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Original recording remastered
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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
hmmm... Drifting into Scott 4 I come to this album in reverse, ie, i started with The Drift, then i got Tilt and then one of the many 'Best of' Scott Walker compilations that seem to be around (but have nothing of Climate of the Hunter onwards for reasons i can't figure... i've listened to a fare few songs from each other the other albums too... and now i have this. Honestly i'm not sure what to make of this album, it has some great moments, some really good songs and some nice structures to the songs that keep them different from... more info
goghbil Oh Scott Walker, how thou has forsaken pop music... These are simpler times, where melody reigns supreme and lyrics invite you through the door gently. There are arrangements that can't be called "deathly" of "chilling"; they're grand and somewhat cheesy, but completely inkeeping with Scott's glorious take on operatic crooning, always flexing those vocal chords but never wandering off towards that dreaded self-indulgence we read so much about. The opener, "The Seventh Seal", man, it's like Morricone... more info
Pearls Before Swine You have to appreciate an album like this in the context of the times in which it was made. In my humble opinion, Scott had already made his rare and beautiful masterpiece - Scott 3 - but he was unhappy that too much of that album had been conceived in 3/4 time and therefore there wasn't much differentiation between tracks. Such are the hang-ups with minutiae that great artists have, and who am I to argue that Scott was WRONG WRONG WRONG! Any album containing songs of the calibre of Big Louise, It's Raining... more info
A late developers Classic I've been plundering all of Scott Walkers albums of late, and I have to say that this one Scott 4, is by far the best album. My favourite track is without doubt 'Angels of Ashes'. There is something timeless about this album where most of the tracks have aged really well. But that voice - how it booms out of the speakers and seems to dominate the music, is simply great. From what I've read, this album was quickly deleted upon release, and I guess this is a symptom of it being too forward for it's time.
Tracks:
The Seventh Seal - Scott Walker, Peter Knight, Orchestra
On Your Own Again - Scott Walker, Wally Knight, Orchestra
The World's Strongest Man - Scott Walker, Keith Roberts
Angels Of Ashes - Scott Walker, Peter Knight, Orchestra
Boy Child - Scott Walker, Wally Knight, Orchestra
Hero Of The War - Scott Walker, Peter Knight
The Old Man's Back Again (Dedicated To The Neo-Stalinist Regime) - Scott Walker, Peter Knight, Orchestra
