Scott (album)

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Scott is the debut solo album by Scott Walker, originally released in the United Kingdom on Philips Records in 1967. The album received both strong commercial success as well as critical praise, hitting No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart.[1] The album was produced by John Franz, who had previously worked with Walker's group the Walker Brothers, while its instrumental accompaniments were arranged and conducted by Angela Morley, Reg Guest and Peter Knight.

Overview

Scott was released only six months after Walker's third album with The Walker Brothers, Images. Its mixture of Walker's original compositions and selection of cover versions established Walker as a more serious and sombre artist; gone were the Beat group and Blue-eyed soul material of his former group. The choice of material generally fell into four main categories: his own work ("Montague Terrace (In Blue)", "Such a Small Love", "Always Coming Back to You"), contemporary covers ("The Lady Came from Baltimore", "Angelica"), movie songs ("You're Gonna Hear From Me", "Through a Long and Sleepless Night") and significantly, English-translated versions of the songs of the Belgian singer and songwriter Jacques Brel ("Mathilde", "My Death", "Amsterdam"). Brel was a major influence on Walker's own compositions, and Walker included three of his songs on each of his next two solo albums, Scott 2 and Scott 3. Walker described Brel without qualification as "the most significant singer-songwriter in the world".[2] The real coup for Walker was his luck in acquiring and recording the new Mort Shuman-translated versions of Brel's material before anyone else.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Since the album's release, three complete outtakes, likely recorded during the Scott album sessions, have circulated in bootlegged form. These are "Free Again" (Basile/Canfora/Colby/Jourdan), "I Get Along Without You Very Well" (Hoagy Carmichael) and "I Think I'm Getting Over You" (Roger Cook/Roger Greenaway), the latter of which was recorded for potential single release.[3]

Release and reception

The album was released by Philips Records on 25 August 1967 in the UK.[4] It reached No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart, and stayed on the chart for seventeen weeks.[1] It was released the following year in the US on Smash Records under the title Aloner.

Track listing

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Personnel

  • Scott Walker – vocals
  • Wally Stott – arranger, conductor (1, 2, 5, 7, 8)
  • Reg Guest – arranger, conductor (3, 4, 6, 11)
  • Peter Knight – arranger, conductor (9, 10)
  • John Franz – producer
  • Peter J. Olliff – engineer
  • Keith Altham – liner notes

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalogue
France Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Philips LP 844 202 BY
United Kingdom Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Philips LP (Stereo) SBL 7816
UK Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Philips LP (Mono) BL 7816
United States Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[5] Smash LP (Title: Aloner) 27099
UK Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Fontana CD 510 879-2
UK Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Fontana HDCD 510 879-2
US Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[6] 4 Men With Beards LP 4M149

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Small Faces
Chart (1967–68) Peak

position

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UK Record Retailer LPs Chart[1] 3
UK Disc and Music Echo Top Ten LPs[7] 3
UK Melody Maker Top Ten LPs[8] 3
UK New Musical Express Top 15 LPs[9] 3

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