Description: Tracks:5:15 amBoom, Like ThatSucker RowThe Trawlerman's SongBack To TupeloOur Shangri-LaEverybody PaysSong For Sonny ListonWhoop De DooPostcards From ParaguayAll That MattersStand Up GuyDonegan's GoneDon't Crash The AmbulanceBoom, Like ThatSucker RowThe Trawlerman's SongBack To TupeloOur Shangri-LaEverybody PaysSong for Sonny ListonWhoop De DooPostcards From ParaguayAll That MattersStand Up GuyDonegan's GoneDon't Crash The Ambulance Performer Notes: Mark Knopfler's first excursions outside of Dire Straits were film soundtracks, where his guitar mastery served him well. Starting in the mid-1990s, he embarked on a proper post-Straits solo career. By the time of 2004's SHANGRI-LA, Knopfler had almost entirely left behind the expansive instrumental textures of his former band in favor of a more straight-ahead singer/songwriter approach, which works wonderfully here. Knopfler keeps things low-key throughout most of SHANGRI-LA, with quietly intoned, often drolly sardonic lyrics, supple finger-picked guitar lines, and songs full of subtly crafted surprises.There's a wealth of unusual topics on offer here; "Boom, Like That" is a first-person monologue by Knopfler in the voice of Ray Kroc, the man behind the McDonald's fast-food empire. The bluesy "Song for Sonny Liston" chronicles the famed boxer's brushes with the underworld. "Donegan's Gone" laments the passing of British folk/skiffle pioneer Lonnie Donegan, a key influence on Knopfler and scores of other British rockers. Departing from the more folk-oriented sound of its predecessor, THE RAGPICKER'S DREAM, SHANGRI-LA more fully develops the detail-oriented, irony-laced songwriting style Knopfler first hinted at in Dire Straits tunes like "Money for Nothing." Professional Reviews: Rolling Stone (p.102) - 3 1/2 stars out of 5 - "Mark Knopfler has grown into one of rock's more mature and sharp-eyed writers....[The album] mixes sunniness and darkness in artful ways." Mojo (Publisher) (p.96) - 3 stars out of 5 - "There is genius in here....It also serves up three beguiling gasps of Tyne/Delta blues bewitchery." Format: CD (1 Disc) Country: USA Studio/Live: Studio Guest Artist: Richard Bennett; Glenn Worf; Paul Franklin Release Date: 21 July, 2009 Label: MERCURY Dimensions: 13.1 x 1 x 14.7 centimeters (0.06 kg)
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Language: Eng
Track #1: 5:15 am
Track #2: Boom, Like That
Track #3: Sucker Row
Track #4: The Trawlerman's Song
Track #5: Back To Tupelo
Track #6: Our Shangri-La
Track #7: Everybody Pays
Track #8: Song For Sonny Liston
Track #9: Whoop De Doo
Track #10: Postcards From Paraguay
Track #11: All That Matters
Track #12: Stand Up Guy
Track #13: Donegan's Gone
Track #14: Don't Crash The Ambulance
Track #15: Boom, Like That
Track #16: Sucker Row
Track #17: The Trawlerman's Song
Track #18: Back To Tupelo
Track #19: Our Shangri-La
Track #20: Everybody Pays
Track #21: Song for Sonny Liston
Track #22: Whoop De Doo
Track #23: Postcards From Paraguay
Track #24: All That Matters
Track #25: Stand Up Guy
Track #26: Donegan's Gone
Track #27: Don't Crash The Ambulance
Format: CD
Release Year: 2009
Genre: Rock
Artist: Knopfler, Mark
Record Label: Universal, IMT
Release Title: Shangri-La
