Sailing to Philadelphia
by Mark Knopfler
- Type: Single
- Released: 26 February 2001
- Label: Warner Bros.
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 3:59
- Community rating: 3.37/5 from 2 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Mark Knopfler's 'Sailing to Philadelphia', the title track of his second solo album, dramatizes the Mason and Dixon surveying expedition, drawing on Thomas Pynchon's novel. James Taylor sings harmony on the album recording.
Genres
Descriptors: travel, literature, narrative, acoustic, melodic, english