Very harsh statement.
When you leave and slow learner are very moving.
Matchstick man is a bit dry on the record but live it almost brought me to tears.
Dance floor and My bacon roll are great songs.
One song at a time is an absolute masterpiece.
Don't suck me in and precious voice from heaven should have been on the record...
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Yes, maybe a bit harsh. Sorry if it sounded obnoxious. But music is up to each one's taste. Plus the poverty of kast album's songwriting and all the recycling and reusing in DTRW are things that cannot be deined. MK has quoted himself many times before (WOL becoming Cannibals, MFN becoming Heavy Fuel becoming Imelda, The Mans too strong becoming Iron Hand becoming Je Suis Desolé becoming Privateering, All That Matters becoming Secondary Waltz becoming Monteleone, etc) but that was primarily copying the style, the air of the song. But lately he recycles full segments of songs (in Tracker we could see it, he chorus of Beryl stolen from the chorus of Behind With the Rent, Long Cool Girl based on Romeo and Juliet coda), and in DTRW it's too frequent. Actually, this slowing down of creativity has come very late: it is safe to say that MK has been an astonishing creative force for four decades, a lot more prolific, original, curious and inventive songwriter than any other of his peers (including Springsteen, Dylan, McCartney, Van Morrison, Paul Simon, Elton John and Sting). Unparalelled. But last album is poor, sorry. That's my take on this subject. Let's hope next one regains all the fire and originality
