General Article name: Scott 3
Genre: Rock englischsprachig Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: Universal UK Number of tracks: 13 Tracklist LP - 1 1. Scott Walker - It's Raining Today 2. Scott Walker - Copenhagen 3. Scott Walker - Rosemary 4. Scott Walker - Big Louise 5. Scott Walker - We Came Through 6. Scott Walker - Butterfly 7. Scott Walker - Two Ragged Soldiers 8. Scott Walker - 30 Century Man 9. Scott Walker - Winter Night 10. Scott Walker - Two Weeks Since You've Gone 11. Scott Walker - Sons Of 12. Scott Walker - Funeral Tango 13. Scott Walker - If You Go Away   Description Description

Scott Walker's final British Top Ten album was the first to be dominated by his own songwriting. Ten of the thirteen tunes on this 1969 LP are originals; the remaining three, naturally, were written by one of his chief inspirations, Jacques Brel. There are some interesting moments here. "Big Louise" talks about a hefty prostitute with shocking explicitness for a pop star album of the era. "Copenhagen" (like much of Walker's '60s work) foreshadows David Bowie. "No Last Tango" is a particularly vicious Brel song. "30 Century Man" is an uncommonly folkish and focused tune for Walker. "We Came Through" is an oddball cavalry charge featuring one of his occasional forays into Ennio Morricone spaghetti-Western-like production. The tension between Walker's dense, foreboding lyrics and orchestral production is unusual, to say the least. But too often, it's too difficult to penetrate Walker's insights through Wally Scott's string-drenched production. It shrouds the lyrics in a fog that's often too syrupy to justify the effort needed to fight through it. ~ Richie Unterberger

Richie Unterberger

Contributors Artist: Scott Walker Artist: WALKER SCOTT Record Label: Universal