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Kill to Get Crimson

Kill to Get Crimson
Artist: Mark Knopfler
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Category: Music

List Price: $18.98
Buy New: $13.97
You Save: $5.01 (26%)



Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 114 reviews
Sales Rank: 566

Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4

MPN: 281660
UPC: 093624992998
EAN: 0093624992998
ASIN: B000TUXL2A

Release Date: September 18, 2007
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Tracks:

  • True Love Will Never Fade
  • The Scaffolder's Wife
  • The Fizzy and the Still
  • Heart Full of Holes
  • We Can Get Wild
  • Secondary Waltz
  • Punish the Monkey
  • Let It All Go
  • Behind with the Rent
  • The Fish and the Bird
  • Madame Geneva's
  • In the Sky

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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com
Three decades after Dire Straits broke onto the scene with their remarkable debut, Mark Knopfler remains an iconic figure in popular music, his graceful guitar playing equaled only by his genial baritone and a novelist's ability to create distinct characters and themes in his songs. His fifth solo album since he pulled the plug on the band in 1995, Crimson reflects on a torrent of narratives, from the gracefully aging spouse in the flute-powered ballad "The Scaffolder's Wife" to the valiant down-and-outer in the Scottish folk song "Heart Full of Holes." Employing accordions, fiddles, and horns as majestic accompaniment, Knopfler drifts into the Celtic-tinged melodies of his past, explicitly in the whiskey-soaked singalong "Secondary Waltz," the busker's saga "Madame Geneva's," and "The Fish and the Bird," with its vagabond pensiveness. Clocking in at just under an hour, the album--without any page-turning epic--plays instead like an anthology of written works, every personification crisp in definition, every story exquisitely told. --Scott Holter

Amazon.com
Building on last year's Grammy-nominated All The Roadrunning collaboration with Emmylou Harris, his highest charting non Dire Straits album to date Top 20 Pop, scanning 400,000 copies in the U.S. acclaimed singer-songwriter guitarist Mark Knopfler unveils his fifth solo album, Kill To Get Crimson. While certain to appeal to his loyal fan base, the album's artful guitar rock will also entice new fans to Knopfler's signature sound (he's #27 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists Of All Time), instantly recognizable vocals and smart lyrics. A multiple-Grammy winner who has sold more than 110 million albums worldwide, Knopfler remains one of rock's most admired artists.

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Album Description
Building on last year's Grammy-nominated All The Roadrunning collaboration with Emmylou Harris, his highest charting non Dire Straits album to date Top 20 Pop, scanning 400,000 copies in the U.S. acclaimed singer-songwriterguitarist Mark Knopfler unveils his fifth solo album, Kill To Get Crimson. While certain to appeal to his loyal fan base, the album's artful guitar rock will also entice new fans to Knopfler's signature sound (he's #27 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists Of All Time), instantly recognizable vocals and smart lyrics. A multiple- Grammy winner who has sold more than 110 million albums worldwide, Knopfler remains one of rock's most admired artists.


Customer Reviews:   Read 109 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars Superb storytelling   October 30, 2008
aobeachgirl (Jacksonville, FL)
The lyrics and the scenes described are just wonderful. Listen and you will understand.


5 out of 5 stars Superb Music   October 18, 2008
Riddlehat



Mark Knopfler is a fine musician with highly developed skills as a producer.

I admire and respect his hard work as I do his humanity.




5 out of 5 stars Why Isn't This Guy Well Known?   October 8, 2008
Jude Fabiano (Snyder, NY)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

What a great CD! Great guitar, insightful lyrics, Great Beat and it's easy to dance to. I give it a 98%.


3 out of 5 stars I miss Dire Straights...   September 7, 2008
Ross M. Robertson
0 out of 3 found this review helpful

Knopfler is one of the best guitarists and songwriters on planet earth. But I expected more.....I wish his old band was still together.


5 out of 5 stars Awesome!   July 29, 2008
D. M. Lyon (.)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This is a Awesome CD by a Fantastic Artist! All of Mark Knopflers CD's are very good. But, This one is my personal favorite! I have always liked Artists who do there own thing. And, M.K. is definitely in that group. So, To Hell With The Critics!

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