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This collection of "Scott's best self-composed songs" features 20 Walker originals from his 1967-1970 heyday. While he covered some interesting material on his albums during this period, paying tribute to Jacques Brel with special devotion and frequency, his original compositions are his most enduring achievements. Besides such highlights as "Big Louise," "We Came Through," "The Seventh Seal," "Plastic Palace People," and "The Old Man's Back Again," it includes half a dozen songs that were not included on the four other solo albums that Fontana UK has reissued on CD. Some of those cuts are very strong, especially the ennui-ridden "Time Operator" with its positively eloquent despair, and "The Plague," a representative sampling of Walker's taste for the disquieting and bizarre. This is a recommended starting point for those interested in checking out this singularly strange '60s phenomenon, who was a relatively unacknowledged and undetected, but nonetheless substantial, influence on David Bowie and other fashionably decadent British singers.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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John Franz, Producer - Scott Walker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Wally Stott, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Olliff, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1967 Mercury Records Limited
John Franz, Producer - Scott Walker, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Wally Stott, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Olliff, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1967 Mercury Records Limited
Peter Knight, Conductor, Artist, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra, Orchestra, Artist - John Franz, Producer - Scott Walker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 Mercury Records Limited
John Franz, Producer - Scott Walker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Reg Guest, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Olliff, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1968 Mercury Records Limited
Peter Knight, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - John Franz, Producer - Scott Walker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Peter Olliff, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1968 Mercury Records Limited
John Franz, Producer - Scott Walker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Peter Olliff, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1968 Mercury Records Limited
John Franz, Producer - Scott Walker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Peter Olliff, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1968 Mercury Records Limited
John Franz, Producer - Scott Walker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Wally Stott, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Olliff, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1969 Mercury Records Limited
John Franz, Producer - Scott Walker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Wally Stott, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Olliff, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1969 Mercury Records Limited
John Franz, Producer - Scott Walker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Wally Stott, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Olliff, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1969 Mercury Records Limited
John Franz, Producer - Scott Walker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Wally Stott, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Olliff, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1969 Mercury Records Limited
KEITH GRANT, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Knight, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - John Franz, Producer - Scott Walker, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adrian Kerridge, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1969 Mercury Records Limited
KEITH GRANT, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Franz, Producer - Scott Walker, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adrian Kerridge, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wally Knight, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1969 Mercury Records Limited
KEITH GRANT, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Franz, Producer - Scott Walker, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Wally Stott, Conductor - Adrian Kerridge, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wally Knight, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1969 Mercury Records Limited
KEITH GRANT, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Knight, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - John Franz, Producer - Scott Walker, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adrian Kerridge, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1969 Mercury Records Limited
KEITH GRANT, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Knight, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - John Franz, Producer - Scott Walker, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adrian Kerridge, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1969 Mercury Records Limited
John Franz, Producer - Scott Walker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Wally Stott, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ady Semel, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1970 Mercury Records Limited
John Franz, Producer - Scott Walker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Wally Stott, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ady Semel, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1970 Mercury Records Limited
John Franz, Producer - Scott Walker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Wally Stott, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ady Semel, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1970 Mercury Records Limited
John Franz, Producer - Scott Walker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Wally Stott, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ady Semel, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1970 Mercury Records Limited
Album review
This collection of "Scott's best self-composed songs" features 20 Walker originals from his 1967-1970 heyday. While he covered some interesting material on his albums during this period, paying tribute to Jacques Brel with special devotion and frequency, his original compositions are his most enduring achievements. Besides such highlights as "Big Louise," "We Came Through," "The Seventh Seal," "Plastic Palace People," and "The Old Man's Back Again," it includes half a dozen songs that were not included on the four other solo albums that Fontana UK has reissued on CD. Some of those cuts are very strong, especially the ennui-ridden "Time Operator" with its positively eloquent despair, and "The Plague," a representative sampling of Walker's taste for the disquieting and bizarre. This is a recommended starting point for those interested in checking out this singularly strange '60s phenomenon, who was a relatively unacknowledged and undetected, but nonetheless substantial, influence on David Bowie and other fashionably decadent British singers.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:10:23
- Main artists: Scott Walker
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: EMI
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2000 Mercury Records Limited This Compilation ℗ 2000 Mercury Records Limited
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