Scott 4

bombastic

This album contains a Morricone-esque epic about a Bergman film and the funkiest song about life in post Stalinist Russia, sadly the rest of the album doesn’t match the insane quality of these two songs . While the bass throughout is superb, the middle of the album does get a bit syrupy.

First Scott project with some meat on its bones. The meats overdone and seasoned to fuck by meat none the less

Holy $hit I loved this album! Every song is amazing. 5 / 5

sure whatever

Heady, pretentious, orchestral narrative pop songs. Moody and tenebrous. He can sing and he is weird, but I still don't like it.

Mercifully short and has some interesting moments, but overall I fail to see the appeal of the strained earnestness and pale melodies.

1st track seemed ok

This project for sure ensures I listen to music I otherwise would never discover or listen to. Not that this particular album will be added to my vinyl wishlist, but at least I know now who Scott Walker is, as I had no clue who he was beforehand. So before I started listening, I read the Wikipedia page of the album and the artist. Oh, it is one of the Walker Brothers—and of course I know the 60s hit "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore," which was even recorded by Bruce Springsteen for his soul cover album Only the Strong Survive. I had no further clue about this artist. This is his fifth solo album, released in 1969, showing he was quite a productive artist who never crossed my path. It is quite remarkable to call your fifth album number 4, but the previous album was a Jacques Brel cover album. After this Scott 4, he released several albums to please the record company but not his own artistic interests, so he has forbidden those releases from getting pressed on CD. He remained active and made some other records into the 90's and even up to 2012, changing musical genres up to avant-garde. Not sure if I ever will take the time to check those out. He has a great voice, that must be said. Musically, it is a kind of folky acoustic guitar with some strings and orchestral arrangements—chamber or baroque pop, I suppose. It reminds me a bit of Western Stars by Bruce Springsteen, which was mainly inspired by Glen Campbell and Burt Bacharach. When checking the Wikipedia page of Western Stars, it surprisingly has a reference to Scott Walker, so my ears didn’t lie to me and the circle is round. I listened to this on a Sunday, which is a perfect day for this type of music. Although it will probably not come into my regular rotation, I thank the project for adding this album, as it gave me the opportunity to learn about this artist and music. He is a very interesting and intriguing artist who walked a very unusual path from a teen pop star to these orchestral arrangements. It is very well crafted, and some songs I kind of like, but some others are quite cheesy. Guess this ends up on 3 stars.

Wow. This was weird. It’s all over the place. And … indescribable throughout. Part of me says 2. But I think I am going 3 for unique and out there. 3 Boolean: True

music is love

Dark almost twisted take on being a crooner Stats off with baroque pop and never lets up with his odd combination of Morricone meet Bacharach

The album which really showed his talent as a song writer. Understandable that this album has come to be seen as a classic and definitely one of his best

I love you, easy listening...! Favorite track: The World's Strongest Man ; Angels of Ashes

I started this project to try to uncover previously unknown gems, to broaden my horizons and open my mind. And, in some cases it absolutely has. Jagged Little Pill, Slint, PJ Harvey, Skunk Anansie, Nitin Sawhney, Elbow, and many more. Hell, I even gave the first album I got by Scott Walker three stars. It was unhinged, but it expanded my horizons and I was happy! But this album is shit. It's getting a low score on its own merits, but it's also getting a low score because - TWO Scott Walker albums? Exactly fucking why, if you please? On a project that doesn't include a single Tool album, or Deftones? Death Grips, J Cole, or MF DOOM? But I need to listen to two Scott Walker albums before I die? GTFO.

JL : 4, The Seventh Seal

This sort of stuff doesn't do much for me.

Not very exciting or interesting, but fine to listen to once. 3/5

Really earnest in what it is. Not my cup of tea, but fascinating and well done.

Great voice, ballad type orchestral music. American Juan Gabriel vibes. 4/5

1. 4.5 2. 3.5 3. 4 4. 4 5. 3 1. 4.5 2. 5 3. 4 4. 4.5 5. 4

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Scott Walker heeft maar één stand: galmen. Misschien heeft de man wat te melden, maar de overdreven gedragen stem slaat alles plat. Deze keer brengt hij ook geen nummers van Jacques Brel die het nog interessant zouden kunnen maken, en moeten we deze pathetische kitsch uitzitten. De man brengt op mij evenveel emotie over als pakweg een keukentrapje van Brabantia. Ja doei.

Scott kregen we al eerder. Ik kreeg toen associaties met Boudewijn de Groot, en de link met Jacques Brel werd ook niet onder stoelen of banken geschoven. Ondanks het pronken met andermans veren, kregen we een geluid dat aanvullend was voor deze lijst. Dat blijft nu achterwege. Waardoor zo'n saai album is ontstaan, dat ik hierboven uit armoede nog maar iets over dat vorige album heb geschreven,

Ik heb eerder deze artiest een halfgare kroket genoemd. Nu was dat wel voor een nog theatraler album dan dit. Ik heb dit zowaar uit kunnen luisteren, ook aangezien ik het natuurlijk allemaal nog erger had verwacht. Het is nu een soort trage Roy Orbison geworden. Enorm gedateerd, maar vooruit. Een 2, ter contrast met dat andere album van deze halfgare kroket.

Oof, is this dated

I didn’t find this particularly interesting or memorable

Might make a fine background soundtrack to a movie but to listen to it as an album wasn’t that great.

I’ll give the same review I gave for Scott Walker 2: Scotty no.

He has a beautiful voice. I was initially a little put off by the arrangements (and "I saw him playing chess with Death yesterday" as a line in the opening track!), but the album is growing on me.

I'm not the ballad type.

The best album ever made

I've had Scott 3 forever on CD for some reason and really enjoyed that. I think I'll go with a 4 here.

Maybe the melancholy singer songwriter of late 60s early 70s have been a bit over represented on this list?

It was honestly decent, the guy has a good voice.

Liked it a lot. Voice similar to King Krule

Meh. Pretty boring crooning.

Didn't get it man maybe I'm not cool enough but was just not doing anything for me.

not bad at all, tidy record

Heard a few of Scott Walker's earlier records but this one is particularly good. Starts of a bit slow but the back end of the album is jam-packed with great tracks.

I previously gave Scott 2 1 star because I absolutely hated it. This is maybe not as bad (maybe I've just grown) but still not a big fan of his vocals.

I have heard of Scott Walker but haven’t heard his music. Looking forward to it. It is not really my type of music. It is something my Mom and Dad would like. Walker’s voice is okay. His lyrics are good. Sounds like he is depressed. A lot of the songs are boring. Sparse instrumentation. I liked three songs. The Seventh Seal, Hero of the War and Get behind me. The last two songs were more uptempo. Some people may like it but I think it is an average album. Three stars.

