Privateering (album)

For other uses, see Privateer (disambiguation).

Privateering
Studio album by
Mark Knopfler
Released3 September 2012
10 September 2012 (North America)
Recorded4 March – 7 December 2011
StudioBritish Grove Studios, Chiswick, West London
GenreBlues rock, roots rock,
Celtic rock, folk rock
Length89:56[1]
LabelMercury
Verve (US)
ProducerMark Knopfler
Mark Knopfler chronology
Get Lucky
(2009) 		Privateering
(2012) 		Tracker
(2015)

Privateering is the seventh solo studio album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released on 3 September 2012 by Mercury Records.[2] The first studio double-album of Knopfler's 35-year career as a recording artist, Privateering consists of 20 original songs (plus four more released in other editions), and integrates blues rock with traditional folk and country genres.[1] Recorded between March and December 2011,[3] the album received generally positive reviews throughout Europe,[4] and reached the number one position on album charts in Austria, Germany, Norway and the Netherlands, as well as the number two or three position in Belgium, Italy, New Zealand, Poland, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. The album peaked at number eight in the United Kingdom.[5] The album was released in North America a full year after its European release due to a contractual dispute between Knopfler and his North American distributors.

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