GET LUCKY
| Mark Knopfler
GET LUCKY
Get Lucky
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The Absolute Sound
2013 - these songs often are unabashedly sentimental, some might even say cloying, evoking the same sense of loss and longing found on Knopfler’s excellent 1984 film score for Cal 4.5/5
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Pop Matters
2009 - an enjoyable collection of blues shuffles, countrified ballads, and Celtic-influenced folk songs that deserves attention and, perhaps most important, deserves to stand on its own
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All Music
he seems to be trying to create his own pseudo-traditional repertoire of what often sound like old folk songs 3.5/5
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Billboard
2009 - Listening to "Get Lucky" feels like a journey, where great care has been taken to ensure that you'll come back a little better.
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Pop Dose
2009 - Get Lucky is not for everyone. It’s mostly a mellow affair, and it’s not out to reinvent anything, but definitely worthwhile on any format if you enjoy a good story the way I do – highly recommended.
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Blinded by Sound
2010 - With a mix of new and familiar sounds and a batch of some of his finest stories, Get Lucky is a timeless record that puts great in the rearview mirror.
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Readings
2009 - His songs incorporate pennywhistle, piano and strings and his conversational singing style, like his fingerpicking guitar playing, sits like a soothing glass of port followed by a cigar.
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Sound and Vision
2010 - There's no question that the 180-gram vinyl of this two-LP set is the best way to experience the subtleties, warmth, and breadth of the Celtic-leaning arrangements by Knopfler and veteran keyboardist Guy Fletcher.
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Antimusic
Lush, warm lyrics swim in contemplative luxurious compositions.
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Exclaim!
2009 - On his latest solo album, the former Dire Straits main man deserves credit for focusing on the people and places of his English upbringing, rather than writing odes to Tennessee.
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Stereo Subversion
2009 - Mark still does a fine job of penning a story, and the ethnic instrumentation adds authenticity.
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