"it's all about that Wow Factor that is gone?
But for me, is. For example, listening to One Deep River I felt this.
Sorry, Robson. I do not understand.
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Did you felt that the Wow Factor is gone?
Or you felt THE Wow Factor.
In my case, listening to ODR, there are a couple of songs that were great potential do be WOW.
I agree. The Wow factor is a very fitting term and it got lost for me from Kill To Get Crimson on, very clear. As you said, Privateering was a big comeback for Wowsers and since then it gets more and more ... anti-wow. Only in 2018, I remember saying WOW, Down The Gutter is really his worst album so far, by far. (Another Wow! was the 2008 set list but that was concert/live)
But it all very natural to me, I am very thankful for what he gave us, including DS, STP, TRD and SL. It is absolutely normal that his artistic output or flow gets thinner. It's only hard to accept for a fan coming down from these hights.
You exactly nailed it, good post!
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YES!
That is the point.
I think that KTGC is very artistic, however lacks energy.
It's a good album, but is weak.
It's their first big BG recording, so it's very homemade.
Well, the NHB album was recorded at Mark home studio...
After Privateering, i agree that Mark's music is anti-wow.
I feel that since Tracker, all songs, band, playing are too "lazy".
I thought about that many times. The wow-moments were gone from Privateering album and especially the tour onwards.
The album didn't make it for me. And the tour was a bit of a replica of the GL tour. and SOS was missing at some gigs for the first time
In my opinion, the 2011 tour with Dylan was GREAT.
The last that was full of energy and visceral playing.
Dylan was on fire back then. So maybe Mark and the boys felt a little pressure by Dylan's fire.
I think I know what you mean by the wow factor. Big, memorable songs like TR or TOL. Those days are long gone, of course.
For me, there have been at least two or three songs on each solo album so far where I'd go "wow, that's a song only MK could've written", where the music and the lyrics just fit perfectly with the message. DTRW has 4 for me: Nobody's child, When you leave, Bacon roll and Heavy up.
With the new album, it's the same.
It seems to me that the later albums took a lot longer to grow on me, maybe because they're more complex.
But in the end, it's always: "Wow, it's an MK album!" :-)
TR and TOL days were gone.
TR, SOS gone since 2008.
The fire was gone since 2008 (except for 2011)
There are many songs that only MK could do.
But lacks FIRE!