Sailing to Philadelphia

Infobox Album | Name = Sailing to Philadelphia
Type = Album
Artist = Mark Knopfler


Released = September 26 2000
Recorded = 2000
Genre = Rock, Country
Length = 64:40
Label = Warner Bros. Records (US)
Mercury Records
Producer = Mark Knopfler, Chuck Ainlay
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:b26fmpsh9ffo link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/markknopfler/albums/album/307607/review/5943893/sailing_to_philadelphia link]
Last album = "Golden Heart"
(1996)
This album = "Sailing to Philadelphia"
(2000)
Next album = "The Ragpicker's Dream"
(2002)

"Sailing to Philadelphia" is an album by Mark Knopfler released in 2000. The album's sixth song, "Do America", replaces "One More Matinee" on the Warner Bros. release in North America and is included on the UK and North American releases only. The title track is drawn from Thomas Pynchon's novel about Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, the two English surveyors who established the border between Pennsylvania and Maryland, Delaware and Virginia in the 1760s. The border later became known as the Mason-Dixon Line and has been used since the 1820s to denote the border between the Southern United States, where slavery continued until the American Civil War, and the northern states.

The album sold over 3.5 million copies worldwide. [ [http://www.cdshakedown.com/051603.htm Sacred Steel (5/16/2003)] ] [ [http://delafont.com/music_acts/mark-knopfler.htm Delafont, Mk bio] ] . In some territories (Western Europe being one example), the album was released as an HDCD and a 5.1 Surround Sound DVD-A.

Track listing

All songs written by Mark Knopfler.

#"What It Is" – 4:57
#"Sailing to Philadelphia" – 5:29
#"Who's Your Baby Now" – 3:05
#"Baloney Again" – 5:09
#"The Last Laugh" – 3:22
#"Do America" – 4:11
#"Silvertown Blues" – 5:32
#"El Macho" – 5:29
#"Prairie Wedding" – 4:26
#"Wanderlust" – 3:52
#"Speedway at Nazareth" – 6:23
#"Junkie Doll" – 4:34
#"Sands of Nevada" – 5:29
#"One More Matinee" – 3:57

Personnel

*Mark Knopfler – guitars and vocals
*Richard Bennett – guitars and other string instruments
*Jim Cox – piano and organ
*Guy Fletcher – keyboard and backing vocals
*Glenn Worf – bass guitar
*Chad Cromwell – drums

There are many guest appearances by other musicians on various tracks, including:
* James Taylor – vocals on "Sailing to Philadelphia"
* Van Morrison – vocals on "The Last Laugh"
* Gillian Welch and David Rawlings – vocals on "Prairie Wedding" and "Speedway at Nazareth"
* Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford – vocals on "Silvertown Blues"
* Aubrey Haynie – violin on "What It Is" and "Speedway at Nazareth"
* Paul Franklin - pedal steel guitar

Charts

Mark's second solo album, Sailing To Philadelphia, was released on 25th September, 2000. Mercury Records informed MKNews that there had been a "hugely positive reaction within the record company to the new album."

Album

Certifications

What It Is

Infobox Single
Name = What It Is


Artist = Mark Knopfler
from Album = Sailing to Philadelphia
B-side =
Released = September 4th, 2000
Format = 2 CDs
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label = Mercury
Writer = Mark Knopfler
Producer =
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = "Rüdiger"
(1996)
This single = "What It Is"
(2000)
Next single = "Sailing to Philadelphia"
(2001)"What It Is" is the first single from the album

CD single

#"What It Is"
#"The Long Highway"

Maxi CD single

#"What It Is"
#"Let's See You"
#"The Long Highway"
#"Camerado"

ailing to Philadelphia (single)

Infobox Single
Name = Sailing to Philadelphia


Artist = Mark Knopfler
from Album = Sailing to Philadelphia
B-side =
Released = February 26, 2001
Format = 2 CDs
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label = Mercury
Writer = Mark Knopfler
Producer =
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = "What It Is"
(2000)
This single = "Sailing to Philadelphia"
(2001)
Next single = "Silvertown Blues"
(2001)

"Sailing to Philadelphia" is the second single from the album of the same name by Mark Knopfler. The song is duet between Knopfler and American singer James Taylor.

The song is written in an autobiographical style, and is the story of Jeremiah Dixon and Charlie Mason, a "Geordie boy" and an astronomer, respectively, who sailed to America from the UK. Per the song, Dixon (Mark Knopfler) has predicted that there is the "land of opportunity" to the west, which Mason (James Taylor), the "stargazer" does not believe. Towards the end of the song, the lyics suggest that Dixon was correct.

CD single

#"Sailing to Philadelphia" (edit)
#"Going Home" (live)

Maxi CD single

#"Sailing to Philadelphia" (edit)
#"Going Home" (live)
#"Baloney Again" (live)
#"El Macho" (live)

ilvertown Blues

Infobox Single
Name = Silvertown Blues


Artist = Mark Knopfler
from Album = Sailing to Philadelphia
B-side = Do America
Released = June 2001
Format = CD
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label = Mercury
Writer = Mark Knopfler
Producer =
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = "Sailing to Philadelphia"
(2001)
This single = "Silvertown Blues"
(2001)
Next single = "Why Aye Man"
(2002)

"Silvertown Blues" is the third and final single from the album "Sailing to Philadelphia" by Mark Knopfler. It was released as a commercial single in Holland and Belgium only, but it got some radio airplay in several European countries, notably in France.Strangely, this song was not part of the live set during the "Sailing to Philadelphia" world tour.

Track listing

#"Silvertown Blues"
#"Do America"