Get Lucky is the sixth solo album by Mark Knopfler, released on 14 September 2009 in Europe by Mercury Records, and on 15 September in the United States by Reprise Records. The album was released in four formats, including CD, a Limited Edition CD/DVD Digipak, a Deluxe Edition Boxset, and a double vinyl album. Get Lucky received generally favorable reviews, and reached the top three positions on album charts in Denmark, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, and Poland. The album peaked at number nine in the United Kingdom, and number 17 in the United States. Get Lucky is the sixth solo album by Mark Knopfler, released on 14 September 2009 in Europe by Mercury Records, and on 15 September in the United States by Reprise Records. The album was released in four formats, including CD, a Limited Edition CD/DVD Digipak, a Deluxe Edition Boxset, and a double vinyl album. Get Lucky received generally favorable reviews, and reached the top three positions on album charts in Denmark, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, and Poland. The album peaked at number nine in the United Kingdom, and number 17 in the United States. false 2022-10-18 21:47:14 Get Lucky 7.5 2009 2009-09-15 2009-09-15 52 Country Rock Folk Rock 113758 2126596 65628001-a87c-4118-a172-a9416da25033 e49f69da-17d5-4c5c-bac0-dadcb0e588f5 bfe4edbb-3a4a-4193-91c7-ea5367d6c4fc /media/data/media5/Music/Mark Knopfler/Get Lucky (2009)/folder.jpg Mark Knopfler AlbumArtist /config/metadata/People/M/Mark Knopfler/folder.jpg Mark Knopfler Artist /config/metadata/People/M/Mark Knopfler/folder.jpg Mark Knopfler Mark Knopfler 1 Border Reiver 04:34 2 Hard Shoulder 04:33 3 You Can’t Beat the House 03:25 4 Before Gas and TV 05:50 5 Monteleone 03:39 6 Cleaning My Gun 04:43 7 The Car Was the One 03:55 8 Remembrance Day 05:06 9 Get Lucky 04:33 10 So Far From the Clyde 05:58 11 Piper to the End 05:44 Mark Freuder Knopfler (born 12 August 1949) is a British guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of the rock band Dire Straits from 1977 to 1995. He pursued a solo career after the band dissolved, and is now an independent artist. Knopfler was born in Glasgow, and raised in Blyth, near Newcastle, England. After graduating from the University of Leeds and working for three years as a college lecturer, Knopfler co-founded Dire Straits with his younger brother, David Knopfler. The band recorded six albums, including Brothers in Arms (1985), one of the best-selling albums in history. After they disbanded in 1995, Knopfler began a solo career, and has produced nine solo albums. He has composed and produced film scores for nine films, including Local Hero (1983), Cal (1984), The Princess Bride (1987), Wag the Dog (1997) and Altamira (2016). He has produced albums for Tina Turner, Bob Dylan, and Randy Newman. Described by Classic Rock as a virtuoso, Knopfler is a fingerstyle guitarist and was ranked 27th on Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". With Dire Straits, Knopfler sold between 100 million and 120 million records. A four-time Grammy Award winner, Knopfler is the recipient of the Edison Award, the Steiger Award and the Ivor Novello Award, as well as holding three honorary doctorate degrees in music from universities in the United Kingdom. Knopfler was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Dire Straits in 2018.