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All the Roadrunning

All the Roadrunning
Artist: Mark Knopfler And Emmylou Harris
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Category: Music

List Price: $18.98
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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 278 reviews
Sales Rank: 725

Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.4

MPN: 44154
UPC: 936244154288
EAN: 0093624415428
ASIN: B000F0UV0E

Release Date: April 25, 2006
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Tracks:

  • Beachcombing
  • I Dug Up A Diamond
  • This Is Us
  • Red Staggerwing
  • Rollin' On
  • Love and Happiness for You
  • Right Now
  • Donkey Town
  • Belle Star
  • Beyond My Wildest Dreams
  • All the Roadrunning
  • If This is Goodbye

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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com
Over the last seven years, Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris quietly recorded an album by stealing "a few precious hours of studio time here and there," as the ex-Dire Straits singer/guitarist puts it. Good thing they kept it largely under wraps--expectations would have pushed through the clouds, especially as Knopfler conjured 10 of the 12 cuts, and Harris, who writes potently, but little, contributed two ("Love and Happiness," "Belle Starr"). Yet now that it's here, All the Roadrunning--while beautiful--seems somehow underwhelming, and without a true centerpiece. Anyone familiar with the artists' famous catalogues would expect the repertoire to be poetic and brooding, and that Harris's ethereal soprano would add light to Knopfler's dark Prozac rumblings. But the surprise is that the album is too tame, never breaks out of its midtempo groove, and never takes any big chances.

That said, there is much to like: The marital scrapbook romp of "This Is Us," the bluesy bickering of "Right Now," the wrenching poignancy of the 9/11-inspired ballad "If This Is Goodbye." Knopfler, ever the hypnotic guitarist, turns in some thrillingly droll and laconic vocals, and Harris brings the spirited coltishness of her early work to "Belle Starr." In the end, though, this is not so much a duet album as two famously melancholy musicians singing together--at times, strikingly so. --Alanna Nash

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Album Description
For several years, the iconic Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris have been quietly recording a remarkable collection of duets whenever the Grammy winning artists could steal away from their own illustrious careers. The extraordinary result is All the Roadrunning. The songs from their Nashville sessions, all originals, while undeniably modern, have the appeal of classics, whether country, Celtic flavored or gently soulful. All the Roadrunning is Knopfler & Harris making music and, as the lyric for "This is Us" puts it, making history.

Album Description
UK Limited Edition 12-track CD album is presented in a individually numbered slipcase. Limited to 5,000 worldwide! The album is a collaborative album from the Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler and 11-time Grammy award-winner Emmylou Harris who for 7 years have been quietly compiling a treasure trove of duets and sees Knopfler share his electric, acoustic and slide playing with guitarist Richard Bennett. Polydor. 2006.

Album Details
For Almost Seven Years, Former Dire Straits Frontman Mark Knopfler and Billboard Century Award Winner Emmylou Harris have Been Quietly Compiling a Treasure Trove of Duets. The Sessions were Co-produced with Chuck Ainlay and Knopfler Shares his Electric, Acoustic and Slide Playing with Guitarist Richard Bennett. Other Musicians in the Line-up Include Jim Cox and Guy Fletcher on Keyboards, Glen Duncan on Fiddle and Mandolin, Dan Dugmore on Steel Guitar, Glen Worf on Bass and Chad Cromwell and Danny Cummins on Drums. This Limited Edition Version Comes in an Individually Numbered (10,000 Copies Only) Slipcase.


Customer Reviews:   Read 273 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars best album of the decade   November 14, 2008
Thomas C. Poff
This album has staying power, is a thinking-person's album, sounds great, has terrific lyrics, is well thought out, and basically makes everything else I listen to sound downright crappy. Buy it and listen the heck outta it. I listen to all genres of rock. There is simply nothing better than this album. BTW if you don't like country music, which I don't, you will still like this album.


5 out of 5 stars Timely music for troubled times   September 7, 2008
KIRBY HALL (Across the Great Divide)
This CD doesn't have a bad track. On top of that, the first song, Beachcombing, is great to sing along with! I like to think I do a pretty good Mark Knopfler impression, and to be able to harmonize with Emmy Lou at the same time is awesome. Buy it!
Kirby Hall
Somewhere in the Wilds of Alaska (trashing Sarah Palin)



5 out of 5 stars Pleasing sound   September 3, 2008
Brad Vanek (Rainier, OR United States)
This is one of my most listened to cds. Emmylou Harris and Mark Knopfler...They just seem to fit together, each bringing their own compliment to the songs....A great cd


5 out of 5 stars ALL THE ROADRUNNING   August 29, 2008
S. Haley
I am very pleased with the product I received and will continue to do more in the future.


5 out of 5 stars One of my favorite albums of all time!   August 11, 2008
LovesBooksMusicandMovies (Colorado, USA)
This is album is just plain wonderful. Each and every song is a gem. After getting this cd, I listened to it 5 times strait, and still can't get enough of it. I still have to listen to it once a week.

MK & EH voices are perfect together. I couldn't think of any better duet singers.

I really enjoy every track, but my ultimate favorites are:
"I Dug Up A Diamond"
"If This Is Goodbye"
"Belle Star"
"Donkey Town"

Hurry up and grab this, and the companion "live cd/dvd combo."

Happy listening!



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