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The Ragpicker’s Dream
Rock · 2002 · 12 tracks

The Ragpicker’s Dream

A warm, dusty collection of folk-blues vignettes. Mark Knopfler trades stadium rock for intimate storytelling, acoustic textures, and elegant, finger-picked melodies.

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It's like a collection of folk tales told by a master guitarist over a glass of scotch.

A gentle, dignified collection of stories that feels like a warm conversation in a quiet room.

The Ragpicker’s Dream · vs · Mark Knopfler
Autumn Walk+1.7σ

Autumn Walk saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks
01
Why Aye Man
6:16
02
Devil Baby
4:07
03
Hill Farmer’s Blues
3:47
04
A Place Where We Used to Live
4:36
05
Quality Shoe
3:58
06
Fare Thee Well Northumberland
6:31
07
Marbletown
3:33
08
You Don’t Know You’re Born
5:20
09
Coyote
5:58
10
The Ragpicker’s Dream
4:19
11
Daddy’s Gone to Knoxville
2:47
12
Old Pigweed
4:36
Moments Worth Waiting For
The gritty, driving electric riff of Why Aye Man that captures the desperation of migrant workers
The skeletal, haunting acoustic picking on Marbletown that feels like a ghost story told in a freight car
The gentle, waltzing piano and guitar interplay on the title track that evokes a weary, beautiful dream
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