Down the Road Wherever
Down the Road Wherever | ||||
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Studio album by Mark Knopfler | ||||
Released | 16 November 2018 | |||
Recorded | Summer 2017, January–February 2018. | |||
Studio | British Grove, Chiswick, West London | |||
Length | 71:27 | |||
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Down the Road Wherever is the ninth solo studio album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released on 16 November 2018 by British Grove Records via Virgin EMI in the UK and via Blue Note in the US.[3]
Contents
Overview
The album was announced in a press release, which called it a collection of "unhurriedly elegant new Knopfler songs inspired by a wide range of subjects, including his early days in Deptford with Dire Straits, a stray football fan lost in a strange town, the compulsion of a musician hitching home through the snow, and a man out of time in his local greasy spoon."[3] The 14 songs were also called "slow and elegant".[2]
Musicians who play on the album include Jim Cox and Guy Fletcher on keyboards, Nigel Hitchcock on saxophone, Glenn Worf on bass guitar, Danny Cummings on percussion and Ian Thomas on drums.[1] Imelda May also provides backing vocals.[1]
A music video for the first single, "Good on You Son", was released in September.[2]
Release
Down the Road Wherever was made available in a variety of formats, including on CD, 2×LP and in a box set; the box set includes the preceding two formats as well as a 12-inch EP including four extra tracks.[1] The deluxe CD inserts two bonus tracks before the final standard edition track, "Matchstick Man".[4] Lyrics for the 20th song, "Back in the Day", were released online and printed in the 2019 tourbook but the song was never released as it was withdrawn.
Track listing
Standard edition CD | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Trapper Man" | 6:00 |
2. | "Back on the Dance Floor" | 5:30 |
3. | "Nobody’s Child" | 4:16 |
4. | "Just a Boy Away from Home" | 5:12 |
5. | "When You Leave" | 4:12 |
6. | "Good on You Son" | 5:37 |
7. | "My Bacon Roll" | 5:35 |
8. | "Nobody Does That" | 5:15 |
9. | "Drovers' Road" (not on double LP) | 5:05 |
10. | "One Song at a Time" | 6:17 |
11. | "Floating Away" | 5:02 |
12. | "Slow Learner" | 4:34 |
13. | "Heavy Up" | 6:00 |
14. | "Matchstick Man" | 2:52 |
Total length:
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71:27 |
Deluxe edition CD (incl. 2 bonus tracks)[4] | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Trapper Man" | 6:00 |
2. | "Back on the Dance Floor" | 5:30 |
3. | "Nobody’s Child" | 4:16 |
4. | "Just a Boy Away from Home" | 5:12 |
5. | "When You Leave" | 4:12 |
6. | "Good on You Son" | 5:37 |
7. | "My Bacon Roll" | 5:35 |
8. | "Nobody Does That" | 5:15 |
9. | "Drovers' Road" | 5:05 |
10. | "One Song at a Time" | 6:17 |
11. | "Floating Away" | 5:02 |
12. | "Slow Learner" | 4:34 |
13. | "Heavy Up" | 6:00 |
14. | "Every Heart in the Room" (only on CD) | 4:30 |
15. | "Rear View Mirror" (only on CD) | 2:29 |
16. | "Matchstick Man" | 2:52 |
Total length:
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78:26 |
Double Gatefold (12") LP (excl. one track) | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Trapper Man" (A1) | 6:00 |
2. | "Back on the Dance Floor" (A2) | 5:30 |
3. | "Nobody’s Child" (A3) | 4:16 |
4. | "Nobody Does That" (B1) | 5:15 |
5. | "Good on You Son" (B2) | 5:37 |
6. | "Floating Away" (B3) | 5:02 |
7. | "One Song at a Time" (C1) | 6:17 |
8. | "Heavy Up" (C2) | 6:00 |
9. | "Slow Learner" (C3) | 4:34 |
10. | "Just a Boy Away from Home" (D1) | 5:12 |
11. | "My Bacon Roll" (D2) | 5:35 |
12. | "When You Leave" (D3) | 4:12 |
13. | "Matchstick Man" (D4) | 2:52 |
Total length:
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66:22 |
Box Set Deluxe edition Bonus 4 Track (12") LP | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Drovers' Road" (A1) | 5:05 |
2. | "Don't Suck Me In" (A2) (only on LP) | 5:17 |
3. | "Sky and Water" (B1) (only on LP) | 4:32 |
4. | "Pale Imitation" (B2 (only on LP)) | 3:59 |
Total length:
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18:53 |
Box Set Deluxe edition (17-track) Triple Gatefold (12") LP | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
Total length:
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85:15 |
The whole 19 tracks from either Deluxe edition CD or Box Set Deluxe edition Triple Gatefold LP | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Trapper Man" | 6:00 |
2. | "Back on the Dance Floor" | 5:30 |
3. | "Nobody’s Child" | 4:16 |
4. | "Just a Boy Away from Home" | 5:12 |
5. | "When You Leave" | 4:12 |
6. | "Good on You Son" | 5:37 |
7. | "My Bacon Roll" | 5:35 |
8. | "Nobody Does That" | 5:15 |
9. | "Drovers' Road" | 5:05 |
10. | "One Song at a Time" | 6:17 |
11. | "Floating Away" | 5:02 |
12. | "Slow Learner" | 4:34 |
13. | "Heavy Up" | 6:00 |
14. | "Every Heart in the Room" (only on CD) | 4:30 |
15. | "Rear View Mirror" (only on CD) | 2:29 |
16. | "Matchstick Man" | 2:52 |
17. | "Don't Suck Me In" (only on LP) | 5:17 |
18. | "Sky and Water" (only on LP) | 4:32 |
19. | "Pale Imitation" (only on LP) | 3:59 |
Total length:
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92:14 |
Personnel
Musicians
- Mark Knopfler – guitars, vocals
- Richard Bennett – guitars
- Glenn Worf – upright and electric bass
- Guy Fletcher – keyboards
- Jim Cox – keyboards
- Ian Thomas – drums
- Danny Cummings – percussion
Additional musicians
- Lance Ellington – background vocalist
- Beverley Skeete – background vocalist
- Katie Kissoon – background vocalist
- Kris Drever - background vocalist
- Imelda May - background vocalist
- Nigel Hitchcock – tenor saxophone
- Tom Walsh – trumpet
- Trevor Mires – trombone
- John McCusker – fiddle
- Mike McGoldrick – whistle
- Robbie McIntosh – guitar
Production
- Engineers: Guy Fletcher, Martin Hollis
- Assistant engineers: Rowan McIntosh, Jason Elliot, Andy Cook, Poppy Kavanagh, Josh Tyrell
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Sales/shipments |
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Germany (BVMI)[37] | Gold | 100,000 |
Poland (ZPAV)[38] | Gold | 10,000 |
xunspecified figures based on certification alone |
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