The very great inspiration missing

First of all: Such a virtuoso guitar player with such a warm, distinctive voice can probably make not a bad album. Knopfler also tells nice stories again and provides many good moments. But to track the album lacks the Genialistische many earlier works, in which every great artist has to be measured. The spark does not jump over 100 percent. It lacks the complete stirring songs that gave it both to Dire Straits Times (Sultans of Swing) and for solo time (What it is, Local Hero Theme). And it lacks the songs, in which you can completely immerse themselves that there was also in the band (Brothers in Arms) as in the solo-era (Sailing to Philadelphia). That Knopfler perhaps somewhat lacking inspiration, shows the already indicated by a previous speaker fact that "Skydiver" sounds very much like "Penny Lane" and "Mighty Man" arg reminiscent of "Belfast Child". That the unique Knopfler sounds in phases as a plagiarism, seemed unthinkable up to now. In some moments one does that already have the heart to. Only in individual, but after all, most do not even do that.