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In his review for [[AllMusic]], William Ruhlmann gave the album three out of five stars, writing that "in one song after another on this album, you get the feeling that he started out playing some familiar song in a specific genre and eventually extrapolated upon it enough to call it an original."<ref name="allmusic-stp"/> In his review for ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine, David Wild gave the album three and a half out of five stars, writing that the album is "a welcome flashback" to Knopfler's earlier work with [[Dire Straits]].<ref name="rs-stp"/> Wild continued:
In his review for [[AllMusic]], William Ruhlmann gave the album three out of five stars, writing that "in one song after another on this album, you get the feeling that he started out playing some familiar song in a specific genre and eventually extrapolated upon it enough to call it an original."<ref name="allmusic-stp"/> In his review for ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine, David Wild gave the album three and a half out of five stars, writing that the album is "a welcome flashback" to Knopfler's earlier work with [[Dire Straits]].<ref name="rs-stp"/> Wild continued:

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Sailing to Philadelphia is the second solo studio album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released on 26 September 2000 by Vertigo Records internationally, and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States.[1] The album contains featured vocal performances by James Taylor and Van Morrison.

The title track is drawn from Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon, a novel about Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon,[2] the two English surveyors who established the border between Pennsylvania and Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia in the 1760s. The border later became known as the Mason–Dixon line and has been used since the 1820s to denote the border between the Southern United States and the Northern United States.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone[3]

In his review for AllMusic, William Ruhlmann gave the album three out of five stars, writing that "in one song after another on this album, you get the feeling that he started out playing some familiar song in a specific genre and eventually extrapolated upon it enough to call it an original."[1] In his review for Rolling Stone magazine, David Wild gave the album three and a half out of five stars, writing that the album is "a welcome flashback" to Knopfler's earlier work with Dire Straits.[3] Wild continued:

Knopfler duets with James Taylor on the title track, which deftly explores the relationship between Mason and Dixon; Van Morrison trades lines on the soulful "The Last Laugh." With Sailing to Philadelphia, Knopfler has taken a break from the rootsy side projects and soundtrack work that have occupied him for the last seventeen years, and has evoked some of the grandeur of prime Dire Straits.[3]

By 2002, the album had sold more than 3.5 million copies worldwide.[4][5] In some territories—Western Europe for example—the album was released as an HDCD and a 5.1 Surround Sound DVD-A.

Touring

Main article: Sailing to Philadelphia Tour

In 2001, Knopfler supported the release of the album with his Sailing to Philadelphia Tour, which started on 27 March 2001 in Mexico City, Mexico, included 80 concerts in 68 cities, and ended on 31 July 2001 in Moscow, Russia. The tour consisted of three legs: Mexico and South America, North America, and Europe and Russia. The tour lineup included Mark Knopfler (guitar, vocals), Guy Fletcher (keyboards), Richard Bennett (guitar), Glenn Worf (bass), Chad Cromwell (drums), Geraint Watkins (piano, accordion), and Mike Henderson (guitar, mandolin, violin, harmonica).[6]

The Madrid concert on 2 July 2001 was filmed but never released. The Toronto concert at Massey Hall in May 2001 was also recorded, but only three tracks were officially released: "Speedway at Nazareth" (the B-side of "Why Aye Man"), "Who's Your Baby Now" (the B-side of "Boom, Like That") and "Brothers in Arms" (available on a limited edition version of the album The Ragpicker's Dream).[6]

Track listing

All songs were written by Mark Knopfler.

International version[Note 1]
No.TitleLength
1."What It Is"4:57
2."Sailing to Philadelphia" (featuring James Taylor)5:29
3."Who's Your Baby Now"3:05
4."Baloney Again"5:09
5."The Last Laugh" (featuring Van Morrison)3:22
6."Silvertown Blues"5:32
7."El Macho"5:29
8."Prairie Wedding"4:26
9."Wanderlust"3:52
10."Speedway at Nazareth"6:23
11."Junkie Doll"4:34
12."Sands of Nevada"3:56
13."One More Matinee"3:57
Total length:60:11
United States version
No.TitleLength
1."What It Is"4:57
2."Sailing to Philadelphia" (featuring James Taylor)5:29
3."Who's Your Baby Now"3:05
4."Baloney Again"5:09
5."The Last Laugh" (featuring Van Morrison)3:22
6."Do America"4:11
7."El Macho"5:29
8."Prairie Wedding"4:26
9."Wanderlust"3:52
10."Speedway at Nazareth"6:23
11."Junkie Doll"4:34
12."Silvertown Blues"5:32
13."Sands of Nevada"3:56
Total length:60:25

Personnel

Music
Production
  • Mark Knopfler – producer
  • Chuck Ainlay – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Chubba Petocz – engineer
  • Jon Bailey – assistant engineer
  • Graham Lewis – assistant
  • Mark Ralston – assistant
  • Aaron Swihart – assistant
  • Denny Purcell – mastering
  • Jonathan Russell – mastering assistant
  • Andrew Williams – portrait photography
  • Eric Conn – editing
  • Sandy Choron – art direction
  • Harry Choron – design
  • Jose Molina – photography (front cover)
  • James Gritz – photography (back cover)
  • Andrew Williams – photography (portrait)
  • Ben Mikaelsen – photography (additional)[7]

Charts

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[8] 16
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[9] 2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[10] 4
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[11] 10
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[12] 3
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[13] 2
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[14] 3
French Albums (SNEP)[15] 7
Illegal chart entered Germany2 1
Irish Albums (IRMA)[16] 19
Italian Albums (FIMI)[17] 1
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[18] 11
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[19] 1
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[20] 9
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[21] 2
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[22] 1
UK Albums (OCC)[23] 4
US Billboard 200[24] 60

