Product Description

Deluxe CD+DVD set.

Recorded at his award-winning British Grove Studios in West London and co-produced with long-time cohorts Chuck Ainlay and Guy Fletcher, Mark Knopfler's 5th studio album, 'Get Lucky', is a beautifully crafted exploration of a lifetime of musical roots. Fluently combining folk and blues with his original songwriting, the whole containing personalized British ingredients and vivid observational lyricism. Comprising the 11-track album; plus a Bonus DVD including an acoustic performance of the track 'Get Lucky', an interview and a tour around the British Grove Studio conducted by Mark and Chuck Ainlay. Presented in a digipak picture sleeve

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Border Reiver
2. Hard Shoulder
3. You Can't Beat The House
4. Before Gas & TV
5. Monteleone
6. Cleaning My Gun
7. The Car Was The One
8. Remembrance Day
9. Get Lucky
10. So Far From The Clyde
11. Piper To The End

Disc 2:

1. Get Lucky - Live & Acoustic Performance
2. A tour around the British Grove Studio conducted by Mark and Chuck Ainlay
3. Interview

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2021 in Music
• Released on: 2009-10-06
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Dimensions: .29 pounds

Customer Reviews

Get Lucky review
I buy most every cd from Mark Knopfler. The last he did with Emmylou (Roadrunning - both the cd and live dvd) was fantastic, shangra la, and Crimson was excellent too. Get Lucky was highly anticipated especially seeing it packaged with a dvd. The dvd was a real extra treat. To see Mark walk thru the studio with his engineer describing the recording equipment was very interesting - a look inside the brains of legends. The CD Get Lucky is standard fare for Knopfler, but leaves you wanting to hear more. For me, I was wanting to hear more guitar solos. This cd has a celtic feel to it and is mostly mid tempo - a little too plodding for me. The cd cover with the vegas type of lights has you thinking it might be some up tempo music. But this is more a brooding slow to mid tempo celtic vibe type of music. Yes the remembrance song about the war victims was spine tingling - riviting music that may be worth the price of the cd. But several songs had me listening closely to see if there was any guitar in them at all. I just want to her more electric leads rather than acoustic. I know, this is not dire straits, but I still was longing for more electricity from Get Lucky. I refrained from reviewing this before I could give at least several complete listens. Well, after a couple weeks and listening through at 6 times, I am just not enjoying this one as much as Shangra La, Crimson, and Roadrunning. Get Lucky makes those cds seem all the more special. Mark may be going for the grammy with this one - because they usually honor the artist who has complete disregard for any popular sound - and one who strays from his past is usually looked at as a genious. Yes, this cd compared with a lot of music released by todays musicians is very good. But with Mark raising the bar with his recent releases, this one comes up a little short. Bring back Emmylou for another round - and please, plug that guitar in and turn it up!

Get the regular version instead
The album itself is excellent (as just about everything MK does is), but there is little on the bonus DVD to recommend it over the regular CD version. Contrary to the track listing here on the Amazon page, the DVD does NOT contain any interviews with Mark or the band. What it does contain is:
1. a video of the band playing an acoustic version of Cleaning My Gun in the studio (fairly interesting, but not a particularly notable performance, in my opinion);
2. a video of the photoshoot (Mark is not exactly a beauty queen or a teenage starlet, so I am not sure if this will be of interest to anyone).
The rest of the DVD is filled with Mark and Chuck Ainlay (the album's producer) walking around the studio and bragging about this or that particular piece of recording equipment that they've managed to get their hands on. If you are seriously interested in the technical aspects of the recording process, you will probably find some useful information there. Everyone else will probably be better off getting the regular CD version and then downloading two Amazon-exclusive bonus tracks, Early Bird and Time In The Sun.

get lucky
I have been a Mark fan since "Golden heart",in "Get lucky" the album is good on overall.The title track is very strong & expected from this talented artist.5 other songs are ok.The album as a whole is disappointment as I was expecting song like from "Golden heart" or "Sailing to Philadelphia".