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Track Listings
| 1. True Love Will Never Fade |
| 2. The Scaffolder's Wife |
| 3. The Fizzy And The Still |
| 4. Heart Full Of Holes |
| 5. We Can Get Wild |
| 6. Secondary Waltz |
| 7. Punish The Monkey |
| 8. Let It All Go |
| 9. Behind With The Rent |
| 10. The Fish And The Bird |
| 11. Madame Geneva's |
| 12. In The Sky |
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49 of 52 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Mark Knopfler`s 5th solo album takes a few steps back and recalls the tempo of Ragpickers Dream.
It`s a folksy kinda album which you would best enjoy on a cold winters night in front of a roaring log fire.Its cosy, warm and very easy on the ear.
Mark`s husky voice is accompanied by his trademark guitar licks--a variety of different guitars are used on this album--and a very tight band that play an array of instruments that comes as a pleasant and rather unexpected surprise.
The songs are obviously drawn from Mark`s memories of his youth (Secondary Waltz)and are a credit to his songwriting skills---the man just gets better with his lyrics.
True Love Will Never Fade and Heart Full of Holes are fine examples of the progress he has made in putting his thoughts into his music and , for me , are the highlights of this album.
For those who loved the music of Dire Straits--well sorry but the man`s moved on ! I feel he is is now writing and performing the music that he really wants to play and there may ( I hope ) be a lot more of this to come.
To sum up--this is not an album to get you on your feet--rather to put your feet up, relax and enjoy.
Hope this helps but I am sure all M.K. fans will buy whatever he records.
Chris
It`s a folksy kinda album which you would best enjoy on a cold winters night in front of a roaring log fire.Its cosy, warm and very easy on the ear.
Mark`s husky voice is accompanied by his trademark guitar licks--a variety of different guitars are used on this album--and a very tight band that play an array of instruments that comes as a pleasant and rather unexpected surprise.
The songs are obviously drawn from Mark`s memories of his youth (Secondary Waltz)and are a credit to his songwriting skills---the man just gets better with his lyrics.
True Love Will Never Fade and Heart Full of Holes are fine examples of the progress he has made in putting his thoughts into his music and , for me , are the highlights of this album.
For those who loved the music of Dire Straits--well sorry but the man`s moved on ! I feel he is is now writing and performing the music that he really wants to play and there may ( I hope ) be a lot more of this to come.
To sum up--this is not an album to get you on your feet--rather to put your feet up, relax and enjoy.
Hope this helps but I am sure all M.K. fans will buy whatever he records.
Chris
28 of 30 people found the following review helpful
By Pete
Format:Audio CD
I kept hearing this in music and book stores and everytime I did I would find snatches of it dancing around in my memory for the rest of the evening. Now, being as I was completely allergic to Brothers in Arms and the whole glossy eighties Dire Straits, this was very odd. My partner bought it for me and now we listen to it most evenings. It's a collection of beautiful songs that require you to sit and listen, as you would to a story. It's one of those rare albums that sinks immediately into your heart. Mind you, having read the previous reviews it's obviously the musical equivalent of Marmite. You'll either love it or hate it. Me, I hate Marmite but I Love this.
27 of 30 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Although his solo albums have enjoyed fine reviews some people still expect Knopfler, after thirty years in the business, to sound like Dire Straits. And that's always surprised me. As much as I love classics such as `Sultans of Swing' and `Telegraph Road', those days are gone and it's nice to hear his writing explore new perspectives.
Kill to Get Crimson's general mood has Celtic tendencies, so don't be surprised if you hear the odd fiddle, flute or accordion amidst the instrumentation. But if you think that might put you off, don't - many of Knopfler's trademarks remain. Although there is no blazing `Speedway at Nazareth' rock soundtrack here, there's lots of exquisite guitar work, which, thanks to the smaller band ensemble, allows Knopfler's work to shine through with greater prominence. Dire Straits fans will relish `Punish the Monkey' and `We Can Get Wild' more than the rest of the album, however, it's the diversity of the album that impresses most.
