- Shangri-La (Mark Knopfler album)
Infobox Album | Name = Shangri-La
Type =Album
Artist =Mark Knopfler
Released =September 28 2004
Recorded = 2004
Genre = Rock
Length = 66:00
Label =Warner Bros. Records (US)Mercury Records
Producer =Mark Knopfler ,Chuck Ainlay
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:48q5g4extvoz link]
* "Rolling Stone " Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/markknopfler/albums/album/6489069/rid/6537360/ October 28, 2004] | Last album = "The Ragpicker's Dream "
(2002)
This album = "Shangri-La"
(2004)
Next album = "Kill To Get Crimson "
(2007)|"Shangri-La" is the fourth solo album by
Mark Knopfler , released in 2004. It features his signaturestorytelling style ofsongwriting . It was released on HDCD and in 5.1 Surround Sound on SACD.ongs
"
Boom, Like That ", which started receiving airplay in some areas of the United States in September 2004, was inspired byRay Kroc 'sautobiography "Grinding It Out" and the starting ofMcDonald's , using many of Mr. Kroc's exact words."Song for
Sonny Liston " is a song about the famous boxer of the same name, and"Donegan's Gone" is about the Scottish musician and singerLonnie Donegan . "5.15 AM" tells the story of the 1967 "one-armed bandit murder ".Track listing
All songs written by Mark Knopfler.
# "5.15 A.M." – 5:54
# "Boom, Like That " – 5:49
# "Sucker Row" – 4:56
# "The Trawlerman's Song" – 5:02
# "Back to Tupelo" – 4:31
# "Our Shangri-La" – 5:41
# "Everybody Pays" – 5:24
# "Song for Sonny Liston" – 5:06
# "Whoop De Doo" – 3:53
# "Postcards from Paraguay" – 4:07
# "All That Matters" – 3:08
# "Stand Up Guy" – 4:32
# "Donegan's Gone" – 3:05
# "Don't Crash the Ambulance" – 5:06Personnel
*
Mark Knopfler – guitars, vocals
* Richard Bennett – guitars
* Jim Cox – organ, piano, harmonica
*Chad Cromwell – drums, percussion
*Glenn Worf – bass guitar, bass
* Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
*Guy Fletcher – organ, piano,clavinet Album
Certifications
Tour
From February to July 2005, Mark Knopfler set out on a world tour to promote the album, performing both solo material and old Dire Straits numbers.
The setlist remained nearly unchanged and was as follows:
*"Why Aye Man"
*"Walk of Life"
*"What It Is"
*"Sailing to Philadelphia"
*"Romeo and Juliet"
*"Sultans of Swing"
*"Done With Bonaparte"
*"Song for Sonny Liston"
*"Boom, Like That"
*"Speedway at Nazareth"
*"Telegraph Road"Encores
*"Brothers in Arms"
*"Money for Nothing"
*"So Far Away"Other songs
*"The Trawlerman's Song" (a couple of times, after "Sailing to Philadelphia")
*"Donegan's Gone" (very often, after "Song for Sonny Liston")
*"Rüdiger" (very often, after "Donegan's Gone")
*"All That Matters" (a couple of times, after "Rüdiger")
*"Baloney Again" (rarely)
*"A Night in Summer Long Ago" (only once, in Johannesburg, after "Done With Bonaparte")
*"Our Shangri-La" (approx. 50% of the shows, after "So Far Away")
*"The Mist Covered Mountains" & "Wild Theme" from "Local Hero" (approx. 50% of the shows, as a 2nd encore)
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