Quote Originally Posted by J*E*Cole
Picked up the new Mark Knopfler album called "Shangri La" the other day at Best Buy for $13.99. It was well worth it. Besides the excellent lyrics and instrumental qualities of this CD, what really stands out, and WAY out is the pure recorded quality of this music. This recording is simply astonishing. You could use this as a sample disc it sounds so good. Apparently sound quality is most important with the artist as his earlier "Sailing To Philadelphia" album is equally well recorded. And as with STP, every single track was a masterpiece. If you like fine guitar and thoughtful words, presented in what I would call a "folk/rock", then you will probably appreciate this album. Let me know what you think about it...
Thanks for the post JE. I've been wondering about this album but, as mentioned in your previous post, was a littel gun shy after his last CD. I did manage to listen to a bit of Shangri-la at a listening station and was impressed by what I heard. The sound quality was, indeed, very good. I could tell that even through the crappy headphones that they put on those stations. While the songs started off strong, after about the fifth song I started to get the feeling of "sameness". There didn't seem to be a lot of variation amongst the song styles and I wondered if the CD would get boring. Any comment on that? Was my impression wrong?