Kill to Get Crimson

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Kill to Get Crimson
Kill to Get Crimson Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Mark Knopfler
Released17 September 2007 (2007-09-17)
RecordedJanuary–March 2007
Studio British Grove Studios, Chiswick, West London
Genre Roots rock, folk rock
Length56:55
Label Mercury
Warner Bros. (US)
Producer
Mark Knopfler chronology
Real Live Roadrunning
(2006)		Kill to Get Crimson
(2007)		 Get Lucky
(2009)
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Kill to Get Crimson is the fifth solo studio album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released on 17 September 2007 by Mercury Records internationally and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. [1] The album's title comes from a line in the song "Let It All Go." 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" in Europe and "Punish The Monkey" in North America. [4] The album debuted at number 26 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling about 23,000 copies in its first week. [5] 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, Florida. [6] The album was released on CD, CD/DVD, double vinyl LP, and a Deluxe Set of 180g vinyl LP and CD.

Contents

The album track "Secondary Waltz" dates from the early '80s, and was mentioned by Knopfler in an interview in 1985. [7]

Touring

Knopfler supported the release of Kill to Get Crimson with the Kill to Get Crimson Tour of Europe and North America, which started on 29 March 2008 in Amsterdam, and included 94 concerts in 88 cities, ending on 31 July 2008 in Miami, Florida. The tour lineup included Mark Knopfler (guitars, vocals), Richard Bennett (guitars), Danny Cummings (drums), Guy Fletcher (keyboards), Matt Rollings (keyboards), Glenn Worf (bass) and John McCusker (fiddle, cittern). The tour included a six-night run at the Royal Albert Hall in London, with Bap Kennedy as the supporting act. Jesca Hoop was the opening act for the North America leg of the tour. [8]

Track listing

All songs were written by Mark Knopfler.

No.TitleLength
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
Total length:56:55

Personnel

Production

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [32] Gold15,000^
Germany (BVMI) [33] Gold100,000‡
Poland (ZPAV) [34] Gold10,000*
Russia (NFPF) [35] Gold10,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [36] Gold15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [37] Silver60,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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