Mark Knopfler - Get Lucky Review

Get Lucky

Mark Knopfler

Release Date: 14th Sep, 2009
Label: Mercury
Genre: Uncategorised

When they agreed the unwritten law that time-honoured artists with brilliant track records get less creative as they go on, Mark Knopfler obviously wasn’t paying attention. He was too busy writing, recording, touring and enjoying it all.

Get Lucky is Knopfler's fifth studio album of the decade and was recorded at his award-winning British Grove Studios in West London and co-produced with long-time cohorts Chuck Ainlay and Guy Fletcher. It is a beautifully crafted exploration of a lifetime of musical roots, fluently combining folk and blues with his original song writing and vivid observational lyricism.

Reviewed by Steve Muscutt

About The Artist

Mark Knopfler

Mark Freuder Knopfler, OBE (born August 12, 1949, Glasgow, Scotland) is a guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Although best-known as the lead guitarist and vocalist for the band Dire Straits (1977 - 1995), Mark has also made albums as a solo performer and played in other bands (such as the Notting Hillbillies). He has also performed on work by other artists, such as Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton and Chet Atkins, and produced albums for artists such as Tina Turner, Randy Newman, and (again) Bob Dylan. In addition, he has scored the music to several films, including Local Hero, The Princess Bride, Comfort and Joy, Cal, Last Exit to Brooklyn and Wag the Dog. After Knopfler disbanded Dire Straits in 1995, he launched straight into a solo career with 'Golden Heart' (1996) - a mixture of his various music stylings that appeared throughout Dire Straits' career. 'Sailing to Philadelphia' (2000) was the breakthrough album for his solo career. With stars such as James Taylor and Van Morrison, 'Sailing to Philadelphia' was one of his most successful albums to date. His next album 'The Ragpicker's Dream' (2002) saw Knopfler move to the 'story telling theme'. The single 'Why Aye Man' was used as the theme tune for the third series of 'Auf Wiedersehen, Pet' in 2002. His next album 'Shangri-La' was released in 2004 with a tour proceeding in 2005. 'Shangri-La' continued the idea of storytelling with each song having a different story (e.g. Boom, Like That is referring to the story of Ray Kroc and McDonalds). A motorcycle accident in 2005 meant the tour was postponed but was continued later that year. 2006 saw the release of 'All the Roadrunning' - a collaboration album with Emmylou Harris. This contains a mixture of rock and folk-styled music, mostly written by Knopfler. A tour followed the release of the album. 'Kill To Get Crimson', another folk-rock-bluesy record was released in autumn of 2007, with a tour in 2008. Get Lucky album released in September 2009, with a tour planned for North America and Europe commencing in the spring of 2010. Knopfler was named #27 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". For photos and additional information check out Mark Knopfler's official website, www.MarkKnopfler.com. In 2011, Mark toured with Bob Dylan on Dylan's recent European leg of his "Never Ending Tour". Mark is currently in his studio recording new album. It is believed to be released in 2012/'13.

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42 Comments

  1. assderasse 10 Feb 2012

    Very great album !

  2. gspanjers 10 Oct 2011

    Awesome album indeed, it's in my personal top of mark's solo work

  3. mirrorball95 26 Apr 2011

    Great album. Really grows on you the more you listen to it!

  4. Duvanjara 19 Mar 2011

    Best ever!

  5. AltoSax21 02 Jan 2011

    Fantastic Album!

  6. oceaga 06 Dec 2010

    O que dizer de So Far From the Clyde?... maravilhoso disco. Mark Knopfler é a tradução de bom gosto, requinte, elegância musical.

  7. diskostu 16 Jun 2010

    I like this so much... especially "So far from the clyde". Romantic.

  8. deadgrave 13 Jun 2010

    masterpiece indeed - great record

  9. HaraldUrKv 30 May 2010

    Excellent album. Piper To The End is possibly one of the best closers ever.

  10. ErikB-Gum 21 Apr 2010

    The master has done his job!

  11. Anderson_ma 19 Apr 2010

    Mark is God.

  12. Beatlemania1 27 Mar 2010

    magic

  13. mererhetorix 26 Mar 2010

    Monteleone is incredible

  14. stardustfuzz 23 Mar 2010

    i bought this a couple months back but now i can't find my copy. dammit. anyways, marvelous album!

  15. shef_dave 13 Mar 2010

    Definately a grower. I remember first listening to it and going straight back to Golden Heart and Sailing to Philadelphia, but it's grown immeasurably. I think it's a very mature and emotional album, lyrics are fantastic in it. Can't wait to see a few of the tracks played live!

  16. HaraldUrKv 26 Feb 2010

    Monteleone. <3 [2]

  17. deadgrave 14 Jan 2010

    fantastic album - all respect to Mark Knopfler

  18. djtomzig 02 Jan 2010

    meine nachbern hats a gfalln

  19. adrianmisak 27 Dec 2009

    Another masterpiece...I especially like “Remembrance Day“, “Hard Shoulder“ and “Get Lucky“

  20. RestLove 13 Dec 2009

    Favourite album released in 2009.

  21. BBTW 15 Nov 2009

    It's different than other albums but there is still good old Knopfler behind everything. I really like this :)

  22. brettburchill 10 Nov 2009

    Not a Fan

  23. AxelKasten 24 Oct 2009

    One good song--Hard Shoulder--is really not enough !!!

  24. hotsongs 08 Oct 2009

    Bin enttäuscht von dieser LP. Monoton ohne Kreativität! Wo bleiben die Gitarrensoli wie z.B. beim Song "The Long Road" ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QZTZ9B7M60). Golden Heart bleibt sein bisher bestes Album Bin gespannt was er auf der Tour 2010 spielt.

  25. RickStarMusic 07 Oct 2009

    as far as i look now, i think border reiver and monteleone are the best songs.

  26. szelf13 02 Oct 2009

    it's great.. it's lovely :) it's quite and keep mi smail :)

  27. Forsaken-03 01 Oct 2009

    terrible album!((

  28. Maxe86 22 Sep 2009

    better than his last two or three albums.

  29. Gaynor7 21 Sep 2009

    Wonderful CD...another one added to the collection.

  30. Snadbreg 20 Sep 2009

    Monteleone. <3

  31. VelBG 19 Sep 2009

    Not bad at all, and quite better than his last two or three albums.

  32. Babs_05 17 Sep 2009

    *sigh* awwww! what a lovely album!

  33. Ryoma013 17 Sep 2009

    Very good album !

  34. maxcasanova 17 Sep 2009

    still nice though

  35. sk1960 12 Sep 2009

    for me this is not really a new album..it sounds like the last 3-4 albums of mark knopfler. it seems that every song was written for an older album - but with new lyrics. he is an excellent musician, but the songs are still the same in the last years-but much better than most songs in the top 20 charts....

  36. ars23 09 Sep 2009

    I'm going to buy it. [2]

  37. luvlies 15 Aug 2009

    Just wonderful album

  38. ars23 09 Aug 2009

    awesome

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