Álbum Local Hero de Mark Knopfler - Canciones

Local Hero

1983 |

Estilo(s) | Folk Rock,Smooth Jazz,Fusion,Rockabilly,Ambient,Soundtrack

Sello | Vertigo

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Reseña

"Local Hero" es el primer álbum en la discografía de Mark Knopfler, conocido por ser el vocalista, compositor y guitarrista principal de la banda británica Dire Straits y que con este trabajo iniciaba su carrera en solitario.

Lanzado en marzo de 1983 como la banda sonora de la película del mismo título, una comedia dramática escocesa dirigida por el realizador Bill Forsyth. El lanzamiento se produjo tras el cuarto álbum de Dire Straits, con la banda en el cenit de su carrera pero con un Knopfler que buscaba nuevos retos musicales, que le llevaron a compatibilizar su trabajo con la banda con la creación de bandas sonoras para la gran pantalla.

El álbum fue autoproducido por el propio Knopfler y editado por los sellos Vertigo Records a nivel internacional y por Warner Bros. Records para Estados Unidos. Las grabaciones se realizaron a lo largo de 1982 en los estudios The Power Station de Nueva York y en los Eden Studios de Londres.

En 1984, "Local Hero" recibió una nominación al premio BAFTA a la Mejor Banda Sonora para una Película.

Listado de canciones del álbum Local Hero

The Rocks And The Water 3:30
Wild Theme 3:40
Freeway Flyer 1:50
Boomtown (Variation Louis' Favourite) 4:10
The Way It Always StartsVer letra 4:08

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letra de The Way It Always Starts
It gets so dark before the dawn
That's when it gets to me
Before the city symphony of taxi horns

That's the way it always starts
Sitting here and waiting on the beating of my heart

Last night I thought I heard my name
Well it was too dark to see, but it had to be
The voice was just the same

That's the way it always starts
Sitting here and waiting on the beating of my heart

So tell me why should it have to be this way
Why can't it be all right
Why can't I sleep at night?
Why should it have to be this way?
Why must there be this price to pay?

Now all the streets are dark and bare
Oh, if you can live in this town
And stick around, you can live anywhere

That's the way it always starts
Sitting here and waiting on the beating of my heart
The Rocks And The Thunder 0:40
The Ceilidh And The Northern Lights 4:07
The Mist Covered MountainsVer letra 5:13

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letra de The Mist Covered Mountains
Chorus
Oh ro soon shall I see them;
Oh he ro see them oh see them.
Oh ro soon shall I see them the
Mist covered mountains of home.

There shall I visit the place of my birth
And they'll give me a welcome the warmest on earth
All so loving and kind full of music and mirth,
In the sweet sounding language of home.

Chorus
Oh ro soon shall I see them;
Oh he ro see them oh see them.
Oh ro soon shall I see them the
Mist covered mountains of home.

There shall I gaze on the mountains again,
On the fields and the woods and the burns and the glens,
Away 'mong the corries beyond human ken
In the haunts of the deer I will roam

Chorus
Oh ro soon shall I see them;
Oh he ro see them oh see them.
Oh ro soon shall I see them the
Mist covered mountains of home.

Hail to the mountains with summits of blue,
To the glens with their meadows of sunshine and dew.
To the women and men ever constant and true,
Ever ready to welcome one home.
Composición: TraditionalArreglos: Mark Knopfler
The Ceilidh: Louis' Favourite Billy's Tune 3:42
Whistle Theme 0:53
Smooching 5:05
Stargazer 1:31
The Rocks And The Thunder 0:40
Going Home (Theme of The Local Hero) 5:01