Local Hero (album)

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Local Hero
Studio album by Mark Knopfler
Released	March 1983
Recorded	???
Genre	Instrumental
Length	43:48
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer(s)	Mark Knopfler
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone (5/26/83 No. 396)
Mark Knopfler chronology
Love over Gold (1982)	Local Hero (1983)	Cal (1984)

Local Hero is Mark Knopfler's soundtrack album to the 1983 film Local Hero. Rolling Stone magazine (5/26/83 - RS No. 396) commented: "...result is an insinuating LP of charming, cosmopolitan soundtrack music – a record that can make movies in your mind."

[edit] Track listing

1. "The Rocks and the Water" (Knopfler, Alan Clark) – 3:30
2. "Wild Theme" (Knopfler, Alan Clark) – 3:38
3. "Freeway Flyer " – 1:47
4. "Boomtown (Variation Louis' Favourite)" – 4:06
5. "Way It Always Starts" – 4:00
6. "The Rocks and the Thunder" (Knopfler, Alan Clark) – 0:45)
7. "The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights" – 3:57
8. "The Mist Covered Mountains" – 5:13
9. "The Ceilidh: Louis' Favourite/Billy's Tune " (Knopfler, Acetones) – 3:57
10. "Whistle Theme" – 0:51
11. "Smooching" – 4:58
12. "Stargazer" (Knopfler, Alan Clark) – 1:31)
13. "The Rocks and the Thunder" (Knopfler, Alan Clark) – 0:40
14. "Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero" – 4:55

All songs written by Knopfler.

[edit] Source

• Rolling Stone review