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  • Artist: Mark Knopfler
  • Rating: StarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: March 26, 1996
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

Review

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). But it was also a compendium of the various musical endeavors in which Knopfler had engaged since emerging as a major figure in 1978. "Imelda" was cast in the mold of "Money for Nothing," with its trademark electric guitar riff and sardonic lyrics about Imelda Marcos, and other songs resembled Dire Straits songs, notably "Cannibals," which recalled "Walk of Life." But "A Night in Summer Long Ago" was presented in a Scots/Irish traditional folk style, complete with a lyric about a knight and a queen and would have fit nicely on Knopfler's soundtrack for The Princess Bride, and "Are We in Trouble Now" was a country ballad featuring pedal steel guitar and the piano playing of Nashville session ace Hargus "Pig" Robbins that would have been appropriate to Knopfler's duo album with Chet Atkins. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Darling Pretty (Lyrics) Mark Knopfler Mark Knopfler (4:31)
Imelda (Lyrics) Mark Knopfler Mark Knopfler (5:26)
Golden Heart (Lyrics) Mark Knopfler Mark Knopfler (5:01)
No Can Do (Lyrics) Mark Knopfler Mark Knopfler (4:54)
Vic and Ray (Lyrics) Mark Knopfler Mark Knopfler (4:36)
Don't You Get It (Lyrics) Mark Knopfler Mark Knopfler (5:16)
A Night in Summer Long Ago Mark Knopfler Mark Knopfler (4:43)
Cannibals (Lyrics) Mark Knopfler Mark Knopfler (3:41)
I'm the Fool (Lyrics) Mark Knopfler Mark Knopfler (4:28)
Je Suis Désolé (Lyrics) Mark Knopfler Mark Knopfler (5:14)
Rüdiger (Lyrics) Mark Knopfler Mark Knopfler (6:03)
Nobody's Got the Gun (Lyrics) Mark Knopfler Mark Knopfler (5:25)
Done With Bonaparte (Lyrics) Mark Knopfler Mark Knopfler (5:06)
Are We in Trouble Now (Lyrics) Mark Knopfler Mark Knopfler (5:54)

Credits

Martin O'Connor (Accordion), Paul Brady (Whistle (Human)), Terry McMillan (Djembe), Mark Knopfler (Guitar), Dónal Lunny (Bouzouki), Paul Moore (String Bass), Glenn Worf (String Bass), Chuck Ainlay (Mixing), Danny Cummings (Percussion), Sonny Landreth (Vocals (Background)), Don Potter (Guitar (Acoustic)), Graham Lewis (Mixing Assistant), Seán Keane (Violin), Michael Doucet (Fiddle), Chuck Ainlay (Producer), Steve Conn (Accordion), Vince Gill (Vocals (Background)), Brian Masterson (Engineer), Chad Cromwell (Drums), Paul Franklin (Pedal Steel), Derek Bell (?), Matt Rollings (Piano), Derek Bell (Irish Harp), Glenn Worf (Guitar (Bass)), Robbie Casserly (Drums), Richard Bennett (Guitar), Michael Rhodes (Bass), Barry Beckett (Piano), Paul Moore (Bass), Billy Ware (Triangle), Liam O'Flynn (Uillean Pipes), Denny Purcell (Mastering), Danny Cummings (Vocals (Background)), Jonathan Russell (Mastering Assistant), Sonny Landreth (Guitar (Steel)), Eddie Bayers (Drums), Glenn Worf (Bass), Guy Fletcher (Keyboards), Michael Rhodes (Guitar (Bass)), Mark Knopfler (Producer), Richard Bennett (Tiple), Sonny Landreth (National Steel Guitar), Steve Nathan (Organ (Hammond)), Hargus "Pig" Robbins (Piano), Steve Nathan (Keyboards), Charlie Ainley (Producer), Jo-El Sonnier (Accordion), Paul Brady (Whistle (Instrument)), Graham Lewis (Assistant Engineer), Charlie Ainley (Engineer), Chuck Ainlay (Engineer), Brendan Croker (Vocals (Background)), Bill Cuomo (Organ (Hammond)), Guy Fletcher (Vocals (Background)), Richard Bennett (Guitar (Acoustic)), David Scheinmann (Photography)
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Performed by: Mark Knopfler
Written by: Mark Knopfler

