The Mark Knopfler discography consists of recordings by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, not including his work with Dire Straits. Knopfler began recording apart from Dire Straits in 1983, when he released his first soundtrack album Local Hero. That same year he produced his first album, Infidels for Bob Dylan. Between 1983 and 2016, Knopfler composed and released nine soundtrack albums, the last of which was with Evelyn Glennie.
After he quietly disbanded Dire Straits in 1995, Knopfler released his first solo album Golden Heart in 1996. In total, he has released nine studio albums, two collaborative studio albums with Chet Atkins and Emmylou Harris, and twenty-two singles. In addition, Knopfler has also produced four additional albums for other artists, including Land of Dreams in 1988 for Randy Newman, and has appeared on many albums by other artists, providing guitar tracks or guest appearance vocals.
Albums
Studio albums
Soundtrack albums
Local Hero (1983) Cal (1984) Comfort and Joy (1984) The Princess Bride (1987) Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989) Wag the Dog (1998) Metroland (1999) A Shot at Glory (2002) Altamira (2016) with Evelyn Glennie
Collaborative albums
Studio
Neck and Neck (1990) with Chet Atkins
All the Roadrunning (2006) with Emmylou Harris
Live
Real Live Roadrunning (2006) with Emmylou Harris
Compilation albums
Screenplaying (1993) The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations (2005)
with The Notting Hillbillies
Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time (1990)
EPs
The Trawlerman's Song EP (2005) One Take Radio Sessions (2005)
Singles
"Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero" (1983) - UK #56
"Darling Pretty" (1996) - UK #33
"Cannibals" (1996) - UK #42, AUS #97
"Rüdiger" (1996) "What It Is" (2000) US (AAA) #3, CH #38, DE #81, FR #56, NL #38, NO #10, IT #3, ES #4 "Sailing to Philadelphia" - with James Taylor (2001) NL #73 "Silvertown Blues" (2001) "Why Aye Man" (2002) - UK #81 "Boom, Like That" (2004) - UK #34, US (AAA) #2 "The Trawlerman's Song" (2005) "All the Roadrunning" - with Emmylou Harris (2006) - UK #8 "This is Us" - with Emmylou Harris (2006) - US (AAA) #5 "Beachcombing" - with Emmylou Harris (2006) "True Love Will Never Fade" (2007) "Punish the Monkey" (2007) "Border Reiver" (2009) "Remembrance Day" (2009) "Redbud Tree" (2012) "Beryl" (2015) US (AAA) #23 "Skydiver" (2015) "Good on You Son" (2018) US (AAA) #39 "Back on the Dance Floor" (2018)
Other appearances
Unreleased
"Theme Music" - In Private in Public: The Prince and Princess of Wales soundtrack "Get Busy" and "The Other Side of the Moon" - Hooves of Fire
Production and session work
as producer
Infidels (1983) by Bob Dylan. Although Knopfler disowned the reworked version of the album as released, his production is still noticeable. Left off the album, but later released on The Bootleg Series, is the critically acclaimed "Blind Willie McTell", featuring only Dylan, singing and playing piano, accompanied by Knopfler on acoustic guitar. Knife (1984) by Aztec Camera. This Scottish indie/new wave band was mostly a vehicle for the work of Roddy Frame, much as Dire Straits only ever recorded Mark Knopfler compositions. Miracle (1987) by Willy DeVille. The album was dedicated to Knopfler and his wife "for their support which was nothing short of a Miracle in a time of Dire Straits." The album ends with the ballad "Storybook Love", the theme from The Princess Bride. Land of Dreams (1988) by Randy Newman. Knopfler produced seven of the album's twelve tracks. The album includes the single "It's Money that Matters", which revisits the Dire Straits song "Money for Nothing". The Sailor's Revenge (2012) by Bap Kennedy was recorded at British Grove Studios in 2011.
as session musician
The following contain guitar performances or guest appearances by Knopfler.