Knopfler began writing for what became Golden Heart in 1994, when Dire Straits were technically still extant. But after the release of the contractually-required Live At The BBC album of early broadcast recordings by the group, he quietly called time, devoting his focus to the forthcoming project that would carry his name, and his co-production credit with American confidant Chuck Ainlay.
In these days long before the building of Mark’s own British Grove Studios in west London, sessions took place at three studios in one of his musical touchstones, Nashville, at Emerald Sound and Javelina, both on Music Square, and at Sixteenth Avenue Sound. Further work was done closer to home at Air Studios in London. Keen as ever to be the captain of his own little crew, he worked with such A-list individuals as pedal steel maestro Paul Franklin, guitarist Richard Bennett, bassist Glenn Worf, and, naturally, his constant since the early soundtrack days of Cal and Comfort and Joy, Guy Fletcher.
The recordings also featured invaluable cameos from other characters in Knopfler’s travels, including such luminaries as Paul Brady, Barry Beckett, Michael Doucet, Vince Gill, and Jo-El Sonnier. The charming lead single, “Darling Pretty,” showcased Brady on whistle as part of an Irish dream team with Dónal Lunny on bouzouki, Máirtín O’Connor on accordion and the Chieftains’ Derek Bell and Seán Keane on Irish harp and violin respectively. The song became a Top 40 UK chart entry.
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She was swinging by the bangles in a main street store
A while before we met
The most dangerous angels that you ever saw
She spied her amulet
And she took a loop of leather for around her neck
And that was then the start
The most dangerous lady on her quarter deck
She found her Golden Heart
You found your Golden Heart
Then we swirled around each other and the thread was spun
to some Arcadian band
I would stop it from swinging like a pendulum
Just to hold time in my hand
And you shot me with a cannonball of history
And long forgotten art
I’d be turning it over as our words ran free
I’d hold your Golden Heart
I’d hold your Golden Heart
Nothing in the world prepared me for you, your heart, your heart
Nothing in the world that I love more your heart, your heart
Your Golden Heart
And every time I’m thinking of you from a distant shore
And all the time I sleep
I will have a reminder that my baby wore
A part of you to keep
And I’ll send you all my promises across the sea
And while we are apart
I will carry the wonder that you gave to me
I’ll wear your Golden Heart
I’ll wear your Golden Heart
Nothing in the world prepared me for you, your heart, your heart
Nothing in the world that I love more your heart, your heart
Your Golden Heart
