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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox album
| name = Scott
| name = Scott
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| cover = Scott (Front Cover).jpg
| cover = Scott (Front Cover).jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1967|09|16|df=yes}}<ref name=musicbrainz>{{cite web|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/release/10299 | title=Release: Scott&nbsp;– MusicBrainz| publisher=| accessdate=2018-02-12}}</ref><br />{{start date|1968| }} (US)
| released = {{start date|1967|09|16|df=yes}}<ref name=musicbrainz>{{cite web |url=https://secondhandsongs.com/release/10299 |title=Release: Scott&nbsp;– MusicBrainz |website=SecondHandSongs |access-date=2018-02-12}}</ref>
| recorded = 1967
| recorded = 1967
| venue =
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| genre = [[Baroque pop]]
| genre = [[Baroque pop]]
| length = 40:30
| length = 40:30
| label = [[Philips Records|Philips]]<br />[[Smash Records|Smash]] (US)<br />[[Fontana Records|Fontana]] (CD)
| label = [[Philips Records|Philips]]
| producer = [[Johnny Franz|John Franz]]
| producer = [[Johnny Franz|John Franz]]
| prev_title = [[Images (The Walker Brothers album)|Images]]
| prev_title = [[Images (The Walker Brothers album)|Images]]
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|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Unterberger">Unterberger, Richie. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r191123/review|pure_url=yes}} Review: ''Scott'']. [[AllMusic]]. Retrieved on 2010-08-10.</ref>
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Unterberger">Unterberger, Richie. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r191123/review|pure_url=yes}} Review: ''Scott'']. [[AllMusic]]. Retrieved on 2010-08-10.</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Pitchfork Media]]''
|rev2 = ''[[Pitchfork Media]]''
|rev2score = 8.4/10<ref>[http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18088-scott-walker-scott-walker-the-collection-1967-1970/]</ref>
|rev2score = 8.4/10<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18088-scott-walker-scott-walker-the-collection-1967-1970/|title = Scott Walker: Scott: The Collection 1967-1970|website = [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref>
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'''''Scott''''' was the début solo album by [[Scott Walker (singer)|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]].


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'''''Scott''''' is the debut solo album by [[Scott Walker (singer)|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]]. The album was produced by [[Johnny Franz|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 (composer)|Peter Knight]].
This album, alongside ''[[Scott 2]]'', features [[Phil Spector]]'s "[[Wall of Sound]]" recording technique,{{citation needed|date=April 2019}} ''[[Scott 3]]'' and ''[[Scott 4]]'' however do not.


==Overview==
==Overview==
''Scott'' was released only six months after Walker's third album with [[The Walker Brothers]], ''[[Images (The Walker Brothers album)|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 music|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 (song)|Mathilde]]", "My Death", "[[Amsterdam (Jacques Brel song)|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'.<ref name="The Rhymes of Goodbye1">{{cite book
''Scott'' was released only six months after Walker's third album with [[The Walker Brothers]], ''[[Images (The Walker Brothers album)|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 music|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 (song)|Mathilde]]", "My Death", "[[Amsterdam (Jacques Brel song)|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".<ref name="The Rhymes of Goodbye1">{{cite book |first=Lewis |last=Williams |year=2006 |title=Scott Walker&nbsp;– The Rhymes of Goodbye | edition=1st |publisher=Plexus |location=London |isbn=0-85965-395-1 |page=61}}</ref> 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.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}
| first= Lewis
| last= Williams
| year= 2006
| title= Scott Walker&nbsp;– The Rhymes of Goodbye
| edition= 1st
| publisher= Plexus
| location= London
| isbn= 0-85965-395-1
| page= 61}}</ref> 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.


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 (songwriter)|Roger Cook]]/[[Roger Greenaway]]), the latter of which was recorded for potential single release.<ref name="The Rhymes of Goodbye2">{{cite book
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 (songwriter)|Roger Cook]]/[[Roger Greenaway]]), the latter of which was recorded for potential single release.<ref name="The Rhymes of Goodbye2">{{cite book |first=Lewis |last=Williams |year=2006 |title=Scott Walker&nbsp;– The Rhymes of Goodbye | edition=1st |publisher=Plexus |location=London |isbn=0-85965-395-1 |page=185}}</ref>
| first= Lewis
| last= Williams
| year= 2006
| title= Scott Walker&nbsp;– The Rhymes of Goodbye
| edition= 1st
| publisher= Plexus
| location= London
| isbn= 0-85965-395-1
| page= 185}}</ref>


