Tracker (album)

Tracker
Studio album by Mark Knopfler
Released 16 March 2015
Recorded British Grove Studios
Genre Rock
Label Mercury, Verve (US)
Producer Mark Knopfler
Mark Knopfler chronology

Privateering
(2012)		 Tracker
(2015)

Tracker is the eighth solo album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released on March 16, 2015 (17 March 2015 in North America).[1]

Release

According to Knopfler's website, Tracker was released on CD, double vinyl, deluxe CD with four bonus tracks, and a box set with the album on both CD and vinyl formats and a bonus CD featuring six extra tracks and a DVD with a short film directed by Henrik Hansen and an interview with Knopfler.[2]

Touring

Knopfler will promote the album in his upcoming 2015 Tracker Tour, scheduled to start on 15 May 2015 in Dublin, Ireland. The tour will include 85 concerts in two legs—Europe and North America—and will end on 31 October 2015 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in the United States.[3]

Track listing

All songs were written by Mark Knopfler except where indicated.[1]

Disc one, standard
No. Title Length
1. "Laughs and Jokes and Drinks and Smokes"   6:40
2. "Basil"   5:45
3. "River Towns"   6:17
4. "Skydiver"   4:38
5. "Mighty Man"   5:55
6. "Broken Bones"   5:30
7. "Long Cool Girl"   5:06
8. "Lights of Taormina"   6:09
9. "Silver Eagle"   5:02
10. "Beryl"   3:11
11. "Wherever I Go" (Featuring Ruth Moody) 6:27
12. "Hot Dog" (only at Mediamarkt and Saturn in Germany) 2:53
Disc two, bonus tracks
No. Title Length
1. ".38 Special" (Deluxe + Box Set) 2:47
2. "My Heart Has Never Changed" (Deluxe + Box Set) 3:49
3. "Terminal of Tribute To" (Deluxe + Box Set) 5:52
4. "Heart of Oak" (Deluxe + Box Set) 1:46
5. "Oklahoma Ponies" (Box Set; Traditional melody, lyrics and arrangement by Mark Knopfler) 5:19
6. "Time Will End All Sorrow" (Box Set) 2:59

Tracks 5 & 6 are two Box Set extra tracks which have been mistakenly switched on the final Bonus CD, thus the Tracklist and the Credits on the Back don't match with the CD.

The Tracklist above matches with the CD.

A Special Bonus Track "Hot Dog" is included on the Standard CD (Track 12) and Deluxe CD (Track 16) (distributed by Saturn & MediaMarkt in Germany)

Personnel

Music
Production

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] 12
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] 1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[7] 1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[8] 3
Croatian Foreign Albums (IFPI)[9] 1
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[10] 1
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[11] 1
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[12] 5
French Albums (SNEP)[13] 6
German Albums (Official Top 100)[14] 1
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[15] 5
Irish Albums (IRMA)[16] 5
Italian Albums (FIMI)[17] 3
New Zealand Albums (Recorded Music NZ)[18] 4
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[19] 1
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[20] 2
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[21] 2
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[22] 3
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[23] 2
UK Albums (OCC)[24] 3
US Billboard 200[25] 14
US Folk Albums (Billboard)[26] 1

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Tracker". Mark Knopfler. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Mark Knopfler's 'Tracker' coming March 16th/17th". Mark Knopfler. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Current Tour". Mark Knopfler Official Website. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Fletcher, Guy. "Recording the 'Tracker' album with Mark Knopfler, 2014". Guy Fletcher. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Mark Knopfler – Tracker". Australiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Mark Knopfler – Tracker" (in German). Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Mark Knopfler – Tracker" (in Dutch). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "Mark Knopfler – Tracker" (in French). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "Top Stranih [Top Foreign]" (in Croatian). Top Foreign Albums. Hrvatska Diskografska Udruga. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "Mark Knopfler – Tracker". Danishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  11. ↑ "Mark Knopfler – Tracker" (in Dutch). Dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  12. ↑ "Mark Knopfler: Tracker" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  13. ↑ "Mark Knopfler – Tracker". Lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  14. ↑ "Mark Knopfler – Tracker". Officialcharts.de. GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  15. ↑ "Top 40 album-, DVD- és válogatáslemez-lista – 2015. 12. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. LightMedia. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  16. ↑ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 13, 2015". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  17. ↑ "Mark Knopfler – Tracker". Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  18. ↑ "Mark Knopfler – Tracker". Charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  19. ↑ "Mark Knopfler – Tracker". Norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  20. ↑ "Mark Knopfler – Tracker". Portuguesecharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  21. ↑ "Mark Knopfler – Tracker". Spanishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  22. ↑ "Mark Knopfler – Tracker". Swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  23. ↑ "Mark Knopfler – Tracker". Swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  24. ↑ "Mark Knopfler | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  25. ↑ "Mark Knopfler Album & Song Chart History" Billboard 200 for Mark Knopfler. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  26. ↑ "Mark Knopfler Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Folk Albums for Mark Knopfler. Retrieved 25 March 2015.

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