Down the Road Wherever

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Down the Road Wherever
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Studio album by
Mark Knopfler
Released16 November 2018
RecordedSummer 2017, January–February 2018.
StudioBritish Grove, Chiswick, West London
Length71:27
Label
Producer
Mark Knopfler chronology
Altamira
(2016) 		Down the Road Wherever
(2018)

Down the Road Wherever is the ninth solo studio album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released on 16 November 2018 by British Grove Records via Virgin EMI in the UK and via Blue Note in the US.[3]

Overview[]

The album was announced in a press release, which called it a collection of "unhurriedly elegant new Knopfler songs inspired by a wide range of subjects, including his early days in Deptford with Dire Straits, a stray football fan lost in a strange town, the compulsion of a musician hitching home through the snow, and a man out of time in his local greasy spoon."[3] The 14 songs were also called "slow and elegant".[2]

Musicians who play on the album include and Guy Fletcher on keyboards, Nigel Hitchcock on saxophone, Glenn Worf on bass guitar, on percussion and on drums.[1] Imelda May also provides backing vocals.[1]

A music video for the first single, "Good on You Son", was released in September.[2]

Release[]

Down the Road Wherever was made available in a variety of formats, including on CD, 2×LP and in a box set; the box set includes the preceding two formats as well as a 12-inch EP including four extra tracks.[1] The deluxe CD inserts two bonus tracks before the final standard edition track, "Matchstick Man".[4] Lyrics for the 20th song, "Back in the Day", were released online and printed in the 2019 tourbook but the song was never released as it was withdrawn.

Track listing[]

Standard edition CD
No.TitleLength
1."Trapper Man"6:00
2."Back on the Dance Floor"5:30
3."Nobody’s Child"4:16
4."Just a Boy Away from Home"5:12
5."When You Leave"4:12
6."Good on You Son"5:37
7."My Bacon Roll"5:35
8."Nobody Does That"5:15
9."Drovers' Road (not on Double LP)"5:05
10."One Song at a Time"6:17
11."Floating Away"5:02
12."Slow Learner"4:34
13."Heavy Up"6:00
14."Matchstick Man"2:52
Total length:71:27
Deluxe edition CD (incl. 2 bonus tracks)[4]
No.TitleLength
1."Trapper Man"6:00
2."Back on the Dance Floor"5:30
3."Nobody’s Child"4:16
4."Just a Boy Away from Home"5:12
5."When You Leave"4:12
6."Good on You Son"5:37
7."My Bacon Roll"5:35
8."Nobody Does That"5:15
9."Drovers' Road"5:05
10."One Song at a Time"6:17
11."Floating Away"5:02
12."Slow Learner"4:34
13."Heavy Up"6:00
14."Every Heart in the Room" (only on CD)4:30
15."Rear View Mirror" (only on CD)2:29
16."Matchstick Man"2:52
Total length:78:26
Double Gatefold (12") LP (excl. one track)
No.TitleLength
1."Trapper Man" (A1)6:00
2."Back on the Dance Floor" (A2)5:30
3."Nobody’s Child" (A3)4:16
4."Nobody Does That" (B1)5:15
5."Good on You Son" (B2)5:37
6."Floating Away" (B3)5:02
7."One Song at a Time" (C1)6:17
8."Heavy Up" (C2)6:00
9."Slow Learner" (C3)4:34
10."Just a Boy Away from Home" (D1)5:12
11."My Bacon Roll" (D2)5:35
12."When You Leave" (D3)4:12
13."Matchstick Man" (D4)2:52
Total length:66:22
Box Set Deluxe edition Bonus 4 Track (12") LP
No.TitleLength
1."Drovers' Road" (A1)5:05
2."Don't Suck Me In" (A2) (only on LP)5:17
3."Sky and Water" (B1) (only on LP)4:32
4."Pale Imitation" (B2 (only on LP))3:59
Total length:18:53
Box Set Deluxe edition (17-track) Triple Gatefold (12") LP
No.TitleLength
Total length:85:15
The whole 19 tracks from either Deluxe edition CD or Box Set Deluxe edition Triple Gatefold LP
No.TitleLength
1."Trapper Man"6:00
2."Back on the Dance Floor"5:30
3."Nobody’s Child"4:16
4."Just a Boy Away from Home"5:12
5."When You Leave"4:12
6."Good on You Son"5:37
7."My Bacon Roll"5:35
8."Nobody Does That"5:15
9."Drovers' Road"5:05
10."One Song at a Time"6:17
11."Floating Away"5:02
12."Slow Learner"4:34
13."Heavy Up"6:00
14."Every Heart in the Room" (only on CD)4:30
15."Rear View Mirror" (only on CD)2:29
16."Matchstick Man"2:52
17."Don't Suck Me In" (only on LP)5:17
18."Sky and Water" (only on LP)4:32
19."Pale Imitation" (only on LP)3:59
Total length:92:14

Personnel[]

Musicians

Additional musicians

Production

  • Engineers: Guy Fletcher, Martin Hollis
  • Assistant engineers: Rowan McIntosh, Jason Elliot, Andy Cook, Poppy Kavanagh, Josh Tyrell

Charts[]

Certifications[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV)[36] Gold 10,000double-dagger

double-dagger Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References[]

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