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.
Studio British Grove, Chiswick, West London
Length71:27
Label
Producer
Mark Knopfler chronology
Altamira
(2016)		Down the Road Wherever
(2018)		 One Deep River
(2024)

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]

Contents

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 Jim Cox and Guy Fletcher on keyboards, Nigel Hitchcock on saxophone, Glenn Worf on bass guitar, Danny Cummings on percussion and Ian Thomas 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"Back in the Day", were released online and printed in the 2019 tourbook but the song was never released as it was withdrawn.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

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI) [37] Gold100,000‡
Poland (ZPAV) [38] Gold10,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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