, this album is not for you.i do recommend you listen at least twice before you write this album off.ted turner.
R**R
Neither captivating nor compelling
Easy to imagine Knopfler setting out to make a statement that says I've moved on from the bombast of Dire Straits' latter-day offerings and I'm now mining my pub-rock roots and investing songs with a more personal lyricism but the result is un-engaging. He may feel exploring Celticism qualifies as roots music but the opening track and later track where he augments his smart guitar with fiddle, tin whistle, flute, probably Uilleann pipes too, are as discursive and ultimately as tedious as having to listen to a Guinness-fueled raconteur in a Dublin bar at closing time. Other tracks are more successful but the whole set needs an injection of pep to stimulate an immediate replay.
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