This guy has a wonderful, majestic voice, but this album is so cheesy. It was so cheesy I could smell the cheese over Spotify, over Bluetooth. Come on. I get that this might have inspired some people, but it just inspired me to make a grilled cheese sandwich. If these songs were covered by Richard Cheese, they would be LESS cheesy. My rating: 2/5

Pretty good album. The old mans back again is a great song

World's Strongest Man mentioned. Will this be yet another inductee into the hall of pain? Probably. Hey, I was on vacation, so this is the first in a little glut of records I have to review. Goldie really did almost kill me and I didn't know if I'd be able to come back. Seeing as we're almost 500 albums into this thing, I can't stop now, though the author attempts to thwart me at every turn. Scott 4 is pretty good. I love the lyrics and general outsider feel, but the signing is pretty lousy and not in a good way. Alright melodies, bizarre words, and a world's strongest man reference make this a gentle return to the scheduled horrors for which my ears are taped open each and every day. 2.5-3 HIGHLIGHTS: Scott Walker's chess ELO

I really want to like this because I know he’s supposed to be a cool and avant garde kinda guy, but it mostly feels kinda Neil Diamond-y. Definitely a great voice though. Very funny that the opening song is just him describing a movie he saw.

above average easy listening orchestral oldies music that fortunately ended right as I was starting to get annoyed with the genre. the sound of ending credit/montage music for some random 70s drama

This easy listening style is really not my thing, but it's nice enough I guess. I really didn't like the first track but it got better as it went on.

4/10

I have never heard of Scott Walker. So I have no preconceived notions - other than this was from the late 60s. Upon first listen - it sometimes reminds me of stuff from people like Fred Neil, Neil Diamond and Glen Campbell. Not exactly any of those - but at times just felt similar. I got through this 2 times. This record committed the cardinal sin of not being memorable at all. Nothing on this grabbed me. I'm disappointed because I was hoping to discover something good. Liked songs on Spotify: 0/10 Rating: 1/5 (should be zero)

Honestly, I don't remember much about Scott Walker's previous album from this list. I will most definitely remember this one, though. Just a super gorgeous record, so many layers and moving pieces on so many of these songs, with the pop-accessibility of a group like Love with these luscious baroque instrumentals. The opener 'The Seventh Seal' blew me away - the acoustic guitar and giant strings here were telling a story of their own, one that complements the morbid one being told in the lyrics. This opener is heavy, dark, and mystical - sonic painting at its finest. While I think the opener is a singular track, given there's nothing else on this album quite like it, the remaining tunes on this thing were still top-notch baroque pop. So many great moments. I loved the cavernous, reverby plucking on the slow, simple yet sentimental 'Boy Child', a song with backing strings that, if stripped back to just that, would sound like a very predictive ambient song. 'Hero Of The War' is one of the political songs on this album; it has a nice jangly feel to it which juxtaposes the tragic nature of its story. And this song, and the following 'The Old Man's Back Again', have these nice crunchy basslines that absolutely kill - especially that latter one. Some great love songs here too, 'The World's Strongest Man' and 'Duchess' especially, just two beautifully written songs with music that's equally as lush. Scott himself has a great, large, and deep voice for this type of music, and I did enjoy him a lot on here. But it was really the backing compositions that stuck with me when this was all said and done. Still, a great all-around album that I'll definitely be revisiting in the future.

It's surprising that I have never heard of Scott Walker before, but this is the type of album making this whole thing worth it for me. It's obviously pretentious, considering it refers to a Bergman movie with the first song and it's inspired by authors such as Camus and Sartre. While I found the lyrical contents nothing more than intriguing (a good thing anyways), I am in love with this man's voice and singing style. It's dramatic, oftentimes majestic and it feels equally classic and modern. I can clearly hear how everyone from David Bowie to Jarvis Cocker and Thom Yorke is influenced by him. I can't wait to dive deeper into his music!

Lounge singer.

Good and accessible throughout. Opening track killa, need to go through rest some more

love the instrumentals but the crooning vocals in the first half of the album really got to me

Track 1 - Gorgeous trumpet solo intro, reminiscent of leonard cohen Track 2-5 - All similar but I like. Track 6 - Fun! Could make a really good cover out of this if less staccato. Track 7 - David Bowie similarities, can tell they're both avant garde.

When I saw Scott called his album Scott 4 I thought he might have a creativity problem. Then I heard his lyrics and realized he has a creativity problem. Shame because the melodies and his voice are good.

This album was the genesis of Urge Overkill. I'd rather have Neil Diamond than this. This is terrible. Nick Drake on autoplay after this!?! What an insult to his sweet, sweet memory.

I had no idea who Scott Walker was and even after reading his Wiki along with that of his original group, I still wondered how he made the list. This album was dull and seemed repetitive. It was hard at times to even know whether it had moved from song to song. Definitely would not give this a second listen.

Never heard of Scott Walker before so I did a little research. Interesting sounding career, intriguing. Scott 4 itself was decent - not entirely my bag but a step up from the recent stuff I've been fed here. A solid 3 star album - which for me means "enjoyed it enough, wouldn't be upset to hear it again but not going to choose to put it on". But then I thought I'd dig deeper and gave Tilt a go. A whole other beast. He dug a hole, filled it with darkness then made music to it. And unlike a lot of avant garde, it's not structured randomness, it's focussed intensity. He's committed to the void. Then I tried The Drift and to say Clara is awesome would be an understatement. I could feel my wrists ripping apart. Given Tilt and The Drift aren't on the list, I'll bump Scott 4 up a star. Crazy to think this guy went from what was essentially a proto boy band to collaborating with Sun O))). So while I won't be choosing to listen to Scott 4 again, it DID prompt me to look at his other stuff and that's where 4 stars sits for me.

Just couldn’t get into it.

than that out of it. The Spanish-style accompaniment on a few songs was pretty cool and gave the album some character, especially when the guitars and orchestration leaned into that dramatic, almost cinematic sound. Outside of those moments, though, most of it felt distant and a little too stiff for me. Scott Walker’s voice is obviously distinctive, but the songs themselves didn’t give me much reason to care once the novelty wore off. Nothing here was bad enough to drag the album down, but there also wasn’t much I’d go back to.

