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The last one. Perhaps not the best. Heterogeneous, perhaps aged, musically crystalline, marks the end of an era. After six years since "Brothers in Arms," the anticipation did not aid the initial listening. You can sense Mark's restlessness, his desire for novelty, drawing from a past of R&B, country, folk. The galloping tunes are far gone, the gaze is sly and mature, almost detached. The purity of the guitar compensates for nearly everything.
You and Your Friend, above all. Then the title track. Calling Elvis, like a good Barolo. The older it gets, the more it is loved.
Mark will still have much (of beauty) to tell, but perhaps, if we had let them age, even the Dire could have kept us company in the following years, mellowed and charming.
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