Scott, Scott Walker, Music CD

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Scott


1	Mathilde 2:39
2	Montague Terrace (In Blue) 3:31
3	Angelica 4:02
4	The Lady Came from Baltimore 1:59
5	When Joanna Loved Me 3:08
6	My Death 4:57
7	The Big Hurt 2:26
8	Such a Small Love 4:55
9	You're Gonna Hear from Me 2:53
10	Through a Long and Sleepless Night 4:12
11	Always Coming Back to You 2:41
12	Amsterdam 3:04

Biography

Editorial Reviews

Scott Walker's success as a teen idol singer of Spectorish ballads with the Walker Brothers in no way prepared listeners for the mordant, despairing lyrics of his solo debut. To compound the surprise, he does his best to imitate the vocal girth of Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra on this mix of original tunes and covers, which also features sweeping, bloated orchestral arrangements. It was hardly rock, and pop of a most oddball sort, but it found a surprisingly large audience -- in Britain, anyway, where it reached the Top Three in 1967. Poke behind the velvet curtain of the languid MOR arrangements, and one finds a surprisingly literate existentialist at the helm of these proceedings. His lyrical nuances were probably lost on his audience of predominately teenage girls, though they've earned him a small cult audience that endures to this day. Besides presenting three of his own compositions, Walker covers tunes by Weill/Mann, Tim Hardin, and Andre & Dory Previn on this album, as well as three songs by his favorite writer, Jacques Brel. Highlights include his exquisitely anguished rendition of Brel's classic "Amsterdam" and his dramatic cover of the early-'60s Toni Fisher pop ballad "The Big Hurt." Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

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Scott


1	Mathilde 2:39
2	Montague Terrace (In Blue) 3:31
3	Angelica 4:02
4	The Lady Came from Baltimore 1:59
5	When Joanna Loved Me 3:08
6	My Death 4:57
7	The Big Hurt 2:26
8	Such a Small Love 4:55
9	You're Gonna Hear from Me 2:53
10	Through a Long and Sleepless Night 4:12
11	Always Coming Back to You 2:41
12	Amsterdam 3:04

All Music Guide

Scott Walker's success as a teen idol singer of Spectorish ballads with the Walker Brothers in no way prepared listeners for the mordant, despairing lyrics of his solo debut. To compound the surprise, he does his best to imitate the vocal girth of Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra on this mix of original tunes and covers, which also features sweeping, bloated orchestral arrangements. It was hardly rock, and pop of a most oddball sort, but it found a surprisingly large audience -- in Britain, anyway, where it reached the Top Three in 1967. Poke behind the velvet curtain of the languid MOR arrangements, and one finds a surprisingly literate existentialist at the helm of these proceedings. His lyrical nuances were probably lost on his audience of predominately teenage girls, though they've earned him a small cult audience that endures to this day. Besides presenting three of his own compositions, Walker covers tunes by Weill/Mann, Tim Hardin, and Andre & Dory Previn on this album, as well as three songs by his favorite writer, Jacques Brel. Highlights include his exquisitely anguished rendition of Brel's classic "Amsterdam" and his dramatic cover of the early-'60s Toni Fisher pop ballad "The Big Hurt." Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Format: CD - Remastered
Original Release: 1967
Release Date: 12/05/2005
Label: UME IMPORTS
Catalog No.: 510879
UPC: 731451087929
Sales Rank: 61,363

Album Credits
Performance Credits
Scott Walker		Primary Artist, Primary Artist, Primary Artist, Vocals
Reg Guest		Conductor
Wally Stott		Conductor
Peter Knight Singers		Conductor

Technical Credits
Reg Guest		Arranger
Peter J. Olliff		Engineer
Simon Heyworth		Remastering
Keith Altham		Liner Notes, Sleeve Notes
John Franz		Producer
Wally Stott		Arranger
Peter Knight Singers		Arranger
John Keats		Author