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MARK KNOPFLER

with GUY FLETCHER, GLENN WORF, DANNY CUMMINGS,

plus IAN LOWTHIAN, JOHN McCUSKER, FRANK RICOTTI, CHRIS WHITE, STEVE SIDWELL  

The frontman for Dire Straits is also a skilled composer, tuneful singer, 

and one of the most celebrated guitarists to emerge in the 1970s and '80s.

The most celebrated British guitar hero to emerge in the 1970s and '80s, Mark Knopfler rose 

to fame as the leader of Dire Straits, and his songwriting and incisive guitar work played a decisive 

role in making them an international success story. At a time when punk and new wave 

were making technique for its own sake seem irrelevant, and metal was taking the guitar solo

in noisier and unpredictable directions, Knopfler's clean but dexterous picking proved 

there was still room for traditionalism and chops in mainstream rock & roll. 

But even without considering Dire Straits, Knopfler has accumulated an impressive résumé 

as a producer, sideman, songwriter, and film composer, working alongside 

some of the best and best-known figures in the music business

"KILL TO GET CRIMSON"

2007     2LP     MERCURY RECORDS      1724910    STEREO

MADE IN EUROPE       ORIGINAL  PRESSING

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This version: LP 1 shows on label 1746931

LP 2 shows on label 1746933 and both LP's also show LC00268. 

Made in the EU. 

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Label Code: LC00268

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On Inside Panels: Photos, Lyrics & Credits

On Back Sleeve: Tracklist

www.mark-knopfler.com

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tracklisting

Side A:TRUE LOVE WILL NEVER FADE - THE SCAFFOLDER'S WIFE - THE FIZZY AND THE STILL

Side B: HEART FULL OF HOLES - WE CAN GET WILD - SECONDARY WALTZ

Side C: PUNISH THE MONKEY - LET IT ALL GO - BEHIND WITH THE RENT

Side D: THE FISH AND THE BIRD - MADAME GENEVA'S - IN THE SKY

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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, subsequently documented on the live set Real Live Roadrunning -- it might be reasonable to presume that it bears a slightly heavier folk influence, as if Emmylou had rubbed off on the guitarist. And that's true to a certain extent: "Heart Full of Holes" has an old-timey carnivalesque lilt to its middle section and "Secondary Waltz" is simple, low-key two-step driven by accordions, while "The Fish and the Bird" is a spare allegory that recalls old folk tunes, as does the stately grace of "Madame Geneva's." Also, "Let It All Go" (the song that bears the lyric that lends the album the title) is a minor key dirge that could be seen as a winding folk tune, but it hearkens back to the evocative mood pieces that often up ate up large sections of the second side of a Dire Straits album, and that's hardly the only time either Knopfler's old band or his solo works are brought to mind here. Despite the few folk trappings, most of Kill to Get Crimson resembles nothing so much as another tastefully low-key album from Knopfler, one that resides comfortably in his mellow Americana niche, where country, blues, and rock gently blend into a sound that resembles no particular style but evokes plenty of past sounds. Knopfler rides this soft groove as easily as he ever has, maybe even a little easier than usual, but the big difference here is although mood is key -- as it always is on a Knopfler solo album -- the emphasis is not on guitar; it's on the song...(AllMusic)