Jimi Shandrix Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 For me, The greatest voice, a master storyteller and the most interesting career path of them all. Any other fans out there. Here's an early kitchen sink mini drama and a late period gem. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 His album Scott 4 is one of the best albums I have heard. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid android Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 This one: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Tout P'ti FC Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 This is my favourite tune of his, an absolute stand out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi Shandrix Posted May 23, 2020 Author Share Posted May 23, 2020 In terms of albums, I would struggle to choose between Scott 3 and Scott 4 with a controversial outside bet on Climate Of Hunter. His 4 tracks on Nite Flights make me wish he'd been given free reign on the whole record. The Electrician in particular is sensational. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jupiter Jazz Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 This would be my favourite although I'm not overly familiar with his stuff; 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 3 and 4 are both great albums, and yet for some reason I've listened to very little else he's done. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Brilliant Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 I like Tilt and the Drift but also Scott 3&4 - not sure there's much of a thread through it all except the voice but that seems to be ample. To tell the truth one of my favourites is a ballad from his not really trying years, a Paul Anka song called Do I Love You. Lol And the Walkers at their most boyband, my ship is coming in and that. Seek out the film of you haven't seen it: 30 Century Man. Especially you @Yoss 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 In 2016, on a complete whim and without having ever listened to him before, I got one of those album sets that HMV sell that had Scott Walker's first five albums with the CDs each in a cardboard slipcase. Minimalistic packaging, but still one of the best tenners I've ever spent. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Tout P'ti FC Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 In 2016, on a complete whim and without having ever listened to him before, I got one of those album sets that HMV sell that had Scott Walker's first five albums with the CDs each in a cardboard slipcase. Minimalistic packaging, but still one of the best tenners I've ever spent. Ditto!! That exact set was a fixture in my old car and I was gutted when my new car didn't have a CD player! I also bought it on a whim, in my case at the till at Fopp Rose St. By the time the Scott Walker Prom came along in 2017 I was taking the view: about time you acknowledge this man! About time, for shame! There was also a four part doc on 6 Music pre-prom which firmly cemented his music for me, and an interview Jarvis Cocker did with him. I've got a weirdly specific memory of listening to one of those episodes, the one with The Electrician, walking from the viaduct at the Sun Inn to Dalhousie Castle.Of the artists pre my lifetime, I think he's up there with Bowie in terms of who I listen to regularly today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi Shandrix Posted May 24, 2020 Author Share Posted May 24, 2020 For a Sunday morning. From a much underrated album 'Til The Band Comes In 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Academically Deficient Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 He's just the best. Revisited recently Lights of Cincinnati, The Rope and the Colt, Little Things that Keep Us Together. So hard to pick a favourite lp, but 4 probably edges it. Duchess is an underrated classic for me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Florentine_Pogen Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 From Wiki :- "From the mid-1980s onward, Walker revived his solo career while moving in an increasingly avant-garde direction;[6][7][8] of this period in his career, The Guardian said "imagine Andy Williams reinventing himself as Stockhausen".[3] Walker's 1960s recordings were highly regarded by the 1980s UK underground music scene, and gained a cult following. " 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Scott Walker got played on University Challenge the other day. Paxman was not a fan. I have to say, I agree with him. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jupiter Jazz Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Like this from the Walker Brothers; 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi Shandrix Posted November 4, 2020 Author Share Posted November 4, 2020 Virgin's worst selling album ever apparently. Cool. Billy Ocean on backing vocals. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 This is great fun. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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