Since officially embarking on a solo career in 1995, former Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler has been quietly…
Mark Knopfler – Privateering (2012)
Dire Straits – Dire Straits (1978)
Dire Straits’ minimalist interpretation of pub rock had already crystallized by the time they released their eponymous debut. Driven by Mark Knopfler’s …
The Notting Hillbillies – Missing…Presumed Having a Good Time (1990)
On hiatus from Dire Straits, guitarist Mark Knopfler joined with Brendan Croker, Steve Phillips, and Guy Fletcher for 1990′s Missing…Presumed Having a Good Time…
Mark Knopfler – Metroland (1999)
Mark Knopfler’s fine soundtrack to the film Metroland nicely evokes the picture’s wistful, nostalgic atmosphere. Rounding out the collection are late-’70s classics…
Mark Knopfler – Wag the Dog (1998)
Mark Knopfler wrote and performed the soundtrack to Barry Levinson’s political satire Wag the Dog, and it is one of his best scores…
Mark Knopfler – Golden Heart (1996)
Mark Knopfler’s debut non-soundtrack solo album, Golden Heart, was, in effect, the follow-up to the last Dire Straits studio album, On Every Street (1991)…
Mark Knopfler – Neck and Neck (1990)
Working with Dire Straits guitarist Mark Knopfler had a rejuvinating influence on Chet Atkins. Knopfler has Atkins moving toward his country roots…
Mark Knopfler – Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)
Unlike Mark Knopfler’s first three soundtracks, his music for Last Exit to Brooklyn did not sound like outtakes from Dire Straits sessions, but instead consisted of fully…
Mark Knopfler – The Princess Bride (Original Soundtrack) (1987)
Mark Knopfler’s original music for The Princess Bride utilizes dreamy washes of synthesizers overlayed with warm acoustic instruments and hints of percussion…
Mark Knopfler – Get Lucky (2009)
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…
Mark Knopfler – Cal (1984)
With the core of Dire Straits augumented by Paul Brady and Liam O’Flynn, Knopfler set out to give this score a somewhat Irish spin, though…
Mark Knopfler – Kill to Get Crimson (2007)
Given that Kill to Get Crimson follows Mark Knopfler’s yearlong collaboration with Emmylou Harris — inaugurated by the album All the Roadrunning and followed by a tour…
Mark Knopfler – Local Hero (Original Soundtrack) (1983)
Dire Straits leader Mark Knopfler’s intricate, introspective fingerpicked guitar stylings make a perfect musical complement to the wistful tone of Bill Forsyth’s comedy film…
Mark Knopfler – Real Live Roadrunning (2006)
Recorded at the Gibson Amphitheatre in California on June 28, 2006, Real Live Roadrunning features live renditions of all of the cuts from Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris’ …
Mark Knopfler – All the Roadrunning (2006)
This lush and earthy collaboration between Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris may sound like it rose from an amiable weeklong studio session, but the 12 tracks…
Mark Knopfler – Shangri-La (2004)
Shangri-La, Mark Knopfler’s fourth solo release and his first since breaking his collarbone, shoulder, and seven ribs in a motorcycle crash in March 2003, finds…
Dire Straits – On the Night (1993)
A live document of Dire Straits’ 1991-92 world tour supporting the On Every Street album, On the Night works sporadically, offering enough good…
Dire Straits – On Every Street (1991)
It took Mark Knopfler more than six years to craft a follow-up to Dire Straits’ international chart-topper, Brothers in Arms, but although On Every Street…
Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms (1985)
Brothers in Arms brought the atmospheric, jazz-rock inclinations of Love Over Gold into a pop setting, resulting in a surprise international best-seller…
Mark Knopfler – The Ragpicker’s Dream (2002)
With his second post-millennium album in just two years, Mark Knopfler has already equaled his meager (non-soundtrack) output for the ’90s. And while he isn’t…
Dire Straits – Alchemy:Dire Straits Live (1984)
There is an interesting contrast on this 94-minute double-disc live album (recorded at London’s Hammersmith Odeon in July 1983) between the music…
Mark Knopfler – A Shot at Glory (A Mark Knopfler Soundtrack) (2002)
Mark Knopfler has the luxury of being selective about soundtrack work, and this is only his tenth film score in 17 years. It may be that he waits for films that can…
Dire Straits – Love Over Gold (1982)
Adding a new rhythm guitarist, Dire Straits expands its sounds and ambitions on the sprawling Love Over Gold. In a sense, the album is their prog rock effort…
Dire Straits – Making Movies (1980)
Without second guitarist David Knopfler, Dire Straits began to move away from its roots rock origins into a jazzier variation of country-rock and singer/songwriter folk-rock…