My first introduction to Scott Walker was at a Sunn O))) show. It was shortly after Walker had passed, so they dedicated the show to him, and played a selection of his songs over the PA in place of an opener. I heard Scott Walker for the first time in the Rockefeller Cathedral in Chicago and it was such a fitting time and place (the track "Farmer In The City" is, sadly not on this album). So much about Walker's music, as well as his profound dedication to art and his craft, that feels pastoral. It sounds big and sweeping and full of importance; beautiful in ways sculptures and fine are are. Earlier albums found Walker attempting to form an identity outside of The Walker Brothers. By Scott 3 (an unfortunate missing entry from this list) Walker had realized that vision; Scott 4 is a glorious victory lap. Walker sounds confident in each song; you can even hear some swagger in his voice on "The Old Man's Back Again". His mastery is clear. An incredible statement in his first period as a solo artist. Scott 4 is an album that is stellar from front to back, and what's crazy is Scott Walker made SEVERAL albums just as good. RIP Scott Walker

Okay… I don’t know what I was supposed to get from this moaning. And if you think this is superior to Nick Drake in any way, I question your sanity. It’s a bad 70’s dark romance soundtrack.

Definitely different though I enjoyed it for sure. Short and sweet which I enjoyed. I did kind of listen when doing chores defo not active listening now. Now I am out for a walk and it's raining. 3 out of 5

Scott 4 is good. I prefer his later works, but this is still a good listen. Respectable 3. I hope some of his later albums are on the list though, because they deserve to be.

Never heard of him, folk early rock 60’s

tired of this mid shit

idk it was whatever

This was underwhelming. Here and there I heard some almost interesting stuff, but the lounge music crap only gets me so far. Thus, I had to give up a few songs in. OTOH, in reading about Mssr. Walker in Tidal, I learned that he made an album with Sunn 0))). I pulled that up and it totally hits the sweet spot between drone-metal and lounge music. I listened to that twice. How does this guy even end up in a studio with Sunn 0)))?!?!? So weird. But I guess that sort of mirrors the long arc of his career....which is a good thing, because I'd hate to be the guy that has Scott 4 as their penultimate album. That album sucks and only gets a 2.

I read that this album was "critically acclaimed." It's very not for me, though. Maybe not for anyone; I have a feeling that the critics were suffering a collective delusion, and that this particular emperor is buck naked. One good thing about it though: the song Duchess, which Neko Case covered much later, is not bad. And her version is awesome. She's dismissed it as too much belting, before she learned to modulate her voice, but I think it sounds terrific.

2/5 - I was very prepared to give this a 1, but I listened again, and it grew on me. This style of pop is very much not my thing, but I can see the quality here if it your thing. Therefore, a 2.

Not for me. So boring.

Bah so very boring

Never heard of Scott Walker before. Vocally strong. Instrumentally nothing remarkable.

Would be right at home being played in a 1970s hotel lounge.

albums to sleep to. Really I fell asleep twice listening to this. I guess it shows how soothing his voice can be. The subject matter is also kind of dour. Also having the first song basically be a song that works as a synopsis of The Seventh Seal is just so strange.

Boooooooooring but at least there’s less vibrato

A THRILL. Perfect timing to listen with Jeff and Greta; iconic album naming strategy; iconic voice; iconic lyrics. What a freak! Added Seventh Seal to the top of my viewing list. I cannot believe those lyrics are the plot. Truly what a gift of an album! Also. Got to show Jeff his song for Ute, and that was a truly unhinged final 10 minutes of our drive.

the fourth (technically fifth) album release of scott walker, a guy who had achieved some success from both his personal work and work for his very own bbc television program. compared to his previous work, this album has a lot of material written solely by himself instead of interpretations from other songwriters, created in only a few weeks. the album was considered a commercial failure upon release; after this album, his next releases went back to what he was doing before. hmm... i have to take a moment to think about what i want to say about this one. his voice is quite theatrical, reading every line with a lot of emotion and always dragging out his words. the instrumentals do fit with his voice a lot, i guess. he dabbles in a lot of topics as the record goes on... i really don't know. this record isn't sticking out too much to me. i feel like i'm not at the age nor demographic for this stuff. i might play this to my grandpa and see what he thinks about this guy. i can understand why it was a flop... not terrible, but an old album that i feel rather neutral about. it's a 3.5, give or take.

More like Scott 2. Incredibly boring.

Overall: 4/10 This is depressing sounding music from a man who's voice I genuinely don't enjoy. I can see why others may like this, and the instrumentations were fine, but I won't be revisiting this any time soon. Fav Song: Duchess

Really underwhelming. Not outright terrible by any means but it just didn't stick with me at all. The overall tone and especially his voice just made it all too overly meloncholic for my taste too. 2/5

walker became a brit in his mid-20s, but he's also ohio-born. so props to a fellow ohioan who got the hell out. his stuff is great, and i love that this album came out on new year's day of 1969. it does not sound like a typical late 60s album, which is to its benefit

I still have only heard a few Scott Walker albums, but each time I have listened to one, I want to listen to more from him. He has a distinctive style, artistic touch, and mixes it all with some tongue-in-cheek, "if you know you know" humor and fun. It's just solid all the way through.

Dumb

I would say that this is a good album, but not to my taste.

Chato, lento. Não é meu estilo.

Nope.

Don't love this but bet I'd dig something of his

Yeah - this is just not for me

Fun album to listen to. I enjoyed it but probably won't revisit it

Boring.

I like this more than I thought I would. But I think I'm supposed to take it seriously and I just can't do that. Dramatic crooning telling me the plot of an Ingmar Bergman film is just kinda silly. So I like this ironically but I won't be listening again. I can see it being used in a deliberately anachronistic film soundtrack.

I know nothing about this album. What is THIS, love the orchestral arrangements. Such pathos. I kind of love this album. These little pop canapés. 4 stars!

Not for me.

Melancholic, gloomy, and well sung. The only thing that discredits it to me is that it was a Disney song at every step, but for the most part, I enjoyed the poetic lyrics and the profound song meanings.

If you took the singer song writer concept and gave it a greater production value but the songwriter you picked wasn't nearly as good. Its polished production also washes away some of that fragile authenticity that contemporaries of the time had. Ultimately this album just slowly plods along with no changes in tempo or mood. A very polished but muted experience.

I only knew this guy from two hits he had with the Walker Brothers. I really like this album. It's a really good example of baroque pop and he has a really strong voice.

I'd probably like this way more with different vocals. He loses me as soon as he starts crooning. I'll trust people's assertion that this album was very important and influential but at the end of the day I just don't like it.

what if Dead Can Dance wasn't very good I don't hate this because I can see how it eventually becomes Nick Cave, Brendan Perry, Julian Cope, Peter Murphy, so on but it feels emotionless, dreary in a way that isn't properly and pleasantly depressing.

