Mark Knopfler
Sailing To Philadelphia
Well-meaning, great guitar, sometimes silly lyrics
Review Score:
(4/10)Too much of a good thing. The splendid guitar playing can't distract from painfully un-poetic lyrics. Perhaps an instrumental cd would have fared better.
More Reviews:
- A Special Set of Songs
- This is a great album, but don't buy the US version
- The Disc
- Best Knopfler Solo album out there!
- Amazing!
- Enduring appeal
- Don't Do America.....
- Average at best
- superb songs, arrangements, and vocals
- On Every Street II?
- A truly great solo album...
- Music that actually tells a story!
- Best of all
- A Genius, In Both Songwriting and Guitar Playing
- Mark Knopfler is Great..!!
- Worth picking up.
- Mark creates a great CD
- A great guitar cd
- Strong On Atmospherics
- Really Good But Not Great
- Does Not Fulfill Its Promise
- Arriving in Philly
- A new gem in the esoteric portfolio of racer music
- Guitar Giant Strikes Again!
- A Laid-Back Album
- Chef-d'oeuvre!!!
- Sailing
- I've been converted.
- You can never get tired or jaded with this album
- Like Coming Home.
- Soaring
- THE MASTER IS BACK
- Looking forward to more from Mark Knopfler
- Knopfler Crosses the Straits
- Knopfler Does Ok but he's not Rocky
- A fabulous CD.
- BORING
- Subtile music for music lovers
- Sorry, but it all sounds the same
- 4.5 Stars
- Quieter Knopfler
- surprisingly underwhelming.
- Get this album
- Mark Knopfler, new super album
- Storytelling isn't dead
- Better than his last solo effort.
- All right I admit it...
- I am now sailing with Mr. Knopfler
- Worth a re-listen
- Takes you to guitar nirvana
- Fine Listening
- Future Classic
- Like Dire Straits - only better
- Beautiful!!
- Return of Van
- Mark Knopfler... Simply the best
- Never Boring
- Wonderful CD!!!
- Sheer beauty.
- Sailing to Philadelphia
- Luxurious addition to one's soal
- Like A Lighthouse In A Storm..A Welcome Return For Me
- I Love This CD!
- Perhaps a little premature
- Surprise
- How horibble! This CD makes you listen more than once.
- Sailing to Philadelphia, Mark Knopfler
- Dreaming in the forest of the Iroquois
- A great recording, a great story
- Very strong
- What Is It ?
- For Fans of All Ages
- A Very Good Work
- Terrific
- While on the Road to ...
- ROCK STAR WANTS TO BE LIKE US
- Evolution AND Nostalgia
- A wonderful album
- Mark Knopfler at his best
- Uninspired
- Knopfler at his very best
- Awesome, awesome, awesome
- A solid release from an incredible musician
- This album is music in the truest sense of the word.
- Etherial guitarist!
- Still better than a Fuolornis Fire Dragon
- Terrific
- New Music, Same touch
- Good enough
- Classic Knopfler at his best!
- great stuff!
- Soundtracks may be his thing now, but he can still rock on
- The one I've been waiting for
- Knopfler's best album
- Return of Mr. Knopfler
- Mediocre
- Straits Fans Will Be Disappointed
- Welcome Back, Mr.Knopfler
- Excellent!
- Sailing onward..
Mark Knopfler
Albums Song Lyrics
Sailing To Philadelphia
- What It Is
- Sailing To Philadelphia
- Who's Your Baby Now
- Baloney Again
- The Last Laugh
- Do America
- Silvertown Blues
- El Macho
- Prairie Wedding
- Wanderlust
- Speedway At Nazareth
- Junkie Doll
- Sands of Nevada
Cannibals
Break Of Day
- Brothers In Arms
- Cannibals
- Darling Pretty
- Done With Bonaparte
- Golden Heart
- Gravy Train
- Money For Nothing
- Romeo And Juliet
- R¨¹diger
- Walk Of Life
Golden Live
- Calling Elvis
- Cannibals
- Darling Pretty
- Done With Bonaparte
- Going Home
- Golden Heart
- I'm The Fool
- Imelda
- Je Suis Désol
- Romeo And Juliet
- R¨¹diger
- Sultans Of Swing
- Telegraph Road
- The Bug
- Walk Of Life
Swinging Golden Hearts
- Are We In Trouble Now
- A Night In Summer Long Ago
- Brothers In Arms
- Calling Elvis
- Cannibals
- Darling Pretty
- Done With Bonaparte
- Father And Son
- Going Home
- Golden Heart
- Gravy Train
- Imelda
- Je Suis Désol
- Last Exit To Brooklyn
- Money For Nothing
- Romeo And Juliet
- R¨¹diger
- Sultans Of Swing
- Telegraph Road
- The Bug
- Walk Of Life
Golden Heart
- R¨¹diger
- Secondary Waltz
- Setting Me Up
- Single Handed Sailor
- Six Blade Knife
- Skateaway
- Solid Rock
- Southbound Again
- So Far Away
- Speedway To Nazareth
- Storybook Love
- Sultans Of Swing
- Tall Order Baby
- Telegraph Road
- The Bug
- The Man's Too Strong
- The Next Time I'm In Town
- The Way It Always Starts
- Ticket To Heaven
- Tunnel Of Love
- Twisting By The Pool
- Two Young Lovers
- Vic And Ray
Darling Pretty
The Golden Globe
The Internet's strongest Database of Song Lyrics