Knopfler's writing is particularly strong with insightful, intelligent lyrics throughout that when, combined with his genial baritone voice and the right musical setting, have a quasi-novelist sensibility. Here, you'll find wonderful narratives about painting and poetry, character sketches, and even a simple love song (`True Love Will Never Fade'), that plays, as Scott Holter rightly said, `like an anthology of written works, each personification crisp in definition, every story exquisitely told'.
For those still desperately looking for more Sultans of Swing thrills, this isn't going to set their world on fire. The album's profundity is where the greatest rewards lie.
Kill to Get Crimson's general mood has Celtic tendencies, so don't be surprised if you hear the odd fiddle, flute or accordion amidst the instrumentation. But if you think that might put you off, don't - many of Knopfler's trademarks remain. Although there is no blazing `Speedway at Nazareth' rock soundtrack here, there's lots of exquisite guitar work, which, thanks to the smaller band ensemble, allows Knopfler's work to shine through with greater prominence. Dire Straits fans will relish `Punish the Monkey' and `We Can Get Wild' more than the rest of the album, however, it's the diversity of the album that impresses most.
Knopfler's writing is particularly strong with insightful, intelligent lyrics throughout that when, combined with his genial baritone voice and the right musical setting, have a quasi-novelist sensibility. Here, you'll find wonderful narratives about painting and poetry, character sketches, and even a simple love song (`True Love Will Never Fade'), that plays, as Scott Holter rightly said, `like an anthology of written works, each personification crisp in definition, every story exquisitely told'.
For those still desperately looking for more Sultans of Swing thrills, this isn't going to set their world on fire. The album's profundity is where the greatest rewards lie.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Ever a Mark Knopffler fan
Superb. I have most of the solo and group albums and listen to them often. He has had great duet albums.
Published 1 month ago by Dr J Noel ORegan
5.0 out of 5 stars
HEARD ON SKY
HI
HEARD THIS ON SKY AND JUST HAD TO BUY IT MASSIVE MARK KNOPLER FAN CAN DO NO WRONG BY ME
AGAIN HE HE HAS WORKED HIS MAGIC ON THESE TRACKS AND IT REALLY IS... Read more
HEARD THIS ON SKY AND JUST HAD TO BUY IT MASSIVE MARK KNOPLER FAN CAN DO NO WRONG BY ME
AGAIN HE HE HAS WORKED HIS MAGIC ON THESE TRACKS AND IT REALLY IS... Read more
Published 2 months ago by BASSMAN50
5.0 out of 5 stars
Undoubtedly One of Knopfler's Best Albums.
I have many Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler solo albums and sound track albums and 'Kill to get Crimson' definitely belongs up there with the very best of these . Read more
Published 3 months ago by Brian I Davidson
5.0 out of 5 stars
great
Love it! Like a folkier gentler version of Sultans of Swing, the same lovely guitar sound, interesting lyrics, I particularly like the song about learning to waltz at school.
Published 5 months ago by S S S
5.0 out of 5 stars
Superb laid back lyrical stories
Wonderful story telling in a similar laid back fashion to "Sailing to Philadelphia". Please take the time to listen to the wondeful vignettes painted here- head and shoulders above... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Queens Park Pete
4.0 out of 5 stars
Masterful song-writing, as usual
As a long-time collector of Mark Knopfler's work, from the distant days of Dire Straits and through his long solo career, I consider the man a supreme story-teller and this,... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Dolphin
5.0 out of 5 stars
Buy for 2ndary waltz
Buy this - even if it is only for one track - The Secondary Waltz. All you guys who were taught dancing in the school gym,leading up to the Christmas Party will be carried back in... Read more
Published 13 months ago by quadswift
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great.
I'm surprised at the very mixed reviews for this album on this site. I'm pretty sure that this album would have drawn excellent critical response from people in the press and media... Read more
Published on 22 May 2011 by Gary G
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of his best
What a gem. Great story-telling songs that all belong together to create a great album. Top notch production and arrangements. Read more
Published on 13 Sep 2010 by P. A. Ioannou
2.0 out of 5 stars
Decepción!
Los últimos discos de Knopfler no cubren mis expectativas. Demasiado planos, tranquilotes: ideales para antes de ir a dormir. Read more
Published on 10 Aug 2009 by David Moises Anton Garcia
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