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[25] Gold 35,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[26] Gold 25,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[27] Gold 50,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[28] 2× Platinum 100,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[29] Gold 33,786[29]
Germany (BVMI)[30] Platinum 300,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[31] Gold 7,500^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[32] Platinum 50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[33] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[34] Gold 500,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[35] 2× Platinum 2,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Singles

What It Is

"Sailing to Philadelphia"
Song

"What It Is" was the first single from the album. An extended version of the song released in Mexico contains an additional verse:

And the highwayman stands blowing on his fingers by the green
I've walked inside his shoes before so I always buy his magazine
He's with a local mystery with blood stains on her hands
I like the way she winks at me but I leave her with the highwayman

The instrumental portion of the song serves as the theme music for the CBC Radio One radio show, Dispatches.

Track listing

All songs were written by Mark Knopfler.

No.TitleLength
1."What It Is" (Radio edit)3:33
2."The Long Highway"3:46
3."Let's See You"4:21
4."Camerado"2:58
Total length:14:38

Sailing to Philadelphia

"Sailing to Philadelphia"
Song

"Sailing to Philadelphia" was the second single from the album. The song is a duet between Knopfler and American singer-songwriter James Taylor. The song is written in an autobiographical style, and is the story of Jeremiah Dixon and Charlie Mason, a "Geordie boy" and an astronomer, respectively, who sailed to America from the United Kingdom. Dixon (Mark Knopfler) predicted that there was a "land of opportunity" to the west, which Mason (James Taylor), the "stargazer" does not believe. Towards the end of the song, the lyrics suggest that Dixon was correct.

Track listing

All songs were written by Mark Knopfler.

No.TitleLength
1."Sailing to Philadelphia" (Radio edit)3:59
2."Going Home" (live)3:46
3."Baloney Again" (live, Maxi CD single only) 
4."El Macho" (live, Maxi CD single only) 
Total length:7:45

Silvertown Blues

"Sailing to Philadelphia"
Song

"Silvertown Blues" was the third and final single from the album. It was released as a commercial single in the Netherlands and Belgium only, but it received radio airplay in several European countries, notably in France. The song was not performed live during the Sailing to Philadelphia Tour.

Silvertown is an industrial district on the north bank of the River Thames in London, and the song partially deals with the construction of the financially unsuccessful Millennium Dome. It was constructed on a site contaminated by toxic sludge from East Greenwich Gas Works that operated from 1889 to 1985.

From the poisonous drains a vision appears
New circle of cranes, a new reason to be here
A big silver dome rising up into the dawn
Above the church and the homes where all the silver is gone
Track listing

All songs were written by Mark Knopfler.

No.TitleLength
1."Silvertown Blues" (Radio edit)3:39
2."Do America"4:11
Total length:7:50

References

Notes
  1. ^ The standard Mercury international release has thirteen tracks as shown. The Mercury/Universal Distribution release has fourteen tracks and includes the bonus song "Do America" as track 6.[1]
Citations
  1. ^ a b c d Ruhlmann, William. "Sailing to Philadelphia". Allmusic. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  2. ^ "Off the Straits and narrow". The Independent. 22 September 2000. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  3. ^ a b c Wild, David (3 October 2000). "Mark Knopfler: Sailing To Philadelphia". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 7, 2007. Retrieved 1 November 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Sacred Steel". CD Shakedown. 16 May 2003. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  5. ^ "Delafont, Mk bio". Delafont. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  6. ^ a b "Sailing To Philadelphia tour 2001". Mark Knopfler Info. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  7. ^ a b "Album Notes". Sailing to Philadelphia (CD insert). Mark Knopfler. Warner Bros. Records. 2000. pp. 13–14.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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  9. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Mark Knopfler – Sailing to Philadelphia" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  10. ^ "Ultratop.be – Mark Knopfler – Sailing to Philadelphia" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  11. ^ "Ultratop.be – Mark Knopfler – Sailing to Philadelphia" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  12. ^ "Top 40 Albums - 1 / 2001". Tracklisten. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  13. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Mark Knopfler – Sailing to Philadelphia" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  14. ^ "Mark Knopfler: Sailing to Philadelphia" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  15. ^ "Lescharts.com – Mark Knopfler – Sailing to Philadelphia". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  16. ^ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 39, 2000". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  17. ^ "Italiancharts.com – Mark Knopfler – Sailing to Philadelphia". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  18. ^ "Charts.nz – Mark Knopfler – Sailing to Philadelphia". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  19. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Mark Knopfler – Sailing to Philadelphia". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  20. ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
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  22. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Mark Knopfler – Sailing to Philadelphia". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  23. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  24. ^ "Mark Knopfler Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  25. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2000 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  26. ^ "Austrian album certifications – Mark Knopfler – Sailing to Philadelphia" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  27. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Mark Knopfler – Sailing to Philadelphia". Music Canada. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  28. ^ Cite error: The named reference ac_Denmark2_Mark_Knopfler was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  29. ^ a b "Mark Knopfler" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  30. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Mark Knopfler; 'Sailing to Philadelphia')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  31. ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Mark Knopfler – Sailing to Philadelphia". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 4 December 2013.[dead link]
  32. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('Sailing to Philadelphia')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  33. ^ id MUST BE PROVIDED for UK CERTIFICATION.
  34. ^ "American album certifications – Mark Knopfler – Sailing to Philadelphia". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  35. ^ "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 2002". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
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