It was enjoyable. Very nice vocals. Lyrics are a bit on the wild side.

this is the easy sound of the 60's. Love it

Прикиньте, слушал вчера этот альбом, а сегодня уже забыл о чем он

A variety of song topics that changed melody and instrumental backing. A balladeer songwriter along the lines of Neil Diamond. It was with a listen but not an album I'd have run out to buy back in the day or current day.

The opening’s upbeat south of the boarder influence seems to hint this could be an interesting audio adventure. However, the endless crooning makes this feel like a soundtrack for a 70s television drama. I’m beginning to think someone on the 1001 album selection committee has a thing for singers with bleeding hearts. At least we break out of the heaviness with the sanguine tracks of “Hero of the War” and “The Old Man’s Back Again,” but Scott Walker’s eventual sorrow returns with the remaining tracks. Despite some good percussion, decent bass riffs, and Scott’s skating now and then, as in “Get Behind Me,” there isn’t enough to help me understand why this is on the list of 1001 albums.

Yeah, sorry. 1969 Josh Groban doesn’t do it for me.

I liked the first track, the seventh seal. And generally, I like this style of music. I found the album enjoyable to listen to, however, I think it was a little mediocre for the genre.

Nothing burger

This guy seems like a hell of a songwriter, and this album could surely be a great experience. Maybe I'll be inspired to listen to it again some day when I'm a little less busy and I can appreciate it more, but I never had a point where I was wholly invested in what I was hearing.

I liked it! It feels cinematic somehow.

I liked this, it was a little weird and dark, but enjoyable nonetheless. I'd give it another go.

Better than Scott 2 but still pissed me off

2.0 - Weak

This was a pleasant surprise! Nice voice and some good melodies. It even had a bit of a spaghetti-western vibe at times.

That was awful

Nice, very nice.

Great voice but it just doesn't help with the material. Sounds like Julian Cope doing an album of Engelbert Humperdink tunes. Will still sift through the catalogue though, there will be some gems with a voice like that

Great dark vocals and sound ambient. Really cool album!

Scott Walker has one of the great baritones in pop music history, and Scott 4 is the record where his original songwriting fully takes over from covers — lush orchestral arrangements, strings and bass doing genuinely interesting things underneath, a European cabaret darkness borrowed from Jacques Brel that gives the whole thing a dramatic intensity conventional pop of the era wasn't attempting. "The Seventh Seal," a song adapted from an Ingmar Bergman film, tells you everything about where his head was and nothing about why this would be anyone's idea of a good time. The honest verdict is don't hate, don't like, would never reach for — which is a three delivered without ambiguity or apology. The voice is real, the arrangements are considered, the songs are interesting in the way that things can be interesting without generating any pull toward return visits. It sits at arm's length and stays there for the full runtime. Whether it belongs on a list of 1001 essential albums is a fair question. The answer is probably yes, but for reasons that have more to do with the through-line to Bowie and a generation of British art-pop than with anything this particular listener needs from a record. Influence and listenability are different categories, and Scott 4 earns its place firmly in the first one.

i'm starting to really enjoy scott walker, the stories, the strings and the vibe are excellent and you can see his influenxe across a varietynif artists i enjoy. this has no dip in quality is a great album.

Well that was melodramatic, batshit, starting the album in a Bergman film.. And a fair decent listen. Love the feel, overall baroque pop angle but Some of the songs don’t quite hit for me so can’t give it a higher score, but the overall trip was OTT, orchestrated, dramatic fun. 3 Star

I had never hear of Scott Walker, so this was an interesting discovery. Similar to the Carpenters in that way. He has a beautiful voice, and while I thought his delivery was a bit stiff, it was still really nice to listen to. These songs and arrangements must've sounded totally retro when they came out in the late '60s. Thematically they're more like dramatic Broadway numbers, but with pop song structures and some psychedelic guitars working their way in on occasion.

Boring

Was aware of Scott Walker But never listened to any of his stuff. Can hear his influence on so much of the music I love (Radiohead, Richard Hawley etc) It’s very pretty. Will dig in to more of his records. Favourite track: hero of the war

We have Tom Jones at home

If Frank Sinatra did drugs.

Better than I was expecting. Fav tracks: The Seventh Seal, The Old Man's Back Again

Esperaba lo peor, por que el Scott 2 me pareció un rollazo. Pero bastante bien, aunque solo me guardo: The old man's back again. Un sonido como de temas de James Bond constante. Interesante.

Magnifique juste trop magnifique. Ça me donne à la fois des vibes de music à voix de David Lynch avec des ambiances proches de Fallen Angels, j’adore c’est tellement dans ma playlist !!!

Brother teleported me into the Bambi universe. God can you imagine all the baby boomers who put this record on for their girl. It’s beautiful and depressing at the same time. I mean yeah my boy Scott isn’t the best singer. It honestly feels like some of the early Nico shit. Just made for old dudes at a karaoke bar. Also, the absolute jump scare it must’ve been to go to side 2 on this one. Side 2 immediately jumps to Noah Kahan vibes. The record pretty much just falls of the rails consistency wise from there on after for me. All in all honestly just a really forgettable record. This is something I think I could come back to and appreciate more as I age though.

This is so interesting as a lyrical poetic piece and yet that’s all it really does for me. The guitar and harps and all the instruments. Get behind me, the seventh seal. These tracks have momentum and power and yet I don’t really feel much of it. Folk is a genre I don’t really understand. Scott can sing which makes this better than the other stuff but unlike cohen the story here is so jumbled and I don’t really understand what Scott is trying to say. It’s Poetic but I find myself listening but not really enjoying or paying attention it just hits my ears and really is missing something. The songs as songs are alright but as an album and allegedly iconic? Don’t think so

Not very compelling for me.

Sad.

Not hard to hear that it failed to chart.

A bit bland at times, but Scott Walker has a damn good voice. His voice really fits fantasy/sci-fi themed songs. Favorite Track - Hero of the War Least Favorite Track - The World's Strongest Man ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Scott Walker's greatest album. Man, what a treat this one is. It goes from folkish to rocking to baroque in the blink of an eye and never once does it feel heavy-handed or bizarre. Scott could sing me the phonebook and I'd weep. What a talent he was, even when he went heavily experimental with his last works.

This would likely not have landed with me at all in earlier times. This morning it did. I think I sort of get it now.

