Mark Knopfler | Sailing to Philadelphia | 2000 CD Album | New & Sealed

Mark Knopfler's Sailing to Philadelphia pairs detailed storytelling with relaxed guitar-led arrangements. The 2000 album moves from the rhythmic opening of What It Is to the title track's duet with James Taylor, imagining the voices of surveyors Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon.

With songs including Silvertown Blues, Prairie Wedding and Speedway at Nazareth, the album draws on rock, acoustic textures and Americana. It offers an unhurried listen for those who enjoy songs built around characters, places and Knopfler's distinctive guitar playing.

Key features

• Mark Knopfler's 2000 solo album on CD
• Title track features James Taylor
• Includes What It Is, Silvertown Blues and Wanderlust
• Supplied fourteen-track sequence preserved below

Track listing

1. What It Is
2. Sailing to Philadelphia (feat. James Taylor)
3. Who's Your Baby Now
4. Baloney Again
5. The Last Laugh
6. Do America
7. Silvertown Blues
8. El Macho
9. Prairie Wedding
10. Wanderlust
11. Speedway at Nazareth
12. Junkie Doll
13. Sands of Nevada
14. One More Matinee

Product details

• Artist: Mark Knopfler
• Album: Sailing to Philadelphia
• Album year: 2000
• Format: CD
• Label: Mercury Records
• Genre: Rock / Acoustic rock / Americana
• Condition: New & Sealed
• EAN: 0731454298124

For Mark Knopfler collectors and listeners who value expressive guitar work and narrative songwriting.