The thing is I hadn't had a single question for Mark's music up until 2012 and the release of Privateering, that was the point of no return.
First you have this strange album filled with filler songs to justify the "first double album" gimmick nobody asked for, then you have the notorious static setlist situation, the "best album ever" being Tracker, then rubbish 2015 concert recordings, now you have overly produced album filled with pop tunes and strange decisions. I'd be happy to like all that, but I simply can't "like" it, too much things are suddenly going wrong at the same time.
Imagine putting all the best songs from last 3 albums in one, that would be an album of Brother In Arms magnitude. Imagine Mark releasing all his blues dreams in a separate album/project and not putting it without order on his "first double album ever". Imagine removing all the pop clichés and Guy's gimmicks from the new album. How better the world would be? I honestly try my best to not lose my head, but I'm utterly and genuinely disappointed.