''One Deep River'' is the tenth solo album by British musician Mark Knopfler. It was released on 12 April 2024. On 5 February, Knopfler released a behind-the-scenes video on YouTube of him and the band at work on the album. Guy Fletcher, John McCusker,

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and Greg Leisz are shown to be part of the band. The first three singles from the album released are "Ahead of the Game" (released on 24 January), "Watch Me Gone" (released 22 February) and "Two Pairs of Hands" (released 27 March). The album was followed by a standalone EP for Record Store Day called ''The Boy'', containing four exclusive songs around a common theme of fairgrounds and boxing.

Critical reception

''Classic Rock'' writer David Quantick defined the album as one of the best of Knopfler's career, finding "gorgeous songs" which "sounds like it's lived a life that's full". In a mixed review Robin Murray of ''Clash'' wrote that the album "display his guitar chops, and his honesty" with references to "blockbuster

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albums", pointing out that it is "rooted in classic American songwriting, it feels humble, and often moving". The writer found that "While the playing is never less than exceptional" the productions "can sometimes falter, ..a little dated, and rob the material of energy".

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians * Mark Knopfler – lead vocals, electric guitar * Ian Thomas – drums * Danny Cummings – percussion * Guy Fletcher – synthesizer (tracks 1–4, 6, 7, 9–12),

Mellotron The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical musical instrument developed in Birmingham, England, in 1963. It is played by pressing its keys, each of which pushes a length of magnetic tape against a capstan, which pulls it across a playback head. A ...

(5), harmonium (6) * Richard Bennett – electric guitar (tracks 1, 2, 11), acoustic guitar (3–10, 12), bouzouki (9) * Glenn Worf – bass guitar (tracks 1, 3–9, 11, 12), upright bass (2, 10) * Greg Leisz –

lap steel guitar The lap steel guitar, also known as a Hawaiian guitar, is a type of steel guitar without pedals that is typically played with the instrument in a horizontal position across the performer's lap. Unlike the usual manner of playing a traditional ...

(tracks 1, 4), acoustic guitar (2, 3), pedal steel (3, 5–12) * Jim Cox –

digital piano A digital piano is a type of electronic keyboard instrument designed to serve primarily as an alternative to the traditional acoustic piano, both in how it feels to play and in the sound it produces. Digital pianos use either synthesized emulat ...

(track 1), piano (2, 3, 5, 7–11), organ (4), Wurlitzer electric piano (6),

Hammond organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated s ...

(12) * Emma Topolski – background vocals (tracks 3, 5–8, 10–12) * Tamsin Topolski – background vocals (tracks 3, 5–8, 10–12) * John McCusker –

fiddle A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including classical music. Although in many cases violins and fiddles are essentially synonymous, th ...

(track 11) *

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– uilleann pipes, whistle (track 11) Technical * Mark Knopfler – production * Guy Fletcher – production, mixing, engineering *

Bob Ludwig Robert C. Ludwig (born c. 1945) is an American mastering engineer. He has mastered recordings on all the major recording formats for all the major record labels, and on projects by more than 1,300 artists including Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, Qu ...

– mastering * Luie Stylianou – mixing assistance, engineering assistance * Edie Delafield – engineering assistance * Eve Morris – engineering assistance * Rowan McIntosh – engineering assistance * Tom Coath – engineering assistance

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2024 albums Mark Knopfler albums EMI Records albums