Kill to Get Crimson

Kill to Get Crimson
Studio album by Mark Knopfler
Released 23 October 2007
Recorded British Grove Studios
Genre Folk rock, roots rock
Length 56:55
Label Mercury
Warner Bros. (USA)
Producer Mark Knopfler, Chuck Ainlay, Guy Fletcher
Mark Knopfler chronology
Real Live Roadrunning
(2006)		 Kill To Get Crimson
(2007)		 Get Lucky
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Okayplayer [2]
Rolling Stone [3]

Kill to Get Crimson is the fifth solo album by Mark Knopfler, released 23 October 2007.[4] The album cover image is taken from the painting "Four Lambrettas and Three Portraits of Janet Churchman" by John Bratby, painted in 1958. The first singles from the album were "True Love Will Never Fade" (Europe) and "Punish The Monkey" (USA, Canada).[5] The album's title comes from a line in the song "Let It All Go".

The album debuted at number 26 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling about 23,000 copies in its first week.[6] The Kill to Get Crimson tour promoting the album started on 29 March 2008 in Amsterdam, Netherlands and ended on 31 July 2008 in Miami Beach, Florida.[7] The album was released on: CD, CD and DVD set, double vinyl LP, and deluxe set of 180g vinyl LP and CD.

Contents

Track listing

All songs are written by Mark Knopfler.

  1. "True Love Will Never Fade" – 4:21
  2. "The Scaffolder's Wife" – 3:52
  3. "The Fizzy and the Still" – 4:07
  4. "Heart Full of Holes" – 6:36
  5. "We Can Get Wild" – 4:17
  6. "Secondary Waltz" – 3:43
  7. "Punish the Monkey" – 4:36
  8. "Let It All Go" – 5:17
  9. "Behind With the Rent" – 4:46
  10. "The Fish and the Bird" – 3:45
  11. "Madame Geneva's" – 3:59
  12. "In the Sky" – 7:29

Credits

Music
Production

Charts and certification

Album

Year Chart Position
2007 Germany Albums Chart 2
2007 Italy Albums Chart 2
2007 Norway Albums Chart 2
2007 Switzerland Albums Chart 3
2007 Netherlands Albums Chart 4
2007 Sweden Albums Chart 4
2007 Denmark Albums Chart 5
2007 France Albums Chart 9
2007 Spain Albums Chart 9
2007 UK Albums Chart 9
2007 Austria Albums Chart 10
2007 Belgium Albums Chart 10
2007 Finland Albums Chart 15
2007 Billboard 200 26
2007 Portugal Albums Chart 29
2007 Australia ARIA Albums Chart 41

End of year charts

Year Country Chart Rank
2007 Germany IFPI #75 [8]

Certifications

Organisation Level Date
BPI – UK Silver 12 October 2007
IFPI – Denmark Gold 12 October 2007
IFPI – Switzerland Gold 2007
IFPI – Norway Platinum 12 October 2007

References

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Kill to Get Crimson at Allmusic
  2. ^ Okayplayer review
  3. ^ Rolling Stone review
  4. ^ Allmusic "Kill to Get Crimson". http://www.allmusic.com/album/kill-to-get-crimson-r1111886 Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-11-24. 
  5. ^ Mark Knopfler official web site 2007/08/07
  6. ^ Katie Hasty, "Reba Outmuscles Kanye, 50 To Score First No. 1", Billboard.com, 26 September 2007.
  7. ^ Mark Knopfler Official Website "Tour Archives". http://www.markknopfler.com/tour/history/ktgc_europe.aspx Mark Knopfler Official Website. Retrieved 2011-11-24. 
  8. ^ http://www.mtv.de/charts/Album_Jahrescharts_2007