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[superval99]

Gave it a another complete listen this morning with the clear order not to skip anything and went through from track 1 to 16 enjoying it overall immensly.

Minor complaints about the running order but that's just me. Kicking out Just A Boy and replacing it with Don't Suck Me In and kicking out When You Leave completely    plus Pale Imitation instead of Slow Learner and it would indeed be a really great album close to brilliant. So it is "just" a very very good album.

LE

I have also given the new album a good listening from my hi-fi system and also on my mp3 player and and it is definitely growing on me.   I have actually managed to listen from the beginning to the end, without gritting my teeth too many times - actually only once during Just a Boy!     

As with all of MK's albums, not all of his songs are immediate - they need a little time!  He is probably one of the few artists I would do this for, but I love his voice, his style of singing, his lyrics and, of course his guitar.   There is no obvious skipper at the moment, except, maybe, Slow Learner, but I'm sure that will come eventually.  I haven't taken the three extra tracks into consideration, because of the poor quality, but I'm sure I will love them eventually from what I've already heard.

I make no apologies, or excuses for liking Dancefloor and GOYS so much, because I do like them a lot and people have varying tastes.   I loved Tracker and Privateering almost from the start and still do - they are both great albums for me!   

[Dutchessy]

I like Back on the dancefloor and Good on you son both, so no worries, you are not alone 

[superval99]

I like Back on the dancefloor and Good on you son both, so no worries, you are not alone 

      

[Love Expresso]

And of course no apologize needed!

LE

[Knopflerfan]

I like Back on the dancefloor and Good on you son both, so no worries, you are not alone 

+1

[herlock]

Funny enough, I was kind of disappointed with GOYS when it came out, but in the context of the album I came to like it a lot.

[Knopflerfan]

Funny enough, I was kind of disappointed with GOYS when it came out, but in the context of the album I came to like it a lot.

It most certainly 'fits' into the album quite nicely IMHO...

[dmg]

Is it just a coincidence that Dance Floor and GOYS are the two early releases and now seen generally as among the weakest songs?  Did they suffer from overplaying because they were new Knopfler music or was the expectation level too high when they were released? 

Who knows, but I think they suffered somehow and it's difficult to measure them properly against the other album songs with any degree of fairness.

[herlock]

Is it just a coincidence that Dance Floor and GOYS are the two early releases and now seen generally as among the weakest songs?  Did they suffer from overplaying because they were new Knopfler music or was the expectation level too high when they were released? 

Who knows, but I think they suffered somehow and it's difficult to measure them properly against the other album songs with any degree of fairness.

Agreed, but now I have restored justice to them, they are great not nearly as great as OSAAT though, this one is a class of its own !

[dmg]

Is it just a coincidence that Dance Floor and GOYS are the two early releases and now seen generally as among the weakest songs?  Did they suffer from overplaying because they were new Knopfler music or was the expectation level too high when they were released? 

Who knows, but I think they suffered somehow and it's difficult to measure them properly against the other album songs with any degree of fairness.

Agreed, but now I have restored justice to them, they are great not nearly as great as OSAAT though, this one is a class of its own !

I would say so.  Maybe a bit early to say but I think it's one of his best solo songs.  Could be fantastic live.

[vr46mk]

Is it just a coincidence that Dance Floor and GOYS are the two early releases and now seen generally as among the weakest songs?  Did they suffer from overplaying because they were new Knopfler music or was the expectation level too high when they were released? 

Who knows, but I think they suffered somehow and it's difficult to measure them properly against the other album songs with any degree of fairness.

Agreed, but now I have restored justice to them, they are great not nearly as great as OSAAT though, this one is a class of its own !

I completely agree, One Song At A Time by far the best on the album! 

[JF]

I like Back on the dancefloor and Good on you son both, so no worries, you are not alone 

+1

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[Adz]

Well, look at this way, once you buy the deluxe box, you got most tracks in three different masterings (cd, digital and vinyl) which does make a huge difference in terms of sound. It’s not too bad that we miss one out of twenty songs.

Secondy, from what I heard so far (my box arrives tomorrow...), it’s an incredibly good record, great songs and a new tour is scheduled so maybe but just maybe we should complain a little less?

I do understand, my opinion doesn’t allow me to make new friends.

The point for me, and others, is that in buying the most expensive version of the album, (by a long stretch,) you should have every variation of the songs in the box, including digital downloads of every song. But you haven't. I don't have a record deck, (I hope to again at some point,) and the reason I bought the box set was purely for those digital downloads, so I could have all the tracks on my iPhone and PC. I don't think that is too much to expect for the amount of money the box set costs, but everyone has their own opinion.

I'm still waiting for my box set to be delivered, out of interest.

[PensaGhost]

Well, look at this way, once you buy the deluxe box, you got most tracks in three different masterings (cd, digital and vinyl) which does make a huge difference in terms of sound. It’s not too bad that we miss one out of twenty songs.

Secondy, from what I heard so far (my box arrives tomorrow...), it’s an incredibly good record, great songs and a new tour is scheduled so maybe but just maybe we should complain a little less?

I do understand, my opinion doesn’t allow me to make new friends.

The point for me, and others, is that in buying the most expensive version of the album, (by a long stretch,) you should have every variation of the songs in the box, including digital downloads of every song. But you haven't. I don't have a record deck, (I hope to again at some point,) and the reason I bought the box set was purely for those digital downloads, so I could have all the tracks on my iPhone and PC. I don't think that is too much to expect for the amount of money the box set costs, but everyone has their own opinion.

I'm still waiting for my box set to be delivered, out of interest.

I agree the most expensive version should have everything. I even think that the usual deluxe box of the last albums around 90 euros is actually too expensive even if it had everything included. I also agree with the ones that mentioned Gilmour's boxes as comparisons, which are smaller in size to the MK's ones but they are extremely nice contaning a lot of material, both as physical stuff inside the box and as audio/video musical material, and you know what it costs less than half, 40 euros.

[vr46mk]

Ticket prizes rised significantly for this tour as well, didn't it?
They want to milk us on as much money as possible