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Mark Knopfler discography

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Studio albums
  
8

Music videos
  
2

Singles
  
12

Compilation albums
  
2

EPs
  
2

Soundtrack albums
  
9

Mark Knopfler discography

The Mark Knopfler discography consists of recordings by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, not including his work with Dire Straits. Knopfler began recording apart from Dire Straits in 1983, when he released his first soundtrack album Local Hero. That same year he produced his first album, Infidels for Bob Dylan. Between 1983 and 2002, Knopfler composed and released eight soundtrack albums. He also produced four additional albums for other artists, including Land of Dreams in 1988 for Randy Newman.

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After he quietly disbanded Dire Straits in 1995, Knopfler released his first solo album Golden Heart in 1996. In total, he has released eight studio albums, four collaborative albums with Chet Atkins and Emmylou Harris, two EPs, and twelve singles. In addition, Knopfler has appeared on 115 albums by other artists, providing guitar tracks or guest appearance vocals.

Compilation albums

  • Screenplaying (1993)
  • The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations (2005)

    • Soundtrack albums

  • Local Hero (1983)
  • Cal (1984)
  • Comfort and Joy (1984)
  • The Princess Bride (1987)
  • Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)
  • Wag the Dog (1997) (released in 1998)
  • Metroland (1999)
  • A Shot at Glory (2002)
  • Altamira (2016) with Evelyn Glennie

    • Collaborative albums

  • Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time (1990) with The Notting Hillbillies
  • Neck and Neck (1990) with Chet Atkins
  • All the Roadrunning (2006) with Emmylou Harris
  • Real Live Roadrunning (2006) with Emmylou Harris

    • Produced albums

  • Infidels (1983) by Bob Dylan. Although Mark disowned the reworked version of the album as released, his production is still noticeable. Left off the album, but later released on The Bootleg Series, is the critically acclaimed "Blind Willie McTell", featuring only Dylan, singing and playing piano, accompanied by Mark Knopfler on acoustic guitar.
  • Knife (1984) by Aztec Camera. This Scottish indie/new wave band was mostly a vehicle for the work of Roddy Frame, much as Dire Straits only ever recorded Mark Knopfler compositions.
  • Miracle (1987) by Willy DeVille. The album was dedicated to Mark and his wife "for their support which was nothing short of a Miracle in a time of Dire Straits." The album ends with the ballad "Storybook Love", the theme from The Princess Bride movie.
  • Land of Dreams (1988) by Randy Newman. The album includes the single "It's Money that Matters", which unabashedly revisits the Dire Straits song "Money for Nothing".
  • The Sailor's Revenge (2012) by Bap Kennedy was recorded at British Grove Studios in 2011.

    • Additional albums

    The following additional albums contain guitar performances or guest appearances by Mark Knopfler.

    EPs

  • The Trawlerman's Song EP (2005)
  • One Take Radio Sessions (2005)

    • Singles

  • "Darling Pretty" (1996)
  • "Cannibals" (1996)
  • "Rüdiger" (1996)
  • "What It Is" (2000)
  • "Sailing to Philadelphia" (2001)
  • "Silvertown Blues" (2001)
  • "Why Aye Man" (2002)
  • "Boom, Like That" (2004)
  • "True Love Will Never Fade" (2007)
  • "Punish The Monkey" (2007)
  • "Border Reiver" (2009)
  • "Remembrance Day" (2009)

    • References

    Mark Knopfler discography Wikipedia
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