Mark Knopfler
's debut non-
soundtrack
solo album,
Golden Heart
, was, in effect, the follow-up to the last
Dire Straits
studio album,
On Every Street
(1991). But it was also a compendium of the various musical endeavors in which
Knopfler
had engaged since emerging as a major figure in 1978.
"Imelda"
was cast in the mold of
"Money for Nothing,"
with its trademark electric guitar riff and sardonic lyrics about
Imelda Marcos
, and other songs resembled
songs, notably
"Cannibals,"
which recalled
"Walk of Life."
But
"A Night in Summer Long Ago"
was presented in a Scots/Irish
traditional folk
style, complete with a lyric about a knight and a queen and would have fit nicely on
's
for
The Princess Bride
, and
"Are We in Trouble Now"
was a
country
ballad
featuring pedal steel guitar and the piano playing of Nashville session ace
Hargus "Pig" Robbins
that would have been appropriate to
's duo album with
Chet Atkins
. ~ William Ruhlmann