Smarmy. 3/5

This was a surprise. I had never heard of Scott Walker. But, I actually enjoyed this one quite a bit. It's at least 3 stars and, after a couple of listens, this may easily fall in the 4 star range. Songs I enjoyed: "The Seventh Seal", "Angels of Ashes" (great strings on this one), "Boy Child" (loved the atmospheric instrumentation), "The Old Man..." (great bass lines and orchestration), or "Duchess". It reminded me of Bowie at times (and that, alone, should be enough to grant an album 4 stars). Damn, I'm even considering 5 stars...

Is this like those low budget horror series where they keep making sequels that only 17 people in the world care about? You can tell Nick Cave was listening to this guy.

Scott Walker is another new name for me, love it. Just from the album cover, I find you start to draw up some early theories about what you might be about to listen to; I envisioned piano and some potentially vain or pseudo-profound lyrics, especially naming an album after yourself like this. "The Seventh Seal" surprised me then, to start with some Spanish guitars and a medieval tale, tambourines and strings kicking in later. It was, honestly, kinda cool! "On Your Own Again" with it's subtle instrumentation and Walker's voice made for something quite beautiful, with the pick up in the middle with the strings was really great. For similar reasons, "The World's Strongest Man" was also nice to listen to. ...By "Angels of Ashes", I am starting to grow bored of the same formula being used yet again; why isn't there something like the first track mixed in with all this? And again with "Boy Child"!? I can see why some people said this feels like 'depression the album'. Despite this, I cannot deny that the between the vocals and instrumentation, it is really great music. All this somberness is just too clumped together; I feel gaslighted by the opening track haha. It finally broke with "Hero of the War", although the lyrics were still in that vibes, the drums and upbeat tempo of Walker's voice was enough to feel like fresh air after all the humdrum. The thumping bass, Gregorian chants and swagger in Walker's voice made "The Old Man's Back Again" probably the best track on this album. The lyrics too; it's like if Nick Cave could actually sing! Other songs enjoyed, regardless: "Get behind Me". Overall there was nothing utterly repulsive here, but I am gonna need to listen to something else to pull me back up again. Would be happy to listen to more of Walker's work.

Sultry, intelligent, smooth listening.

3.2/5 reminds me of soft back

Blind album and artist. Slow. No, I will nit get behind you Scott. 2.

Rufus Wainwright tier

So Scott Walker's early albums are Scott, Scott 2,Scott 3 and this imaginatively titled Scott 4. This level of creative ingenuity follows through to the album as a whole.

Wasn't bad Pop music but nothing really stood out to me.

Hold the cheese, please!

Giving this a 2 feels generous, however giving it a 1 feels wrong. You can hear the passion in Scott's voice, which only barely elevates this steaming pile of shit

🤮

Yechhh

L'album m'a pas retourné mais les titres sont de grande qualité. La voix est très bien contrôlé et la guitare un peu funky/électrique reste en tête. C'est parmis ce que j'ai écouté de mieux en Baroque Pop. Vu le nom de l'album, obligé de mettre en 4.

Walker has a great voice and the arrangements he sings over are fascinating. I think I'll need more time with this album to really appreciate it though.

Quite interesting, but also a bit inconsistent. "Seventh Seal", "Hero of the War", "The Old Mans Back Again" and "Get Behind Me" all really stood out. The rest of the album didn't do much though.

One of those rare cases where the album improves as it goes. First half had me cartoonishly throwing up in the closest trash, it's sappy as hell and textbook antonym of 'variety'. "The Old Man's Back Again" and "Duchess" were my favorites fo sho. Still sappy though for sure and lacking in variety overall. Too much of the same stuff.. some good songs though

Hmm jsp j'ai pas trop aimé dans l'ensemble mais en même temps il y a des sons qui m'ont fait bien kiffé. L'ensemble reste bof. J'arrive pas à y trouver des sonorités qui me parlent dans la plupart des sons. Et l'ambiance de l'album switch de fou à partir de "Hero of the War" donc j'ai du mal à y trouver une continuité. Par contre: 1) The world's strongest man 2) The old man's back again 3) Rhymes of goodbye

Didn't speak to me at all. The guy has a lovely smooth voice that reminds me of Matt Monroe but the songs had no energy and felt pretty dull. I left it on in the background as it became a chore to listen to.

Ochestral Bowie? Vocals were good I guess but overall slow and was putting me to sleep.

On my first listen to Scott 4 by Scott Walker, my immediate reaction was: how on earth did this make the 1001 list? At first, the whole thing felt strangely theatrical. It reminded me of The Mike Flowers Pops, so much so that I half expected a lounge cover of Wonderwall to appear at any moment. My initial reaction was strong dislike. That said, because the album is relatively short, I ended up leaving it on for two or three listens while I worked, and something unexpected happened: its sheer cheesiness started to grow on me. Somewhere between the dramatic vocals, sweeping arrangements and over-the-top cabaret feel, I found myself weirdly enjoying parts of it. It might even be a bit of a guilty pleasure. Overall though, I still think this is pretty awful. There are occasional decent moments, but most of the album feels like cheap cabaret dressed up as something more profound. Favourite tracks: There were a few okay moments, particularly “Hero of the War” Least favourite tracks: Most of the album felt like cheap cabaret. “On Your Own Again” did absolutely nothing for me Album artwork: Perfectly fine, nothing special

One of these middle of the road, forgettable album Perfect 3/5

Alex Turner empezó a cantar como este señor 3.5

Not really sure why this is on the list. It is very mediocre.

Like his other stuff it starts strong but gets weak over time.

In 1969 I was listening to anything but this artist, never heard of him, but that's not to say that listening to him now, I'm okay with the vocals, the lyrics, the instrumentation that is reminiscent of the sounds of boring music of the status quo and mainstream america at the time, like something my parents would have listened to on TV. It's easy listening. 2 stars

To make this kind of music you have to be good at story telling

Wow that was weird and wild! Cult folk artists are some of the strangest discoveries.

This feels a bit Neil Young-esque to me. I don't mind this, it's a pleasant listen and relaxing. I don't feel overly drawn to it tho, not that it's bad but not gripping me enough to come back for more. There are a few nice tracks, and I like those decently enough, but not stand-out. Fav Track: The Old Man's Back Again

Cool 60s sound - OK but no real standout songs

I liked the older Scott Walker album better. It was kind of weird which I liked.

I really wonder why this album is on this list.

This is better than Scott 2, but damn this guy sucks.

not too bad

more like. sleep walker

The kind of songs you’d hear in a tarintino movie, pretty solid

Like a bad version of Tom Jones .

I feel like I have just wandered into the wrong bar.

Lots of eye rolls with this one.

Another surprise. Very interesting.