==Release and reception==
==Release and reception==
The album was released by Philips Records in September 1967 in the UK. It reached No. 3 on the [[UK Albums Chart]], and stayed on the chart for seventeen weeks.<ref name=chartstats>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/ | title=The Official Charts Company&nbsp;– Scott Walker| publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]| accessdate=2009-02-12}}</ref> It was released the following year in the US on [[Smash Records]] under the title ''Aloner''.
The album was released by Philips Records in September 1967 in the UK. It reached No. 3 on the [[UK Albums Chart]], and stayed on the chart for seventeen weeks.<ref name=chartstats>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/ |title=The Official Charts Company&nbsp;– Scott Walker |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=2009-02-12}}</ref> It was released the following year in the US on [[Smash Records]] under the title ''Aloner''.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{track listing
{{track listing
| headline = Side one
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Mathilde
| title1 = [[Mathilde (song)|Mathilde]]
| writer1 = [[Jacques Brel]], [[Gérard Jouannest]], [[Mort Shuman]]
| writer1 = [[Jacques Brel]], [[Gérard Jouannest]], [[Mort Shuman]]
| length1 = 2:39
| length1 = 2:39
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| writer3 = [[Cynthia Weil]], [[Barry Mann]]
| writer3 = [[Cynthia Weil]], [[Barry Mann]]
| length3 = 4:02
| length3 = 4:02
| title4 = The Lady Came from Baltimore
| title4 = [[The Lady Came from Baltimore]]
| writer4 = [[Tim Hardin]]
| writer4 = [[Tim Hardin]]
| length4 = 1:59
| length4 = 1:59
| title5 = When Joanna Loved Me
| title5 = [[When Joanna Loved Me]]
| writer5 = Jack Segal, Robert Wells
| writer5 = [[Jack Segal]], [[Robert Wells (songwriter)|Robert Wells]]
| length5 = 3:08
| length5 = 3:08
| title6 = My Death
| title6 = My Death
| writer6 = Brel, Shuman
| writer6 = Brel, Shuman
| length6 = 4:57
| length6 = 4:57
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{{track listing
{{track listing
| headline = Side two
| headline = Side two
| title7 = [[The Big Hurt (song)|The Big Hurt]]
| title1 = [[The Big Hurt (song)|The Big Hurt]]
| writer7 = [[Wayne Shanklin]]
| writer1 = [[Wayne Shanklin]]
| length7 = 2:26
| length1 = 2:26
| title8 = Such a Small Love
| title2 = Such a Small Love
| writer8 = Engel
| writer2 = Engel
| length8 = 4:55
| length2 = 4:55
| title9 = You're Gonna Hear From Me
| title3 = [[You're Gonna Hear from Me (song)|You're Gonna Hear From Me]]
| writer9 = [[André Previn]], [[Dory Previn]]
| writer3 = [[André Previn]], [[Dory Previn]]
| length9 = 2:53
| length3 = 2:53
| title10 = Through a Long and Sleepless Night
| title4 = Through a Long and Sleepless Night
| writer10 = [[Mack Gordon]], [[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]]
| writer4 = [[Mack Gordon]], [[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]]
| length10 = 4:12
| length4 = 4:12
| title11 = Always Coming Back to You
| title5 = Always Coming Back to You
| writer11 = Engel
| writer5 = Engel
| length11 = 2:41
| length5 = 2:41
| title12 = [[Amsterdam (Jacques Brel song)|Amsterdam]]
| title6 = [[Amsterdam (Jacques Brel song)|Amsterdam]]
| writer12 = Brel, Shuman
| writer6 = Brel, Shuman
| length12 = 3:04
| length6 = 3:04
}}
}}


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
* Scott Walker&nbsp;– vocals
* Scott Walker – vocals
* [[Wally Stott]]&nbsp;– arrangements, conductor (Tracks 1,2,5,7 & 8)
* [[Angela Morley|Wally Stott]] – arranger, conductor (1, 2, 5, 7, 8)
* Reg Guest&nbsp;– arrangements, conductor (Tracks 3,4,6 & 11)
* Reg Guest – arranger, conductor (3, 4, 6, 11)
* [[Peter Knight (composer)|Peter Knight]]&nbsp;– arrangements, conductor (Tracks 9 & 10)
* [[Peter Knight (composer)|Peter Knight]] – arranger, conductor (9, 10)
* [[Johnny Franz|John Franz]] – producer
* Peter Olliff&nbsp;– engineer
* Peter J. Olliff – engineer
* Keith Altham – liner notes


