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Shangri-La 
| 80% Recommended by our customers. Label: Warner Bros / Wea Catalog: Music Release date: 2004-09-28 Media: Audio CD discs number: 1 Ean: 0093624885825 Upc: 093624885825  Tip: compare prices with similar music CDsArtist:
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| Album tracks: (14) |
 5.15 A.M. Boom, Like That Sucker Row The Trawlerman's Song Back To Tupelo | Our Shangri-La Everybody Pays Song For Sonny Liston Whoop De Doo Postcards From Paraguay | All That Matters Stand Up Guy Donegan's Gone Don't Crash The Ambulance |
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Written on September 9, 2007 Summary: A grower Well worth a listen. Quite a subtle album which will grow on you. I like the humor on don't crash the ambulance. Mellow and laid back offering.  Written on September 1, 2007 Summary: Good, but a little disappointing Not indicative of Mark Knopfler's capabilities, this album as a whole seems somewhat repetitive due to it's lack of variety. Nice music, but not as much fun to listen to as his work with Dire Straits.  Written on July 25, 2007 Summary: Disappointing! A horrible dud! Loved Dire Straits, I was very much looking forward to this album. Hate it, it plods and there's a dearth of interesting guitar work. The second-worse album in my entire collection! Bad enough to have kept me from buying any current original album for two years. If you're still interest in Mark Knopfler solo, try the Dire Strait/Mark Knopfler "Private Investigation" - the second of the two discs is all Mark Knopfler, and a lot more interesting than this dud, although I'm still not a fan. Better yet is the first disc - classic Dire Straits!  Written on June 18, 2007 Summary: Shangri-La I love Mark Kopfler and Dire Straits. I like this CD. I am especially fond of "Boom, like that", "The trawlerman's song" and "Back to Tupelo". Written on May 19, 2007 Summary: Mark's trademarked tone and sarcastic wit are fully in tact. I've read that much of Mr. Knopfler's work is too derivative of other artists. I had to laugh because when I heard the opening keyboard riff to "Everybody Pays", I immediately thought of "Whiter Shade of Pale". But, at the end of the day...so what?? All popular music is derivative-this is a fact of life. This album illustrates what the maturation of a great artist/musician is really about. The themes are more weighty, the music more subtle and textured, the mood somewhat laid back. When you listen to this recording, you are listening to the voice of experience. Mark understands his vocal limitations and doesn't bother to push the boundaries. He also understands that a few well-placed hammer-ons, bends and pull-offs are all you need to state your case on the guitar. Too many musicians have a tendency to over-play their instruments...like a chatty salesman whose afraid that he might not close the deal (he keeps talking to avoid any uncomfortable lulls in the conversation). If you begin to disect this record, you will find shades of J.J. Cale, Chet Atkins and Bob Dylan (as usual). Mark has a somewhat nasal, raspy delivery in his singing, as well as a certain wry wit and literacy in his lyrics. This is where the Dylan comparison comes from. But Mark is a better musician, and that's that (although Bob's a better poet,not to mention a 60's icon/innovator). Now, Mark's finger-picking style does owe a debt of gratitude to Chet Atkins-a great country/blue-grass guitar player. However, Mark takes it to another level, and also shows an affinity for blues and rock which Mr. Atkins simply never possessed. J.J. Cale, another great artist with similar sensibilities, seems to lack Mark's accessibility and overt sarcasm (see "Industrial Disease", "Money For Nothing", "Heavy Fuel", "My Parties", "Don't Crash the Ambulance", etc.). And, again, Cale cannot match Knopfler's virtuosity on the guitar either (he's pretty good, but never played ANYTHING on par with the solo/fills heard on "Sultans of Swing"-to name one example). This record is a subtle, relaxed (and sometimes brooding) affair which focuses on moral decay, lost opportunities, lost innocence, bad business deals, tax dodging, physical illness, bad politics, class injustice and various other absurdities of life...the essence of the blues. It doesn't burn like Dire Straits' "Making Movies" or aim for the market sweet-spot like "Brothers In Arms"...it just smolders. Give it a listen. You'll find some tasteful, rootsy guitar work, and some folk-rock style songs featuring interesting narratives. Warning: don't look for any jolly songs about love/sex, syncopated dance rhythms or nifty synthesizer/drum loops-Britney Spears has this covered already. |
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| Catalog | Music | Music | Music | Music | Music | Music |
| Release date | 2004-09-28 | 2007-09-18 | 2002-10-01 | 2000-09-26 | 2006-04-25 | 1996-03-26 |
| Media | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD |
| discs number | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ean | 0093624885825 | 0093624992998 | 0093624831822 | 0093624775324 | 0093624415428 | 0093624602620 |
| Upc | 093624885825 | 093624992998 | 936248318228 | 093624775324 | 936244154288 | 936246026200 |
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