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'''''Golden Heart''''' is the début solo album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist ], released on 26 March 1996 by ] internationally and ] in the United States. Following a successful career leading the British rock band ] and composing a string of critically acclaimed film soundtrack albums, Knopfler produced his first solo album, drawing upon the various musical endeavors in which he has engaged since emerging as a major recording artist in 1978.<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|last=Ruhlmann |first=William |title=Darling Pretty |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/golden-heart-r233020 |work=AllMusic |accessdate=23 November 2011}}</ref> The album reached the top ten position on album charts in Austria, Belgium, Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.<ref name="tsort">{{cite web|title=Mark Knopfler (Chart Entries) |work=Tsort |date= |url=http://tsort.info/music/7nyh7m.htm |accessdate=25 November 2012}}</ref><ref name="australian-charts">{{cite web|title=Mark Knopfler: Golden Heart |work=Australian Charts |date= |url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Mark+Knopfler&titel=Golden+Heart&cat=a |accessdate=25 November 2012}}</ref> The album peaked at 105 on the '']'' in the United States.
'''''Golden Heart''''' is the début solo album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist ], released on 26 March 1996 by ] internationally and ] in the United States. Following a successful career leading the British rock band ] and composing a string of critically acclaimed film soundtrack albums, Knopfler produced his first solo album, drawing upon the various musical endeavors in which he has engaged since emerging as a major recording artist in 1978.<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|last=Ruhlmann |first=William |title=Darling Pretty |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/golden-heart-r233020 |work=AllMusic |accessdate=23 November 2011}}</ref> The album reached the top ten position on album charts in Austria, Belgium, Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.<ref name="tsort">{{cite web|title=Mark Knopfler (Chart Entries) |work=Tsort |date= |url=http://tsort.info/music/7nyh7m.htm |accessdate=25 November 2012}}</ref><ref name="australian-charts">{{cite web|title=Mark Knopfler: Golden Heart |work=Australian Charts |date= |url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Mark+Knopfler&titel=Golden+Heart&cat=a |accessdate=25 November 2012}}</ref> The album peaked at 105 on the '']'' in the United States.
==Touring==
Knopfler supported the release of ''Golden Heart'' with the Golden Heart Tour of Europe, which started on 24 April 1996 in Galway, Ireland, and included 86 concerts in 68 cities, ending in Antibes, France, on 4 August 1996.<ref name="mk-news-tour">{{cite web|title=Golden Heart 1996 Tour Dates |work=Mark Knopfler News |date= |url=http://www.mark-knopfler-news.co.uk/frameset.php?frame=/GHeart.html |accessdate=25 November 2012}}</ref> The Golden Heart Tour lineup included Mark Knopfler (guitar, vocals), ] (keyboards), ] (guitar), ] (bass), ] (drums), and Jim Cox (keyboards). This initial touring group later became known to Knopfler fans as the 96-ers.<ref name="mk-gh-tour">{{cite web|title=Golden Heart tour 1996 |work=Mark Knopfler |date= |url=http://www.mark-knopfler.info/tour1996.htm |accessdate=25 November 2012}}</ref> A preview performance with an expanded lineup of players was given on 15 April 1996 at the BBC Building in London. This show was recorded and later released on video as ''A Night in London''.<ref name="mk-gh-tour"/>
==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
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Golden Heart is the début solo album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released on 26 March 1996 by Vertigo Records internationally and Warner Bros. Records in the United States. Following a successful career leading the British rock band Dire Straits and composing a string of critically acclaimed film soundtrack albums, Knopfler produced his first solo album, drawing upon the various musical endeavors in which he has engaged since emerging as a major recording artist in 1978. The album reached the top ten position on album charts in Austria, Belgium, Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The album peaked at 105 on the Billboard 200 in the United States.
Touring
Knopfler supported the release of Golden Heart with the Golden Heart Tour of Europe, which started on 24 April 1996 in Galway, Ireland, and included 86 concerts in 68 cities, ending in Antibes, France, on 4 August 1996. The Golden Heart Tour lineup included Mark Knopfler (guitar, vocals), Guy Fletcher (keyboards), Richard Bennett (guitar), Glenn Worf (bass), Chad Cromwell (drums), and Jim Cox (keyboards). This initial touring group later became known to Knopfler fans as the 96-ers. A preview performance with an expanded lineup of players was given on 15 April 1996 at the BBC Building in London. This show was recorded and later released on video as A Night in London.
In his review for AllMusic, William Ruhlmann gave the album three out of five stars, finding that despite Knopfler's trademark guitar work and sardonic lyrics, there was "little on the album that was new or striking, and Knopfler seemed to fall back on familiar guitar techniques while intoning often obscure lyrics. Ruhlmann concluded:
Knopfler hadn't used the opportunity of a solo album to challenge himself, and at the same time he had lost the group identity (however illusory) provided by the Dire Straits name. The result was listenable but secondhand.
"Cannibals" is the second single from the album. It is very similar in sound and structure to Dire Straits hit "Walk of Life", also written by Knopfler.
The song was the concert opener for the 2008 Kill to Get Crimson world tour.
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