Anthology: 1983-2008
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Anthology: 1983-2008 is a compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 of David Knopfler
David Knopfler
David Knopfler is a British singer-songwriter, rhythm guitarist, pianist and cofounder of the critically acclaimed rock band Dire Straits....

. It was released on 10 March 2009. The compilation consists of 16 tracks from his 10 solo albums.

Track listing

  1. Soul Kissing
  2. Double Dealing
  3. When We Kiss
  4. What Then Must We Do
  5. To Feel That Way Again
  6. Lonely Is the Night
  7. Rise Again
  8. Southside Tenements
  9. Heart of It All, The
  10. I Remember It All
  11. Arcadie
  12. St. Swithun's Day
  13. Going Down with the Waves
  14. Easy Street
  15. Steel Wheels
  16. Ship of Dreams

Personnel

  • David Knopfler
    David Knopfler
    David Knopfler is a British singer-songwriter, rhythm guitarist, pianist and cofounder of the critically acclaimed rock band Dire Straits....

     - vocals, guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

    , mandolin
    Mandolin
    A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...

    , piano
    Piano
    The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

    , vibraphone
    Vibraphone
    The vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family....

  • Chris Rea
    Chris Rea
    Chris Rea is an English singer-songwriter, recognisable for his distinctive, husky voice and slide guitar playing. The British Hit Singles & Albums stated that Rea was "one of the most popular UK singer-songwriters of the late 1980s. He was already a major European star by the time he finally...

     - slide guitar
    Slide guitar
    Slide guitar or bottleneck guitar is a particular method or technique for playing the guitar. The term slide refers to the motion of the slide against the strings, while bottleneck refers to the original material of choice for such slides: the necks of glass bottles...

  • Alan Clark
    Alan Clark (keyboardist)
    Alan Clark is an English musician who was the first and main keyboardist for the British rock band Dire Straits.- Biography :...

     - piano, Hammond
    Hammond organ
    The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s it became a standard keyboard...

     b-3 organ
  • Tony Carey
    Tony Carey
    Antony Laurence Carey is a keyboard player best known for his work with Rainbow.One of his earliest musical experiences was in a band called Blessings, in which he played until 1975 when Ritchie Blackmore discovered and hired him as keyboardist for Rainbow. He played with Rainbow on two world...

     - piano, Hammond b-3 organ, bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Geoff Dugmore - drums, percussion
  • Rob Farrer - timpani
    Timpani
    Timpani, or kettledrums, are musical instruments in the percussion family. A type of drum, they consist of a skin called a head stretched over a large bowl traditionally made of copper. They are played by striking the head with a specialized drum stick called a timpani stick or timpani mallet...

  • Kuma Harada - bass instrument
  • Harry Bogdanovs - guitar, electric guitar, banjo
    Banjo
    In the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...

    , mandolin, bass instrument
  • Megan Slankard
    Megan Slankard
    Megan Slankard is an American musician and singer-songwriter.-Career:Slankard produced and recorded her first album, “Lady is a Pirate” with a computer, and some at-home production equipment....

     - vocals
  • Peter Shaw
    Peter Shaw
    Peter Shaw may refer to:* Peter Shaw , English physician and medical author* Peter Shaw , kidnapped in June 2002* Peter Shaw , British actor and film producer, husband of actress Angela Lansbury...

     - fretless bass
  • Tom McFarland - percussion
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