Down the Road Wherever is the ninth solo studio album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist
Mark Knopfler, released on 16 November 2018 by British Grove Records via
Virgin EMI in the UK and via
Blue Note in the US.[3]
Overview
The album was announced in a press release, which called it a collection of "unhurriedly elegant new Knopfler songs inspired by a wide range of subjects, including his early days in
Deptford with
Dire Straits, a stray football fan lost in a strange town, the compulsion of a musician hitching home through the snow, and a man out of time in his local
greasy spoon."[3] The 14 songs were also called "slow and elegant".[2]
A music video for the first single, "Good on You Son", was released in September.[2]
Release
Down the Road Wherever was made available in a variety of formats, including on
CD,
2×LP and in a
box set; the box set includes the preceding two formats as well as a
12-inch EP including four extra tracks.[1] The deluxe CD inserts two bonus tracks before the final standard edition track, "Matchstick Man".[4] Lyrics for the 20th song, "Back in the Day", were released online and printed in the 2019 tourbook but the song was never released as it was withdrawn.
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