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Music From The Motion Picture - Wag The Dog - Mark Knopfler / Vertigo Audio CD 1998 / 5368642
UPC 731453686427
Product Details:
Description:
Wag the Dog is a soundtrack album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released on 13 January 1998 by Vertigo Records internationally, and by Mercury Records in the United States. The album contains music composed for the 1997 film Wag the Dog, directed by Barry Levinson. The film featured songs created for the fictitious campaign waged by the protagonists, including "Good Old Shoe", "The American Dream", and "The Men of the 303". These songs appear on the soundtrack album as instrumental tracks. Only the title track contains vocals.
Tracklist:
| 1 | Wag The Dog | 4:44 |
| 2 | Working On It | 3:27 |
| 3 | In The Heartland | 2:45 |
| 4 | An American Hero | 2:04 |
| 5 | Just Instinct | 1:36 |
| 6 |
Stretching Out | 4:17 |
| 7 | Drooling National | 1:53 |
| 8 | We're Going To War |
3:23 |
More Details:
- Bass – Glenn Worf
- Design – Rick Lecoat
- Drums – Chad Cromwell
- Edited By [Digital] – Don Cobb
- Guitar – Richard Bennett
- Guitar, Lead Vocals – Mark Knopfler
- Keyboards – Guy Fletcher
- Mastered By – Denny Purcell
- Mastered By [Assist] – Jonathan Russell
- Photography By – Mark Leialoha
- Photography By [Movie Stills] – Phillip Caruso
- Piano, Organ [Hammomd] – Jim Cox
- Producer – Chuck Ainlay, Mark Knopfler
- Producer [Assistant] – Mark Ralston
- Written-By – Mark Knopfler
About the Artist:
Mark Freuder Knopfler OBE (born 12 August 1949) is a British singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He was the lead guitarist, singer, and songwriter for the rock band Dire Straits, which he co-founded with his younger brother, David Knopfler, in 1977. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland and raised near Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
Dire Straits recorded six albums, including Brothers in Arms (1985), one of the bestselling albums in history. After they disbanded in 1995, Knopfler began a solo career, and has produced nine solo albums. He has composed and produced film scores for nine films, including Local Hero (1983), Cal (1984), The Princess Bride (1987), Wag the Dog (1997) and Altamira (2016). He has worked with musicians including B.B. King, Chet Atkins, Chris Botti, John Anderson, the Chieftains, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Elton John, Joan Armatrading, Bryan Ferry, George Jones, Phil Lynott, Donal Lunny, Van Morrison, Steely Dan, Sting, Emmylou Harris and James Taylor, sometimes working as a session musician. He has produced albums for Tina Turner, Bob Dylan, and Randy Newman.
Described by Classic Rock as a virtuoso, Knopfler is a fingerstyle guitarist and was ranked 27th on Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". As of 2009, he and Dire Straits had sold more than 120 million records. A four-time Grammy Award winner, Knopfler is the recipient of the Edison Award, the Steiger Award and the Ivor Novello Award, as well as holding three honorary doctorate degrees in music from universities in the United Kingdom. Knopfler was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Dire Straits in 2018.
