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OfflinePottel

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Re: Privateering - the reviews
« Reply #45 on: September 03, 2012, 11:18:28 PM »
interesting, Knopfler is #1 at Amazon.de but only 28 in the US.
bob is on 11 in .de
canada: bob on 4, mark on 3..
France:mark's deluxe box on 7 standard on 12, bob on 24
spain:Bob on 2nd (Vinyl???)..mark on10 with the 66
any Knopfler, Floyd or Dylan will do....

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Re: Privateering - the reviews
« Reply #46 on: September 04, 2012, 08:40:18 AM »
In the Netherlands Privateering is at #1 at Bol.com, also top 5 at Free Record Shop.

Regards,
Lars B.

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Re: Privateering - the reviews
« Reply #47 on: September 04, 2012, 11:49:03 AM »
Thanks for these guys - a lot of work there.  Stats don't prove anything though - 92% of people know that! ;D
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Re: Privateering - the reviews
« Reply #48 on: September 04, 2012, 12:02:33 PM »
Amazon top sellers list changes instanteously.
For example, in France, today at 10 am, MK was at #5, and now at noon, he's #9 !
They got a name for people like you, yeh they do
And they got a name for people like me too
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Re: Privateering - the reviews
« Reply #49 on: September 04, 2012, 12:05:22 PM »
Is the Amazon list based on downloads or record sales or both?
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Re: Privateering - the reviews
« Reply #50 on: September 04, 2012, 03:31:23 PM »
interesting, Knopfler is #1 at Amazon.de but only 28 in the US.

#28 without any promotion by record company in the US is the exellent result.

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Re: Privateering - the reviews
« Reply #51 on: September 04, 2012, 03:51:27 PM »
I thought that, too. And by figures it means probably a lot more sold records than at Top 5 places in Europe...

LE

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Re: Privateering - the reviews
« Reply #52 on: September 04, 2012, 08:45:00 PM »
I found this review, I don't know if you already saw  ::)

http://www.contactmusic.com/album-review/mark-knopfler-privateering

And I found some new photos on the same website
http://www.contactmusic.com/pictures/mark_knopfler/1-1

greetings
I'm Get Lucky to know you, you and your songs
Thank you Mark Knopfler

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Re: Privateering - the reviews
« Reply #53 on: September 04, 2012, 10:08:25 PM »
They got a name for people like you, yeh they do
And they got a name for people like me too
El Macho, El Macho

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Re: Privateering - the reviews
« Reply #54 on: September 05, 2012, 09:32:39 AM »
Check Ingo's review here :
http://www.mk-guitar.com/

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Re: Privateering - the reviews
« Reply #55 on: September 05, 2012, 10:16:50 AM »
In Sweden it's uncool among critics to applaude MK, has been like this since the 90's at least. Gonna post a collection of reviews later on.

Every single review is either luke warm or frown nosed about Privateering  >:(
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Re: Privateering - the reviews
« Reply #56 on: September 05, 2012, 10:59:49 AM »
Thanks! I prefer a review from any AMITer or Ingo f.e. anytime over any paid, bored journalist who has a table full of 100 CDs to choose from which one he will tear up to aggrandise himself...

I thought about it yesterday when I saw the Rolling Stone magazine at a store. I didn't even take a look inside, because I wasn't interested at all...

All the people around here at AMIT know so much more about Mark, his music, his last albums and his very first ones.. So what should a journalist tell me if he liked it or not? Public perception is something that can caress a fan's soul, but I finally understand why Mark never gave and never gives a damn about it.

Ingo's review is very detailed, knowledgable and well-informed, I learned something new about some stuff. So thank you, Ingo!!  :D

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Re: Privateering - the reviews
« Reply #57 on: September 05, 2012, 02:47:16 PM »
I think Ingo is wrong about "no 3/4 folk waltzes on this album". Kingdom of Gold falls into that category.

And can anyone explain what he means by "time changes", maybe? I have a vague idea, but I haven't studied music theory, so I'm really not sure. Sounds interesting, though, because he says it's typical for MK.

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Re: Privateering - the reviews
« Reply #58 on: September 05, 2012, 03:28:32 PM »
I think Ingo is wrong about "no 3/4 folk waltzes on this album". Kingdom of Gold falls into that category.

And can anyone explain what he means by "time changes", maybe? I have a vague idea, but I haven't studied music theory, so I'm really not sure. Sounds interesting, though, because he says it's typical for MK.

No, as I said in a comment on Ingo's site, celtic tunes (like kingdom of gold, let it all go, lily of the west,etc...) are NOT in 3/4, there most of the time are in 6/8.
It means there are 4 times in a bar, but each time is divided in 3, not in 2 or 4, like in 2/4 or 4/4.
That's the same difference between rock'n'roll which is "straight time " ("binaire" in french) and blues or jazz which is "shuffle" ("ternaire" in french)

Secondary waltz is in 3/4, because it's a waltz  ;D
but each time in a bar is divided in 2, not in 3


As for time changes, Ingo means different times in a bar.
Typical Marks music is based on bars with different times :

"Normally" a song in 4/4 would have all his bars with 4 times. But Mark like to include bars with 2 times in it, it brokes the rhythm.

Sorry for my poor english, hope it's clear  ;D

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Re: Privateering - the reviews
« Reply #59 on: September 05, 2012, 03:30:39 PM »
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Ingo's review is very detailed, knowledgable and well-informed, I learned something new about some stuff. So thank you, Ingo!!  :D

when you're searching someting about Mark's music, Ingo is THE master  :)

 

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