FULL SPIN of Golden Heart. It is the début solo album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released on 26 March 1996 by Vertigo Records internationally and Warner Bros. Records in the United States. Following a successful career leading the British rock band Dire Straits and composing a string of critically acclaimed film soundtrack albums, Knopfler produced his first solo album, drawing upon the various musical endeavors in which he has engaged since emerging as a major recording artist in 1978. The album reached the top ten position on album charts in Austria, Belgium, Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The album peaked at 105 on the Billboard 200 in the United States. Following the release of Dire Straits final studio album, On Every Street, and a grueling fifteen-month world tour of Europe, North America, and Australia—a tour seen by 7.1 million people that ended in October 1992—Knopfler quietly dissolved the popular British rock band that had become one of the worlds most commercially successful bands, with worldwide album sales of over 120 million. He would later recall, I put the thing to bed because I wanted to get back to some kind of reality. Its self-protection, a survival thing. That kind of scale is dehumanising. He spent two years recovering from the experience, which had taken a toll on his creative and personal life. In 1994, he began work on what would become his first solo album. All songs were written by Mark Knopfler. No. Title Length 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. Dont You Get It 5:16 7. A Night in Summer Long Ago 4:43 8. Cannibals 3:41 9. Im the Fool 4:28 10. Je Suis Désolé 5:14 11. Rüdiger 6:03 12. Nobodys Got the Gun 5:25 13. Done with Bonaparte 5:06 14. Are We in Trouble Now 5:54 Total length: 70:18 Personnel Music Mark Knopfler – guitar, vocals Richard Bennett – acoustic guitar (1,2,3,8,9,11,12), guitar (5,6), tiplé (10) Sonny Landreth – National steel guitar (10), backing vocals (10) Don Potter – acoustic guitar (14) Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar (1,9,11,12,14) Derek Bell – Irish harp (1) Paul Brady – whistle (1,7,13) Seán Keane – violin (1,7,13) Dónal Lunny – bouzouki (1,7,13) Máirtín OConnor – accordion (1,7,13) Liam OFlynn – uilleann pipes (7,13) Steve Conn – accordion (10) Jo-El Sonnier – accordion (8) Michael Doucet – fiddle (10) Matt Rollings – piano (1,5,11) Barry Beckett – piano (9,12) Hargus Pig Robbins – piano (14) Bill Cuomo – Hammond organ (6) Guy Fletcher – keyboards (3,4,8,12), backing vocals (1,2,3,4,6,8) Steve Nathan – Hammond organ (1,2,8,9,12,14), keyboards (3,5,9,11,14) Paul Moore – bass (13), string bass (7) Michael Rhodes – bass (1,5,9,10,11,12,14) Glenn Worf – bass (2,3,6), string bass (4,8) Eddie Bayers – drums (1,5,9,10,11,12,14) Robbie Casserly – drums (13) Chad Cromwell – drums (2,3,4,6,8) Danny Cummings – backing vocals (1,3,4,6,8,10,11), percussion (2,4,5,11,12,14) Terry McMillan – djembe (5) Billy Ware – triangle (10) Brendan Croker – backing vocals (4,8) Vince Gill – backing vocals (12,14) Production Mark Knopfler – producer Chuck Ainlay – producer, engineer, mixing Brian Masterson – engineer Graham Lewis – assistant engineer, mixing assistant Denny Purcell – mastering Jonathan Russell – mastering assistant David Scheinmann – photography
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