Scott 3
Scott Walker's third album was produced by John Franz and recorded by Peter Oliff. The album was originally released in April 1969 and stayed in the UK-charts for four weeks, after having reached number 3. It came lavishly packaged in a semi laminated colour gatefold sleeve, designed by Linda Glover.
Though it's one of my personal favorites, the lush orchestral music on this album will not appeal to everyone. It's a style largely derived from cabaret performers like Tom Jones and Engelbert Humperdinck and the production mimics Phil Spector's classic "wall of sound" minus the horns and background singers. That said, the lyrics tell the strangely fascinating stories of vagrants, transsexuals, mercenaries and other marginalized figures. His narratives, with a few exceptions, make the Velvet Underground seem tame.
by Thomas Horan
- It's Raining Today
- Copenhagen
- Rosemary
- Big Louise
- We Came Through
- Butterfly
- Two Ragged Soldiers
- 30 Century Man
- Winter Night
- Two Weeks Since You've Gone
- Sons Of
- Funeral Tango
- If You Go Away
2000 cd re-issue
24-bit digitally remastered with the restored original sleeve.
