Mark Knopfler - Get Lucky.

[REM]

I tend to echo Jason P's thoughts on Mr Knofler but would add that the Local Hero soundtrack should be in everyones collection. A stunning piece of work on every level, essential listening IMO,

Cheers

[Covenant]

I tend to echo Jason P's thoughts on Mr Knofler but would add that the Local Hero soundtrack should be in everyones collection. A stunning piece of work on every level, essential listening IMO,

Cheers

And a brilliant film!
I enjoyed the album Dave-it was a good recommendation. Keep 'em coming.

[NickB]

Hi

Just my tuppence worth I think this is his best solo work but cannot for the life of me understand why it is the only one of his solo or DS albums not available on vinyl.

Go figure.

Nick

[Soundhaspriority]

Good Morning Guys,
Anybody else hear on Breakfast Time this morning an extract from the title track of Mark Knopfler's above refererenced new CD? It was not the normal sort of music/performer that I would choose to listen to but I thought the bit that I heard was brilliant and beautiful. I'm determined to hear more and, if the rest is anything like as good, I shall be investing .
Anybody else formed any opinion?
Cheers,

I think I have all of Straits and Knopfler's albums, except Get Lucky, which must have just come out, as I never heard of it. But if its anything like Kill Crimson, and I expect as much, it'll probably be boring to me. Sailing to Philadelphia also did nothing for me; don't think I even heard it all through it was so dull and uninspiring. Knopfler's best album, for those who don't know his solo work, has to be his first: Golden Heart. HDCD recording too. But of his more recent work, the better ones are Shangri-La (or One Take Radio Sessions, a kind of reversion of that), and Ragpicker's Dream has a lot of good tunes on it. Not a fan of Emmylou Harris either, so I keep going back to those last two, for my Knopfler fix. You can check 'em out on Amazon.

[Haselsh1]

I bought 'Kill to get Crimson' on vinyl and have 'Shang-ri-la' on SACD and have to say, I think this is some of his best ever work. I was always a fan of the first two Dire Straits albums back in the seventies as they did not use keyboards and overproduction. Nice music...!

[Marco]

I bought 'Get Lucky' a couple of weeks ago and like it for what it is.

However, I could quite understand people finding it "boring", as it is rather simple acoustic-type material, but the tunes are good and as usual with Knopfler's work, it's immaculately recorded... One to let wash over you when sitting back and relaxing reading a book, or whatever

Marco.

[electric beach]

Just saw the card payment come through for my purchase of Get Lucky and felt an involuntary regret, so my advice would be to try another - I didn't want to play it again either! I'm always prepared for songs to be 'a grower' and I actually prefer the least commercial tracks on any work. Favourite to date is also Philadelphia, which is strong on sound quality, performance and song writing and I've been trying to find another solo album to get more of the same but have been a little disappointed with the weaker songs on Ragpickers, although Kill to get Crimson was better and as Marco suggests is a better take on the same idea (will definately try Shangri-La, thanx).

Dave, if you're going to put Leonard Cohen's Live in London up for comparison then you won't like any MK albums. That's one piece of work in a class of it's own - absolutely awesome!