Golden Heart

by Knopfler

Overview

Mark Knopfler's debut non-soundtrack solo album, Golden Heart, was, in effect, the follow-up to the last Dire Straits studio album, On Every Street (1991). But it was also a compendium of the various musical endeavors in which Knopfler had engaged since emerging as a major figure in 1978. "Imelda" was cast in the mold of "Money for Nothing," with its trademark electric guitar riff and sardonic lyrics about Imelda Marcos, and other songs resembled Dire Straits songs, notably "Cannibals," which recalled "Walk of Life." But "A Night in Summer Long Ago" was presented in a Scots/Irish traditional folk style, complete with a lyric about a knight and a queen and would have fit nicely on Knopfler's soundtrack for The Princess Bride, and "Are We in Trouble Now" was a country ballad featuring pedal steel guitar and the piano playing of Nashville session ace Hargus "Pig" Robbins that would have been appropriate to Knopfler's duo album with Chet Atkins. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	03/26/1996
Label:	Warner Bros.
UPC:	0093624602620

Tracks

1. Darling Pretty
2. Imelda
3. Golden Heart
4. No Can Do
5. Vic and Ray
6. Don't You Get It
7. A Night in Summer Long Ago
8. Cannibals
9. I'm the Fool
10. Je Suis Désolé
11. Rüdiger
12. Nobody's Got the Gun
13. Done With Bonaparte
14. Are We in Trouble Now

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Mark Knopfler   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Vince Gill   Guest Artist,Vocals (Background)
The Chieftains   Guest Artist
Guy Fletcher   Guest Artist,Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Sonny Landreth   Guest Artist,Guitar (Steel),Vocals (Background),National Steel Guitar,Guitar
Paul Brady   Guest Artist,Whistle (Human),Whistle (Instrument)
Bill Cuomo   Organ (Hammond)
Robbie Casserly   Drums
Billy Ware   Triangle
Jo-El Sonnier   Accordion
Donal Lunny   Bouzouki
Chad Cromwell   Drums
Mairtin O'Connor   Accordion
Paul Moore   String Bass,Guitar (Bass),Bass
Terry McMillan   Drums,Djembe
Barry Beckett   Piano
Hargus "Pig" Robbins   Piano
Michael Doucet   Fiddle
Michael Rhodes   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Eddie Bayers   Drums
Steve Conn   Accordion
Paul Franklin   Pedal Steel
Don Potter   Guitar (Acoustic)
Steve Nathan   Keyboards,Organ (Hammond)
Liam O'Flynn   Uillean Pipes
Heike Barthe   Vocals (Background)
Sean Keane   Violin,Violin
Derek Bell   Harp,Irish Harp
Richard Bennett   Tiple,Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic)
Matt Rollings   Piano
Glenn Worf   Bass,String Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Brendan Croker   Vocals (Background)
Danny Cummings   Percussion,Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Chuck Ainlay   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Mark Knopfler   Composer,Producer
David Scheinmann   Photography
Charlie Ainley   Engineer,Producer
Miles Showell   Remastering Engineer
Graham Lewis   Recording,Mixing Engineer,Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Liam O'Flynn   Musician
Brian Masterson   Engineer,Recording
Denny Purcell   Mastering
Jonathan Russell   Assistant Engineer,Mastering Assistant
Gary LeMel   Musician