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Mark Knopfler - The Ragpickers Dream album cover | |||||||||||||||
The Ragpicker's Dream is Mark Knopfler's third solo album (after Golden Heart and Sailing to Philadelphia), released in 2002. It is a collection of songs written from the point of view of poor but dignified people, struggling to get by in life, often enjoying small triumphs. Knopfler does not play the acoustic guitar so much as he's used to, but gives a folk imprint to the whole album. The first song, "Why Aye Man", was used as the theme tune for the third series of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and the album contains numerous other references to North East England, including the village of Tow Law on "Hill Farmer's Blues".
The CD cover image is taken from a photo of Elliott Erwitt. Track listing (U.S.) 1. Why Aye Man – 6:14 2. Devil Baby – 4:05 3. Hill Farmer's Blues – 3:45 4. A Place Where We Used To Live – 4:34 5. Quality Shoe – 3:56 6. Fare Thee Well Northumberland – 6:29 7. Marbletown – 3:33 8. You Don't Know You're Born – 5:21 9. Coyote – 5:56 10. The Ragpicker's Dream – 4:20 11. Daddy's Gone To Knoxville – 2:48 12. Old Pigweed – 4:34 Track listing - limited edition bonus CD (UK & Canada) 1. Why Aye Man (Live at Shepherds Bush Empire) 2. Quality Shoe (Live at Shepherds Bush Empire) 3. Sailing To Philadelphia (Live at Shepherds Bush Empire) 4. Brothers In Arms (Live in Toronto) | |||||||||||||||
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