Credits: Knopfler, Mark (Songwriter); STRAITJACKET SONGS LTD (Publisher)

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Golden Heart
Studio album by Mark Knopfler
Released March 26, 1996
Recorded Emerald Sound Studios, Javelina Recording Studios & Sixteenth Avenue Sound, in Nashville TN.
Air Studios
Windmill Lane Studios
Genre Rock
Length 70:24
Label Vertigo
Warner Bros. (USA)
Producer Mark Knopfler, Chuck Ainlay
Professional reviews
Mark Knopfler chronology
Neck and Neck
(1990)		 Golden Heart
(1996)		 Sailing to Philadelphia
(2000)

Golden Heart is an album by Mark Knopfler (former front man of Dire Straits) released in 1996. It is his debut solo album after Dire Straits disbanded in 1995, although he scored several motion pictures before.

The first song "Darling Pretty" was featured on the Twister movie soundtrack.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mark Knopfler.

  1. "Darling Pretty" – 4:31
  2. "Imelda" – 5:26
  3. "Golden Heart" – 5:01
  4. "No Can Do" – 4:54
  5. "Vic and Ray" – 4:36
  6. "Don't You Get It" – 5:16
  7. "A Night in Summer Long Ago" – 4:43
  8. "Cannibals" – 3:41
  9. "I'm the Fool" – 4:28
  10. "Je Suis Désolé" – 5:14
  11. "Rüdiger" – 6:03
  12. "Nobody's Got the Gun" – 5:25
  13. "Done With Bonaparte" – 5:06
  14. "Are We in Trouble Now" – 5:54

Personnel

Chart positions

Album

Chart (1996) Peak
Position
Norway Albums Chart 2
Italy Albums Chart 3
Netherlands Albums Chart 3
Switzerland Albums Chart 3
Sweden Albums Chart 4
Finland Albums Chart 7
Austria Albums Chart 8
Belgium Albums Chart 8
UK Albums Chart 9
Canada Albums Chart 11
New Zealand Albums Chart 16
Australia Albums Chart 28
France Albums Chart 38
United States Billboard 200 105

Singles

Year Single Chart Positions
CAN CAN AC CAN Country
1996 "Darling Pretty" 12 14 87
"Imelda" 59
"Don't You Get It" 62

Certifications

Organisation Level Date
BPI – UK Silver April 1, 1996
BPI – UK Gold May 1, 1996
CRIA - Canada Gold August 30, 1996
IFPI – Switzerland Gold 1996

Cannibals

"Cannibals"
Single by Mark Knopfler
from the album Golden Heart
Released 1996
Genre Rock
Label Vertigo
Writer(s) Mark Knopfler
Mark Knopfler singles chronology
"Darling Pretty"
(1996)		 "Cannibals"
(1996)		 "Rüdiger"
(1996)

"Cannibals" is the second single from the album. It is very similar in sound and structure to Dire Straits hit "Walk of Life", also written by Knopfler.

The song was the concert opener for the 2008 Kill to Get Crimson world tour.

Track listing

  1. "Cannibals"
  2. "Tall Order Baby"
  3. "What Have I Got To Do"


Rüdiger

"Rüdiger"
Single by Mark Knopfler
from the album Golden Heart
Released 1996
Genre Rock
Label Vertigo
Writer(s) Mark Knopfler
Mark Knopfler singles chronology
"Cannibals"
(1996)		 "Rüdiger"
(1996)		 "What It Is"
(2000)

"Rüdiger" is the third and final single from the album

Track listing

  1. "Rüdiger"
  2. "My Claim to Fame"
  3. "Tall Order Baby"
  4. "What Have I Got To Do"

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