It just doesn't get any better than this.....Mark Knopfler, whose fluid guitar playing and fine song writing place him among rock's greats, and Emmylou Harris, with a voice like an angel and whose roots go back to Gram Parsons and the origins of California Country rock....both together on one album! It's taken them seven years to complete this project and my only complaint is that putting out this album together probably means we won't be seeing individual solo albums from them any time soon. But one album with the two of them is still better than two separate albums....the collaboration being greater than the sum of its parts. The gravelly voiced Knopfler and the angelic Harris meld their vocals together surprisingly well and while one might wish for a bit more adventurousness along the lines of Harris's Wrecking Ball, there's more than enough to like in this album. Overall, I do think it is better than either of their recent solo albums. And if you like Knopfler and/or Emmylou, then this album is one you will want to have.
