Mark Knopfler – THE MAGIC ROUNDABOUT (2CD) Compact Disc Double

The follow-up to Brothers in Arms was finally released in September 1991. On Every Street was nowhere near as popular as its predecessor and met with a mixed critical reaction. Nonetheless it sold well and reached No. 1 in the UK. Dire Straits then embarked on a gruelling world tour featuring 300 shows in front of some 7.1 million ticket-buying fans. This was to be Dire Straits’ final tour; it was not well received, and by this time Mark Knopfler had had enough of such huge operations. It drove the band into the ground, and ultimately led to the group’s final dissolution in 1995.Knopfler’s first solo album, Golden Heart, was released in March 1996. In 1997, he recorded the soundtrack for the movie Wag the Dog. 2000 saw the release of Knopfler’s next solo album, Sailing to Philadelphia, his most successful to date. In 2002, Knopfler released his third solo album, The Ragpicker’s Dream. In March 2003 he was involved in a motorbike crash and suffered a broken collarbone, broken shoulder blade and seven broken ribs. The planned Ragpicker’s Dream tour was subsequently cancelled, but Knopfler recovered and returned to the stage in 2004 for his fourth album, Shangri-La.