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Track Listings
| 1. 5:15 am | |||
| 2. Boom, Like That | |||
| 3. Sucker Row | |||
| 4. The Trawlerman's Song | |||
| 5. Back To Tupelo | |||
| 6. Our Shangri-La | |||
| 7. Everybody Pays | |||
| 8. Song For Sonny Liston | |||
| 9. Whoop De Doo | |||
| 10. Postcards From Paraguay | |||
| 11. All That Matters | |||
| 12. Stand Up Guy | |||
| 13. Donegan's Gone | |||
| 14. Don't Crash The Ambulance | |||
| 15. 5:15 a.m. | |||
| 16. Boom, Like That | |||
| 17. Sucker Row | |||
| 18. The Trawlerman's Song | |||
| 19. Back To Tupelo | |||
| 20. Our Shangri-La | |||
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Shangri-La sees the sweatband-loving Knopfler team up once again with producer Chuck Ainlay for asturdy celebration of Americana through country andthe blues with a dash of easy listening thrown in. The overall sound is laid back with only the electric blues of "Song for Sonny Listen" providing a bit of a crunch. For the most part Knopfler sounds heavily influenced by troubadour JJ Cale and none more so than on "Boom, Like That", a groove driven country honk with soft, lazy vocals. Renowned for not taking things too seriously, many of the lyrics are comical in their narrative such as "I stuck a couple of air-craft carriers up his ass" on the mariachi backed "Don't Crash the Ambulance", a tongue in cheek song set around the Mexican border.
His style may have softened since the DireStraits days but this can only be a good thing whenone recalls the bloated synths of their latter years. Shangri-La is Knopfler living his cowboy dream which seems to be what keeps his spirit for good music as fresh as it ever was.--Steve Beefmark
Album Description
Signed copies or the album and packs of Shangri-La playing cards will be randomly assigned to 10 pre-orders for this title. One lucky customer will also receive a signed Mark Knopfler guitar.
The fourth solo excursion from acclaimed singer-songwriter-guitarist Mark Knopfler, Shangri-La is perhaps his most accomplished album since his halcyon days in Dire Straits. A four-time Grammy winner who has sold some 110 million albums worldwide with that group and solo — and whose signature guitar sound, instantly recognisable vocals and smart lyrics have made him one of rock's most admired artists — Knopfler offers an idyllic earthly refuge for the sophisticated rock fan with Shangri-La.
Guitar Information:Mark's Strat guitar features a '57 Strat guitar ash body and a vintage tinted '62 "C"-shape maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard. His unmistakable tone comes from three Texas Special single-coil pickups and a five-way switch. Fender/Gotoh vintage tuners and an American vintage tremolo system round out this sultan of swing.
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