First impressions (**Spoiler alert**)

[JF]

Rail king and JF...

When "Matchstick man" ends, did you wait until the very end just in case there is a hidden song? It is supposed that there is another song, "Back in the day", that we don't know yet in which edition will be, and I just thought it might be hidden after Matchstick man. Sometimes happens...

no I just ckecked it again to be sure : the file lenth is 2:54, and there is no other sound after the song ending

[Robson]

Trapper Man - americana ? yes . country-folk-rock ballad
Back On The Dance Floor - ? laid back pop rock mainstream FM (on the good side)
Nobody’s Child - ballad. slow. laid back blues
Just A Boy Away From Home - blues. at the start yes, but the outro is...well I don't know how to call it "cooderish ?". more seriously, I would say "soul"
When You Leave - jazz SLOW ballad
Good On You Son -
My Bacon Roll - ? ballad folk laid back
Nobody Does That - ? funk groovy soul RnB laid back
Drover's Road - celtic SLOW ballad
One Song At A Time - rock and celtic ? celtic ballad, not very rock, I'd rather say folk
Floating Away - ballad ? laid back pop
Slow Learner - jazz SLOW ballad a little bit bluesy/jazzy
Heavy Up - ? easy listening 
Matchstick Man - acoustic folk


it's hard to put musical styles on songs. That's why I said several for each song. the result is a mix of them, at leats to MY ears. Maybe someone else would call them differently
I would say that they all sound Mark ! but sometimes in a surprising way, I mean not in the way he was used to on latest albums

  Thank you

23 days

[JF]

I made a mistake : "a little bit bluesy/jazzy" was meant for "Floating away"  (but of course, "slow learner" is also both jazzy and bluesy)

[Robson]

Trapper Man - americana, country-folk-rock ballad

Rail King:

...Then drum/bass/rhythm guitar break in, quite brutally, and establish a rough, monotonous rhythm pattern that continues throughout the song"

Here I have a problem   Ballad - brutally, and establish a rough, monotonous rhythm pattern that continues throughout the song

 . My concept of the ballad has been demolished

[JF]

Trapper Man - americana, country-folk-rock ballad

Rail King:

...Then drum/bass/rhythm guitar break in, quite brutally, and establish a rough, monotonous rhythm pattern that continues throughout the song"

Here I have a problem   Ballad - brutally, and establish a rough, monotonous rhythm pattern that continues throughout the song

 . My concept of the ballad has been demolished

it depends on the perception. I don't find it monotonous, but yes the rhtyhm doesn't change a lot

I would say it's a mix between Darling Pretty and Why aye man. it's what I am hearing, but again it's MY ears and my sensibility, maybe someone else would say someting completely different

the term brutally is because the intro is "quiet", "aerian" so to say, and then you got immediatley into a saturated guitar, with a driven rhythm type song....well a little bit like Darling Pretty 

did I already say I like it a lot ?    and I find  it is a great opener for the album, and would be for a show as well

[Robson]

I understand. 

Do you often come back to this album? To attracts?

[dmg]

I understand. 

Do you often come back to this album? To attracts?

Leave the poor man alone!  This thread is becoming like the child of 5 years old waking up at 6am on Christmas morning because it can't wait to open it's presents.

[Robson]

My questions are not to you.

[jbaent]

I agree with dmg. If I was JF i would be so bored of questions that I won't answer anything else and I would think what the hell was I thinking when I admitted questions for the first time...

[quizzaciously]

Hey JF and Rail King, can you please tell if there's many songs with a capo? What about different tuning? How many waltzes, 6/8s?

[stormbreaker]

Why is Rail King allowed to listen to an album which will released at November the 16th? Does he work for Mark?

[Banjo99uk]

Why is Rail King allowed to listen to an album which will released at November the 16th? Does he work for Mark?

He’s a Jedi Knight.

[GIUMK]

Hi guys, I understand Robson's point of view and I agree with him. I too am very curious and impatient (like everyone) to listen to the new album of MK and so I also want to ask a few questions. Surely you will understand.
For JF: have you defined Back On The Dance Floor laid back pop rock mainstream FM, do you think it is radio as GOYS or, indeed, could it be the first single of the album?

[JF]

Thanks dmg and Jbaent for your support and Lol Pavel 

my friends often say I am patient guy 

ok I wil try to answer (one more time  )

I understand. 

Do you often come back to this album? To attracts?

I asnwered the same question to a french guy who asked me this on FB (yes I also have questions on FB  ) :
in the past, I played evrey new Mk album many many times each day during weeks. And I niw think I was worng, because it reuined e laittle bit the experience. I mean, I got (almost) bored by the album after 1 or 2 months, because too much heard

This time I want to "savor" it. So i don't listent to it every day, maybe 2 or 3 times in a week. So I haven't listened to it that much
But when I come back to it, it's always a pleasure !
BTW, I sometimes come back to parts of songs to answer questions posted here 

Hi guys, I understand Robson's point of view and I agree with him. I too am very curious and impatient (like everyone) to listen to the new album of MK and so I also want to ask a few questions. Surely you will understand.
For JF: have you defined Back On The Dance Floor laid back pop rock mainstream FM, do you think it is radio as GOYS or, indeed, could it be the first single of the album?

For my taste, and IMHO, both Trapper Man and Back on the dance Floor could have made very good singles. And one advantage would have been that we fans wouldn't have found it similar to Early bird.
But for the generl audience, I understand why they chose GOYS. This song and Back on the dance floor are the two ones with the most radio-friendly sound/style I find.



I understand your questions and your excitement, but I have the impression to repeat myself many times, and I am not sure that my answers help you a lot for the waiting....but if it's the case, that's ok 

[GIUMK]

Thank you so much JF for the exhaustive answers. Certainly these answers make me understand that, unlike the last album, the latter will really be a superb album.