DTRW - One week in....

[Knopflerfan]

So with just over a week now gone by since the official release of DTRW, I have to say personally I just cannot put this album down! My MK Strat has come out of its case for some serious playing!!
Remarkably there are still no 'skippers' for me.
I think it just has to be the class musicianship alongside the 'wordsmith' lyrics that make this album soooo very good....
OSAAT - Is still my Goosebump, make the hair on the back of my neck stand up song!

How's everyone else faring?

[superval99]

I'm faring quite well, thank you!      I'm enjoying the album without skipping anything, although the solo on Just a Boy still grates on me in a similar way that it did on Gator Blood!    I'm still finding Slow Learner incredibly - slow, but I know that will get better over time.   Apart from those two gripes I think it's a great album and MK's voice is so good that I could listen to him forever!   

My favourite song now is "When You Leave"  - I think it's possibly the best song on the album, surprising really, because there isn't a guitar solo at all!    Of course "Drovers' Road" is wonderful too!   

[straitsway75]

Yes I agree. DTRW is another Great Album with a lot of tracks very amazing. OSAAT is also for me a Number One in all MK' s discography.
All the rest, chart, reviews, sure that I read all, good or not, but is not really important for me.
This is time, after so much waiting, to enjoy with this new album of my favourite, the Best Musician of all time, Mr Mark Knopfler 

[Markus]

I really like this album. Great music and lyrics and excellent sound quality.

[allen]

I love all 19 new songs, and the two cover songs he did days ago for BBC radio are great, as well.  I made my right choice to have bought three concert tickets in 2019 to see him live !!!

[superval99]

I love all 19 new songs, and the two cover songs he did days ago for BBC radio are great, as well.  I made my right choice to have bought three concert tickets in 2019 to see him live !!!

I hope to meet you in Verona, allen!   

[allen]

I love all 19 new songs, and the two cover songs he did days ago for BBC radio are great, as well.  I made my right choice to have bought three concert tickets in 2019 to see him live !!!

I hope to meet you in Verona, allen!   

Thanks, we will meet, fingers crossed.  Need to buy a litho and a tour programme, as well.   And a T-shirt, and some pins, and ...

[Knopflerfan]

Of course "Drovers' Road" is wonderful too!   

Drovers Road is just amazing, I picture the Scottish Highlands and also the fabulous painting of the Drovers I found when the opening few notes are sounding... Yes, I'm with you now on JAB...

[Knopflerfan]

Yes I agree. DTRW is another Great Album with a lot of tracks very amazing. OSAAT is also for me a Number One in all MK' s discography.
All the rest, chart, reviews, sure that I read all, good or not, but is not really important for me.
This is time, after so much waiting, to enjoy with this new album of my favourite, the Best Musician of all time, Mr Mark Knopfler 

 

[straitsway75]

Yes I agree. DTRW is another Great Album with a lot of tracks very amazing. OSAAT is also for me a Number One in all MK' s discography.
All the rest, chart, reviews, sure that I read all, good or not, but is not really important for me.
This is time, after so much waiting, to enjoy with this new album of my favourite, the Best Musician of all time, Mr Mark Knopfler 

 

[vr46mk]

Agree... This is a good album, I find it way better than Tracker..

Is it only me who thinks of the tour EVERY DAY?! I can't wait anymore, I need 2019 

[herlock]

Yes I agree. DTRW is another Great Album with a lot of tracks very amazing. OSAAT is also for me a Number One in all MK' s discography.
All the rest, chart, reviews, sure that I read all, good or not, but is not really important for me.
This is time, after so much waiting, to enjoy with this new album of my favourite, the Best Musician of all time, Mr Mark Knopfler 

+1000
OSAAT is a masterpiece, the best of Border Reiver rythm and Piper to the End emotion blended together.
When you leave is amazing despite the lack of guitar.
Very few skippers for me as well. Yes Just a Boy is not my thing, Nobody does that has some dated sound effects, and every heart... is a bit cheesy, but that's about it. The is a great album, I don't understand the negative reviews...

[dmg]

Really enjoying it here too.  I've got all of them on my iTunes and listen on headphones as I'm on my computer to you 'orrible lot! 

A few skippers now though because I start getting really strict at this point, but there are only a few I really don't like.  I skip these:

Just a boy (can't get over how Mark thinks he can get away with this inferior copy of JD)
When you leave (classy but boring)
Floating away (really can't get into this)
Slow learner (Zzz...)
Heavy up (it's not for me)
Rear view mirror (it's quirkiness has worn thin)

So when I take these ones out and add the fab bonus tracks I still have a great album there. 

OSAAT is one of the all-time greats though, is it not?

[quizzaciously]

Well one week later and I listened to the opening track, two singles and presumably the main star of the album (One Song At A Time) only once. Nothing's changed dramatically, I still think it's not the best collection of songs AND arrangements Mark would've put out at this moment (don't even start me talking about the cover picture).

I do enjoy tracks 3, 4, 5, track 7 (Bacon Roll) more than others, tracks 9, 11, 12 and Every Heart In The Room and Matchstick Man. More or less half of the album. Some tracks like Rear View Mirror is something I would listen in the background while doing stuff. Yeah...

It's a good result in my book, because from the artists of older generation usually you'd be lucky to like 2 songs from the new album.

[Knopflerfan]

Really enjoying it here too.  I've got all of them on my iTunes and listen on headphones as I'm on my computer to you 'orrible lot! 

A few skippers now though because I start getting really strict at this point, but there are only a few I really don't like.  I skip these:

Just a boy (can't get over how Mark thinks he can get away with this inferior copy of JD)
When you leave (classy but boring)
Floating away (really can't get into this)
Slow learner (Zzz...)
Heavy up (it's not for me)
Rear view mirror (it's quirkiness has worn thin)

So when I take these ones out and add the fab bonus tracks I still have a great album there. 

OSAAT is one of the all-time greats though, is it not?

Oh dear, skippers already for you then chap... I love the way there is a good variety of songs rather than one genre. Love the way the album plays in that there are a few brighter, melodic and also quieter, reflective songs. Agree wholeheartedly that OSAAT is a masterpiece and will become an all time great.... Just need to hear this fab song live now!!!