Somehow this music makes me think of what Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau would be if he were an Anglophone singer-songwriter instead of a German art song performer (which I wonder if other classical music fans would confirm??) - an earnest baritone with real emotions, but also the ironic distance of a performer playing a (necessarily artificial) role in something carefully crafted and composed

(3/7) didn't move me

Not for me

Album is a bit mediocre, but tell me how did they get Hero of the War to sound like evil Mumford and Sons in 1969??

Meh.

He make me sleepy

I think this is the 3rd Scott Walker album and I've actually enjoyed them all moderately well. They're interesting in that they aren't really crooner albums or just silly or poignant or strictly singer-songwriter or ballad albums. They all feel like some American got drunk in Italy and made a career for himself. There's a soap opera vibe to the whole thing. It's very dramatic in a tongue in cheek way. I liked it.

Crappage personified. 1.0

still has a good voice on this outing. pleasant album

Can’t imagine the previous three albums were any less awful.

This guy's voice is incredible. It makes the whole album feel like a movie. The crazy orchestration really adds to that feeling. One day I'm gonna find out what was in the water in 1969. I swear every moderately large artist put out their best album that year. This one manages to stand out by not sounding like it's dated to 1969. It sounds more stereotypically late 70s to my ears. Every song would fit almost perfectly in the Titanic soundtrack. Anyways, the opener and its narrative about playing chess with Satan was neat. It's all neat, that's the word of the day for this album.

The Good: Scott has experience! The Bad: Looks like he didn’t learn much from the Scott 1 through 3 experience… The Ugly: Technically speaking he named his album after himself at factor 4 which, I just found out, is just called to the fourth power… Yes, that is the most interesting thing I can say about this album… it was just sound… nothing special. Nothing that made my head move to the side, while wondering what was that great experience… I refuse to give this album a 4… 2*

I had never heard of Scott Walker prior to receiving this album on the generator. This album is ok. Walker has an excellent voice and the music is well played. However there is not much variety and this vones off to me as a less poppy Neil Diamond, which is not a genre that i enjoy very much.

Never really heard of Scott Walker before. There is a certain something about just naming your albums after yourself with a number. But I liked it. Some very good tracks, some dull ones.

The original lounge lizard who Neil Hannon and Father John Misty took a lot of cues from.

Scott Walker truly was a one of a kind singer. While I'm sure many listeners will dismiss this album as nothing more than trite easy listening, the lush arrangements betray the subject matter hidden just under the surface. The album opens with a retelling of Ingmar Bergman's 1957 movie "The Seventh Seal" right down to the life and death battle as chess metaphor. The strangeness only continues with songs like "On Your Own Again" which goes through a whirlwind of emotions ranging from nostalgia to regret to grief in only 1 minute 45. You even have contemporary commentaries on war and political upheaval ("Hero of the War," "The Old Man's Back Again) which, in a way, makes this album both out of its time (let's not forget that a string-heavy baroque pop like this was released the same year as Hendrix and Zeppelin were making waves) and very much of its time. Scott's voice is brilliant as always, a velvety smooth baritone that almost wants to sing you to sleep, until you realize what he's singing about. An absolute high point of his career that would only keep moving in stranger and stranger directions. Key Tracks: The Seventh Seal, Angels of Ashes, The Old Man's Back Again (Dedicated to the Neo-Stalinist Regime)

Pretty much as good as "crooner with orchestral rock" gets

Smooth vocal stylings. I enjoyed his other album on the list as well. Listened to this while walking on the Santa Cruz pier about 2,539 miles away from my home. Sunrise, coffee and sea lions is a sweet ass combo. It was so nice, I made my wife go back on the pier with me when she woke up. Scott soundtracked one of my best mornings of the year.

This is great. The instrumentation is so cool, just when you think you have it locked down it introduces another cool little flourish to drag you back in. I will replay this definitely.

Gloriously melodramatic, great vocals, beautiful, ambitious melodies - an album that makes its own sonic world

8/10

Didnt mind it but didn’t reallly like it either

Great album

That was great, love some orchestral pop

Ahh that's who Scott walker is

na vikipediji između ostaloga stoji kako su njegovi prethodni albumi često sadržavali obrade, i to "nekoliko prepjeva pjesama jacquesa brela", što se itekako čuje na ovom u potpunosti autorskom albumu. standardno unutar svoga žanra (piše "orkestralni pop"), solidno čak. ništa vanredno i ništa što bih ovako ciljano slušao, ali bilo je ugodno preslušati. stvar »the old man's back again«, isticana kao najbolja, fakat nije loša. ne razumijem hejt koji jako puno ljudi na ovoj stranici baca... valjda album stvarno malo ljudi jako jako obraduje i obori s nogu, pa dobije u konačnici lošije ocjene. no meni je minimalno za trojčicu

This is Scott's fully realized vision as far as his early work is concerned. His first album of only originals, dealing with a lot of Walker's favorite topics which would be revisited later on, such as european cinema and authoritarian regimes. It is a shame Scott remains pretty much a cult figure to this day. A musician's musician, if you will. Everything here, every vocal melody, every arrangement, is of the utmost taste of sophistication. From the folkier moments like "Hero of the War" and "Duchess", to the sweeping baroque pop orchestrations that dominate most of the record. And the vocals. Man, those vocals! I have heard Scott's vocals described as an acquired taste, but that couldn't be further from the truth here. His is a classic smooth baritone that wouldn't sound out of place in the swing era, but with just a hint of drama more characteristic of the 60's and 70's. This album was, at the time, a complete commercial faliure. So much so that Philips Records deleted it from their catalog not long after release. This may have been due to the fact it was released under Scott's real name Scott Engel, or maybe because this was his fourth (or fifth) album release in three years. Either way, this faliure lead Scott astray from his originally intended artistic path, releasing increasingly bland MOR records and later reuniting with his band The Walker Brothers. This reunion, although not particularly notable initially, yielded the release of Scott's first original material in almost a decade. These songs showed a tremendous artistic growth and radical change in direction into experimental and avant-garde territory, territory which Scott continued to explore further and further until his death in 2019. There are only two Scott Walker albums on this list, both from his run of four self-titled records. That is fine and all, but I believe that without some of this later works we're missing some context as to the kind singular of artist he really was. Key tracks: The Seventh Seal The World's Strongest Man Angels of Ashes Boy Child The Old Man's Back Again (Dedicated to the Neo-Stalinist Regime) Duchess Rhymes of Goodbye

It’s very difficult for me to imagine that this was once considered avant garde. How dull would music have to be that listening to this your reaction is: Wow! This dude is pushing the boundaries!

Very laid back and quite enjoyable.

