Mark Knopfler released his first full-length solo album in 1996.  Golden Heart began a new chapter for the singer-songwriter-guitarist who had already carved out two distinct paths as leader of Dire Straits and as a film score composer.  The 2021 box set The Studio Albums 1996-2007 collected Knopfler's first five studio albums, from Golden Heart through 2007's Kill to Get Crimson, along with a bonus disc of B-sides.  Now, a follow-up box is bringing Knopfler's studio discography up to date.  This Friday, October 7, EMI and UMC (U.K.)/UMe (U.S.) will release The Studio Albums 2009-2018 on 6 CDs, 9 LPs, or digitally (HD and SD), including the following titles:

• Get Lucky (2009, 2 LPs or 1 CD);
• Privateering (2012, 2 LPs or 2 CDs);
• Tracker (2015, 2 LPs or 1 CD);
• Down the Road Wherever (2018, 2 LPs or 1 CD); and
• Back in the Day: The Bonus Tracks 2009-2018 (1 LP or 1 CD).

While the CD version of Back in the Day has 18 bonus tracks and the LP only has eight, the remaining ten tracks are included on the album presentations within the vinyl box.  Two previously unreleased songs, "Back in the Day" and "Precious Voice from Heaven," premiere here.  Original mastering engineer Bob Ludwig has overseen the mastering for the box set, and Bernie Grundman has cut the vinyl.

All four original albums reached the top twenty in Knopfler's native U.K. with the first three making the top ten.  The quartet was almost as successful in the U.S., with only 2012's Privateering charting lower.  In contrast to his more muscular work with Dire Straits, Knopfler embraced varied rootsy idioms on his solo sets, including blues-rock, country, folk, jazz, and Celtic music.  The versatility that led him to memorably collaborate with such artists as Randy Newman, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Tina Turner, Emmylou Harris, and the late Chet Atkins is on full display throughout these elegant LPs.  The bonus disc rounds up the assorted tracks from various editions of the releases.

While Knopfler hasn't released a studio album since 2018, he's hardly been relaxing.  He's composed a new score for the stage version of Local Hero, the 1983 film with which he made his cinematic debut; the musical premiered in Edinburgh in 2019 and will receive another high-profile production this fall in Chichester, England.

The Studio Albums 2009-2018 is released this Friday, October 7.  You'll find the track listing and pre-order links below!

Mark Knopfler, The Studio Albums 2009-2018 (UMC 4570667/4564347, 2022)

6CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
9LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

CD 1/LP 1-2: Get Lucky (Mercury 2708674 (U.K.)/Reprise 520206-2 (U.S.), 2009

1. Border Reiver
2. Hard Shoulder
3. You Can't Beat the House
4. Before Gas and TV
5. Monteleone
6. Cleaning My Gun
7. The Car Was the One
8. Remembrance Day
9. Get Lucky
10. So Far from the Clyde
11. Piper to the End
12. Early Bird
13. Time in the Sun
14. Pulling Down the Ride
15. Home Boy
16. Good As Gold

Tracks 12-13 were digital bonus tracks. Tracks 14-16 included in U.K. deluxe edition - Mercury 2708675, 2009

CDs 2-3/LPs 3-4: Privateering (Mercury 3708118 (U.K.)/Verve B0018919-02 (U.S.), 2012)

1. Redbud Tree
2. Haul Away
3. Don't Forget Your Hat
4. Privateering
5. Miss You Blues
6. Corned Beef City
7. Go, Love
8. Hot or What
9. Yon Two Crows
10. Seattle

1. Kingdom Of Gold
2. Got to Have Something
3. Radio City Serenade
4. I Used to Could
5. Gator Blood
6. Bluebird
7. Dream of the Drowned Submariner
8. Blood and Water
9. Today is Okay
10. After the Beanstalk

CD 4/LPs 5-6: Tracker (British Grove 4712928 (U.K.)/British Grove/Verve B0022725-02 (U.S.), 2015)

1. Laughs and Jokes and Drinks and Smokes
2. Basil
3. River Towns
4. Skydiver
5. Mighty Man
6. Broken Bones
7. Long Cool Girl
8. Lights of Taormina
9. Silver Eagle
10. Beryl
11. Wherever I Go

CD 5/LPs 7-8: Down the Road Wherever (British Grove/Virgin EMI CDV 3214 (U.K.)/British Grove/Blue Note B0029136-02 (U.S.), 2018)

1. Trapper Man
2. Back on the Dance Floor
3. Nobody's Child
4. Nobody Does That
5. Good on You Son
6. Floating Away
7. One Song At a Time
8. Heavy Up
9. Slow Learner
10. Just a Boy Away from Home
11. My Bacon Roll
12. When You Leave
13. Matchstick Man

CD 6/LP 9: Back in the Day: The Bonus Tracks (2009-2018)

1. Back in the Day
2. Precious Voice From Heaven
3. Occupation Blues
4. River of Grog
5. Follow the Ribbon
6. Your Perfect Song
7. .38 Special +
8. My Heart Has Never Changed +
9. Terminal of Tribute To +
10. Heart of Oak +
11. Time Will End All Sorrow +
12. Oklahoma Ponies +
13. Rear View Mirror
14. Pale Imitation
15. Drover's Road +
16. Every Heart in the Room +
17. Don't Suck Me In +
18. Sky and Water +

Tracks 1-2 previously unreleased
Tracks 3-5 from Privateering box set - Mercury 602537043231 (U.K.), 2012
Track 6 from digital edition of Privateering - Mercury (no cat. #), 2012
Tracks 7-10 from deluxe edition of Tracker - British Grove 4716979 (U.K.)/B0022726-02 (U.S.), 2015
Tracks 11-12 from Tracker box set - British Grove 4716983 (U.K.), 2015
Tracks 13 and 16 from deluxe edition of Down the Road Wherever - British Grove/Virgin EMI CDVX 3214 (U.K.), 2018
Tracks 14 and 17-18 from Down the Road Wherever box set - British Grove/Virgin EMI VBOX 3214 (U.K.), 2018
Track 15 from original pressings of Down the Road Wherever

Tracks marked + are included as part of the original albums on LP box