==Release history==
==Release history==
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| United States
| United States
| {{start date|1968| }}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qQoEAAAAMBAJ&q=scott+walker&pg=PA29 |title=Billboard |date=January 27, 1968}}</ref>
| {{start date|1968| }}
| [[Smash Records|Smash]]
| [[Smash Records|Smash]]
| LP (Title: ''Aloner'')
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| {{start date|2008|2|15}}<ref name=vinylfanatics>{{cite web|url=http://vinylfanatics.com/content/view/267/2/ |title=VinylFanatics.com Vinyl Records, Vinyl Record Reviews, News, Forum Vinyl reviews Audiophile vinyl The best site for vinyl records&nbsp;– UPDATE : Vinyl Lovers&nbsp;– New record label? |publisher= 2010 VinylFanatics.com |accessdate=2010-08-11 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013125524/http://vinylfanatics.com/content/view/267/2/ |archivedate=October 13, 2008 }}</ref>
| {{start date|2008|2|15}}<ref name=vinylfanatics>{{cite web|url=http://vinylfanatics.com/content/view/267/2/ |title=VinylFanatics.com Vinyl Records, Vinyl Record Reviews, News, Forum Vinyl reviews Audiophile vinyl The best site for vinyl records&nbsp;– UPDATE : Vinyl Lovers&nbsp;– New record label? |publisher= 2010 VinylFanatics.com |accessdate=2010-08-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013125524/http://vinylfanatics.com/content/view/267/2/ |archivedate=October 13, 2008 }}</ref>
| 4 Men With Beards
| 4 Men With Beards
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==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book|title=A Brief History of Album Covers|first=Jason|last=Draper|publisher=Flame Tree Publishing|location=London|year=2008|pages=50–51|isbn=9781847862112|oclc=227198538}}


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[[Category:Scott Walker (singer) albums]]
[[Category:Scott Walker (singer) albums]]

Latest revision as of 01:46, 19 October 2024

Not to be confused with Scot (album).
Scott
Studio album by
Scott Walker
Released16 September 1967 (1967-09-16)[1]
Recorded1967
GenreBaroque pop
Length40:30
LabelPhilips
ProducerJohn Franz
Scott Walker chronology
Images
(1967) 		Scott
(1967) 		Scott 2
(1968)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Pitchfork Media8.4/10[3]

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. 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

[edit]

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".[4] 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.[citation needed]

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.[5]

Release and reception

[edit]

The album was released by Philips Records in September 1967 in the UK. It reached No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart, and stayed on the chart for seventeen weeks.[6] It was released the following year in the US on Smash Records under the title Aloner.

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mathilde"Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest, Mort Shuman2:39
2."Montague Terrace (In Blue)"Noel Scott Engel3:31
3."Angelica"Cynthia Weil, Barry Mann4:02
4."The Lady Came from Baltimore"Tim Hardin1:59
5."When Joanna Loved Me"Jack Segal, Robert Wells3:08
6."My Death"Brel, Shuman4:57
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Big Hurt"Wayne Shanklin2:26
2."Such a Small Love"Engel4:55
3."You're Gonna Hear From Me"André Previn, Dory Previn2:53
4."Through a Long and Sleepless Night"Mack Gordon, Alfred Newman4:12
5."Always Coming Back to You"Engel2:41
6."Amsterdam"Brel, Shuman3:04

Personnel

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  • 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

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Region Date Label Format Catalogue
France 1967 (1967) Philips LP 844 202 BY
United Kingdom September 1967 (1967-09)[1] Philips LP (Stereo) SBL 7816
UK September 1967 (1967-09)[1] Philips LP (Mono) BL 7816
United States 1968 (1968)[7] Smash LP (Title: Aloner) 27099
UK March 16, 1992 (1992-03-16)[1] Fontana CD 510 879-2
UK June 5, 2000 (2000-06-05)[1] Fontana HDCD 510 879-2
US February 15, 2008 (2008-02-15)[8] 4 Men With Beards LP 4M149

Charts

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Chart Position
UK Albums Chart[6] 3

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Release: Scott – MusicBrainz". SecondHandSongs. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  2. ^ Unterberger, Richie. Review: Scott. AllMusic. Retrieved on 2010-08-10.
  3. ^ "Scott Walker: Scott: The Collection 1967-1970". Pitchfork.
  4. ^ Williams, Lewis (2006). Scott Walker – The Rhymes of Goodbye (1st ed.). London: Plexus. p. 61. ISBN 0-85965-395-1.
  5. ^ Williams, Lewis (2006). Scott Walker – The Rhymes of Goodbye (1st ed.). London: Plexus. p. 185. ISBN 0-85965-395-1.
  6. ^ a b "The Official Charts Company – Scott Walker". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  7. ^ "Billboard". January 27, 1968.
  8. ^ "VinylFanatics.com Vinyl Records, Vinyl Record Reviews, News, Forum Vinyl reviews Audiophile vinyl The best site for vinyl records – UPDATE : Vinyl Lovers – New record label?". 2010 VinylFanatics.com. Archived from the original on October 13, 2008. Retrieved 2010-08-11.

Further reading

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