#361/1001. Scott Walker, 1969, singing about Stalin - looking back it seems quite a boyish and a kitschy thing to do. Vladimir Putin, 2025 restoring Stalin’s glory - looking forward it seems like a boyish and super scary thing to do. I think this is my first Scott on this list, I guess there are more? At some point the collection Boy child was on heavy rotation in our house, and also Scott 3. The first two are also great, but my personal favourites are the later more experimental albums - although they need a lot of time to get into. But at least they don’t wear out (like old man I referred to earlier). P.s. I hate the project getting paused all the time. I’m catching up baby, just don’t have time always to write the review immediatelly.

Not my thing.

No, nothing special, so only 2 stars...

bit too thoughtful while singing, same mood for every song. some father john misty elements when it comes to voice or musical arrangement

It was hard to get into this one. Felt like a Reno lounge act with some random country elements.

This sounded like one long song to me, so I'm glad it ended after 32 minutes.

Did this guy seriously release 4 albums named after himself?

Teatral e melodramático. O foco mora nos vocais, mas a instrumentalização é interessante o suficiente pra me agradar, e complementa bem a voz de Scott e seus contos deslumbrantes. 3/5

2 stars

I mean, he does have a lovely voice, and the arrangements are nice enough. It’s just kind of a slog. Felt way longer than its 32 minute runtime. I didn’t love ‘Scott 2’, but that at least had moments of true strangeness and willful deviation to be interesting. This was pretty and not much else to me.

opening track was interesting, overall album had a pleasing almost modern sound to it

Blehhhh 2/5

This is quite earnest, but it's also quite bad. I didn't like the other album from this artist on the 1001 either. I think I gave it a three, but I'm kind of appalled at how milquetoast this is. Not at all surprised that I had never heard of this artist until the 1001 LOL

“It was released in late 1969 under his birth name, Scott Engel, and failed to chart“ Why is this here? It’s giving lame and dated (especially compared to other 1969 albums)

A bit dour and a bit dry

sehr chill. entspannt. irgendwie pop sagt wiki also idk. baladen mäßig, gut zum im zug pennen und auch songwriting technisch stark. kann ma sich nochmal anhören. sehr romantisch iwie, idyllisch.

Favorite track(s): The Seventh Seal, On Your Own Again, The World's Strongest Man, Hero of the War, The Old Man's Back Again (Dedicated to the Neo-Stalinist Regime), Get Behind Me, Rhymes of Goodbye One of those albums that makes me wonder how I could've missed it for so long.

It’s like the singer from Orange Juice sang ballads. 7/10

What the fuck? Why? No! This has no place near my stereo.

I haven’t saved many tracks from this album but yeah, I definitely can hear how much it must’ve influenced so many of my favourite artists. And it sounds pretty good considering how old the record is.

Begon ijzersterk, maar daarna niet mijn muziek

Just the other day I was saying to Ali that I’ve not listened to Scott Walker (my namesake) for ages, and today I’ve been gifted with a relisten of one of my favourite albums. A classic! Favourite track: The Old Man’s Back Again (Dedicated to the Neo-Stalinist Regime)

I thought the voice sounded familiar, and then after I listened again I realized it was he who was in the Walker Brothers. Not a bad album overall, keeps some of the same sound that The Walker Brothers sounded like. At least its not Tom Waits...

Really only a couple good songs, just decent

Is this enjoyable in the background? Yes. Do I think it deserves to be in the best albums in history? Definitely not

i don't really get ittttt i'm sorry. i fail to hear anything enjoyable to me personally here. this is my bias against folk music talking again isn't? i'm so sorry. i promised i wouldn't do this again. uhhh i didn't totally dislike it! i liked the atmosphere for some of the songs! fave track: the old man's back again

I have not heard this before. I’ve listened to some later Scott Walker albums but he’s an artist I’ve kind of slept on even though a lot of my musician friends talk him up. This album is a lot less weird than what I’ve heard before, there’s a nice late 60s baroque pop sound with good melodies and instrumentation, but nothing that is particularly memorable. I like it just fine.

This is one of those albums that I *really* want the book for so I can understand why i’m listening to it.

A great mature album from the troubadour.

Meh.

stabil aber nichts besonderes. 2.75 sterne

He has a great voice and sings well. The songs are boring, unfortunately (except for the opening track). 3/5

Pleasant enough; hardly life-changing.

זה היה חמוד, לא הכרתי אותו בכלל! אהבתי את רוב השירים

Probably not coming back to this guy

Likely slipped through the cracks for a reason

I don't get the appeal of this album. If this man's voice is supposed to be pleasant and beautiful, I don't think it is, and there are some occasions where I think it sounds forced, specially when he sings in a lower register, like in the song "On You Own", just to name an example. In addition, it makes these moments more frustrating when in tracks like "Hero of the War" he shows how natural and fluent his voice can be. In general, I am not able to feel any type of true emotion behind his voice. If the lyrics are what makes the album interesting, I only like the story told in "The Seventh Seal", which is based in the film with the same name. Apart from that, I don't find anything else appealing or specially moving. What I do appreciate the most about this album is the instrumentation. The album is labeled as Baroque Pop, but instead of sounding as happy as a The Beach Boys' record, it is way more serious and well orchestrated. However, as beautiful as some arrangements can get, I can't say I am specially moved by it. So in the end, while it may seems like I hate the record, I don't dislike it as much. Basically, I don't have any notably positive or negative opinions, yet, I have to tend to the negative side just for the aspects of the voices I mentioned I can't enjoy.

I'm not a huge Scott fan despite my best efforts. It's not bad though

It’s at turns compelling then boring.

Nice to know they were overproducing records in the late 60s too.

I can appreciate an album with a song about the Seventh Seal

Found a couple new songs but overall just ok

delightfully melodramatic. a fairly unique (at least in popular music) combination of diction, loft, and direction, and more than enough songwriting to show it off and keep things interesting.

144. ok

This was an interesting listen. It sort of had the usual tropes of crooner music but done in kind of an abstract way. The strings and backing vocals sort of float through the pieces which are anchored by a solid band that has to navigate through some interesting chord changes. The thing that really blew me away though was how well the music was recorded and mixed. It sounds way beyond the quality of recordings for the year of 1969. Every single song on this album is interesting however I do have a hard time remembering any of them after one listen as his singing style kind of seemed one dimensional by the end of the album but his voice sounds great and he sings well on every piece. Definitely looking forward to digging into his discography.

Groovy baby! Well, sort of. Croony, baby! It's not really for me but I get what's happening here, it's open topped cars winding down to lake como in a 60s bond style.

