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90
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.
12y
90
Scott is a timeless collection of Baroque pieces that only prove to augment their affiliated genre, and preserve the spirit of the 1960s.
11y
84
"I don't wanna see my fans walking around like drugged zombies," Walker told a journalist around the time Scott came out in 1967, a rejection of the psychedelic culture prevalent at the time. Instead, he embraced conventionally gorgeous, string-heavy music targeted at housewives and elderly people.
9y
R.I.P Geordie Greep. You would've loved Scott Walker.
Seriously though this album is insane like some evil version of Frank Sinatra. This is so up my dingy blood smeared whorehouse alleyway
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Scott Walker's debut sounds like Frank Sinatra having a mental breakdown. Even the upbeat songs are twinged with darkness. "Mathilda," for example, is a song about a man whose just welcomed his ex-lover back home and yet as we hear Scott's character tell his friends, it sounds more like he's shipping off to war or passing away and he's enjoying his last moments with his friends. Most of the songs, however, don't even pretend to be light hearted. I'm sure I don't have to say anything ... read more
The first of a multitude of seismic leaps in Walker's discography, this record finds Walker honing in a delicate yet potent baroque pop sound that has some lyrical nuggets buried beneath sweeping strings that are only on occasion overwrought
The most moving works are often those that refuse to choose between light and darkness, allowing beauty and suffering to coexist as parts of the same experience.
Scott Walker has one of those voices that immediately commands attention. The performances are rich, expressive, and remarkably clean, elevating every song on the album.
Musically, the record sits firmly in the world of baroque pop and traditional pop, with lush orchestral arrangements that often sound elegant, romantic, and even ... read more
The beauty of poignant cynicism, leaving the world with an aching hurt & open hearted reflections.
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Track List
| 1 | Mathilde 2:39 | 87 |
| 2 | Montague Terrace (In Blue) 3:31 | 86 |
| 3 | Angelica 4:02 | 83 |
| 4 | The Lady Came from Baltimore 1:59 | 79 |
| 5 | When Joanna Loved Me 3:08 | 78 |
| 6 | My Death 4:57 | 85 |
| 7 | The Big Hurt 2:26 | 77 |
| 8 | Such a Small Love 4:55 | 82 |
| 9 | You're Gonna Hear From Me 2:53 | 78 |
| 10 | Through a Long and Sleepless Night 4:12 | 78 |
| 11 | Always Coming Back to You 2:41 | 75 |
| 12 | Amsterdam 3:04 | 91 |
Total Length: 40 minutes
