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Privateering

by Mark Knopfler

Privateering is a 2012 rock album by Mark Knopfler. It runs 25 tracks across 119 minutes. Riffiter listeners rate it 3.6/5 from 4 ratings.

Rock · Blues Rock · Folk Rock

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3.6 /5
4 ratings
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25
Tracks
119 min
Runtime
113 bpm
Tempo
C major
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  • Daily Express4/5
  • Financial Times4/5
  • AllMusic4/5
  • musicOMH4/5
  • Slant Magazine4/5
  • The Gazette4/5
  • The Telegraph4/5
  • Rolling Stone3.5/5
  • Metacriticaggregate77/100

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Privateering album cover

Privateering album cover

The Privateering cover was photographed by Guy Fletcher and Johnnie Pilkington.

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Guy Fletcher, Johnnie Pilkington

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Tracklist

25 tracks · 119 min

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  1. 01Redbud Tree
  2. 02Haul Away
  3. 03Don't Forget Your Hat
  4. 04Privateering
  5. 05Miss You Blues
  6. 06Corned Beef City
  7. 07Go, Love
  8. 08Hot or What
  9. 09Yon Two Crows
  10. 10Seattle
  11. 11Kingdom of Gold
  12. 12Got to Have Something
  13. 13Radio City Serenade
  14. 14I Used to Could
  15. 15Gator Blood
  16. 16Bluebird
  17. 17Dream of the Drowned Submariner
  18. 18Blood and Water
  19. 19Today Is Okay
  20. 20After the Beanstalk
  21. 21Why Aye Man (Live from Music Bank London / 2011)
  22. 22Cleaning My Gun (Live from Music Bank London / 2011)
  23. 23Corned Beef City (Live from Music Bank London / 2011)
  24. 24Sailing to Philadelphia (Live from Music Bank London / 2011)
  25. 25Hill Farmer's Blues (Live from Music Bank London / 2011)

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Privateering is the seventh solo album by Mark Knopfler, released on 3 September 2012 by Mercury Records. The first studio double-album of Knopfler's 35-year career as a recording artist, Privateering consists of twenty original songs, and integrates meticulously crafted blues rock with traditional folk and country genres. Recorded between March and December 2011, the album received generally positive reviews throughout Europe, and reached the number one position on album charts in Austria, Germany, Norway, and the Netherlands, as well as the number two or three position in Belgium, Italy, New Zealand, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. The album peaked at number eight in the United Kingdom.

In brief

Is Privateering good?
Riffiter listeners rate Privateering 3.6/5 from 4 ratings.
When was Privateering released?
Privateering was released in 2012.
How many tracks are on Privateering?
Privateering has 25 tracks, with a runtime of 119 minutes.
What genre is Privateering?
Privateering is catalogued under Rock, Blues Rock, Folk Rock.
What BPM is Privateering?
Privateering runs at a median tempo of 113 BPM across its tracks, most often in C major, measured from audio analysis.
What albums are similar to Privateering?
Listeners of Privateering also rate The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations by Dire Straits, Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits, I Still Do by Eric Clapton.

Privateering at a glance

Labels
Mercury Records, Verve Records
Recorded at
British Grove Studios
Produced by
Mark Knopfler, Guy Fletcher, Chuck Ainlay

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