I feel like someone put this album on the list just to mess with me. I listen to it, but hard pass on ever listening again.

Me cuesta un poco.

The man who inspired a million pub singers clears his throat and, wisely, sings a bit less at you this time. Compared to Scott 2, the operatic croon is dialled back, the drama trimmed, and the whole thing feels more human. Still lush, still moody, but now with space to breathe — like Scott’s swapped the spotlight for a comfy chair. Thoughtful songs, classy arrangements, and nothing that demands your full emotional collapse before 9am. Not spectacular, but very solid. Goes down easily. Ideal for the drive into work, as long as you don’t catch yourself trying to sing like him at the traffic lights.

Sympa!! BO de cowboy solitaire un peu crooner

apaisant mais pas exceptionnel

Det er godt nok en hård omgang at skulle trækkes igennem for at der lige ligger et par enkelte perler på vejen..

Kæft det her er fedt! Lidt for meget Michael Bublé på "The World's Strongest Man" Lidt for meget christmas carrol på "Boy Child" Vinder lidt tilbage på "Hero Of The War"

Puha det var kedeligt. Undtagen det neo-stalinistiske, point for det

*64 A little bit of both. Jeg havde håbet på mere.

Det her synes jeg var ret fedt - Det var meget noget jeg hørte i baggrunden, men det kunne noget.

Det er noget funny noget, det her Jeg må indrømme, at jeg ikke rigtig ser det her albums berettigelse på listen Ikke dårligt, men jeg tror ikke, jeg ser Scott Walker-lyset lige foreløbigt. Virkelig weird lyrik på mange af numrene. En lille 3'er. 2.8

Stor 3'er. Har aldrig hørt det før, men synes faktisk at der var nogle rigtig fine (og nogle ret mærkelige) numre.

Scott får meget kritik i de globale Reviews. Jeg kender ikke de 3 foregående album, så jeg kan ikke relatere. Jeg synes egentlig at albummet starter overraskende godt på intro nummeret, men hurtigt bevæger man sig ind i en trance af den samme monotone lyd i 30 minutter. Intet super godt, intet super dårligt. Bare middelmådigt. 2,5/5

Ved ikke helt, hvad jeg skal mene om det her album. Sådan set okay musik, og synes der er et par ret gode numre i mellem. Men en lidt sjov genre, og har ikke meget erfaring med baroque pop. Kommer nok heller ikke til at blive overvundet af det her album. Tror vi er over 2,5 men ikke meget.

Very well refined. Sounds great for an album from the late 60s.

Un álbum que seguramente mañana olvide. Llevadero, pero realmente nada especial. 4/10

Enjoyable if not dated record. This style of music has faded with time but it's an enjoyable listen all the same.

Nah.

This can't be serious. It's so absurd that it had me literally laughing out loud.

Day 32 — Scott Walker — Scott 4 (1969) Listened: April 26–28, 2026 Genre: Baroque Pop / Chamber Pop / Orchestral Art Song Vibe: Dark and cinematic but never without warmth — Scott's own lyrics bring a restless intelligence to the grand orchestral sound, balancing existential weight with flashes of playfulness and humor. Highlights: • The Seventh Seal • On Your Own Again • The World's Strongest Man • Boy Child • Hero of the War ★ The Old Man's Back Again (Dedicated to the Neo-Stalinist Regime) • Duchess • Get Behind Me • Rhymes of Goodbye Impression: Took a few listens to find solid footing but the lyrics pulled me in the more I focused. Darker than Scott 2 but with a balance of grandeur, humor, and real feeling that rewards patience. Need ten more listens to fully appreciate it but already know it's something special. Rating: 3.8/5 Keep songs? Yes Revisit album? Absolutely

It’s aggressively ok. Like, the most extremely “it’s fine” album I’ve heard from the list yet. First track is easily the best. The rest of it is just regular ass 60s pop with some neat tricks hidden in the background. I don’t really like it but I can’t be bothered to pin down why.

There's aspects of Scott Walker that sound so timeless and even modern, I can't believe it was recorded in the 60s. In other ways, it sounds like any run of the mill international chamber pop artist. I can see why it's worth listening, but i've never quite understood why it's so impactful. Is it just the combination of traditional song structures with left field lyrics and bravado? Not my cup of tea to be honest.

2nd Scott album from the generator. Was excited because I liked his other album but this one quickly turned boring sadly 2/5

RATING: 9/10 HIGHLIGHT: Duchess LOWLIGHT: Get Behind Me

Really no.

This album came off really well in contrast with the Scritti Politti album before it haha. The music isn't remarkable, but I appreciate aspects of it. I quite like Scott's singing voice. It reminds me of Nick Cave and Dexy's Midnight Runners at times and is giving crooner vibes. There's good variety in the musical style of the tracks too.

There were moments of gold on here, the old mans back again, and Duchesse, these songs felt like Scotts voice was working reallyyyyy well, beautiful strings and a funky bass line to make it smooth, with these angelic male choir vocals deep in the back. That being said, I really debated going with a 2, but the few amazing songs on here made this worth the listen through in my opinion. The other songs just didnt do it for me, felt like his voice was clashing.

Love this record. Walker started out as a disciple to early 60’s Spector Wall of Sound style pop and over the course of his first four solo records - quickly in fairness - added layers of complexity, lyrically and sonically, and even iconoclasm that not only make clandestine but subtly exploded the simplicity of that earlier sub-genre. The darkness of the lyrics, the real drama, and sonically, the strings and clever song structures, are at their best a most challenging on Scott 4. Try Seventh Seal, Old Man’s Back Again, Duchess.

Okay, first things first, Scott 4 is one of those albums that splits people. The production is super lush orchestral stuff, especially the bass on "The Old Man's Back Again", it's got a cool vibe. There's a real sense of trying to tell a story, like "The Seventh Seal" is this high concept art thing. But, as someone who isn't into this kind of dramatic crooning, it's a bit of a struggle to get through. I get that some people think his voice is majestic, but it just sounds kind of... blah to me. And the slow pace? Yeah, it feels a bit like nap time. It's cool that he influenced people like Nick Cave and Bowie, but this whole vibe isn't really my thing.

Libe kuulamine hea produga, aga siin pole midagi revolutsioonilist ega väga meeldejäävat. Oma aja kohta äkki väga uuendusmeelne, aga tõtt öelda ei tea ma selle ajalugu. Kuulaks uuesti, aga veits tavaliseks jääb see plaat. 3.2/5

Really beautiful

Scott 4 by Scott Walker doesn’t immediately impress on first listen. Despite Walker’s rich and distinctive voice, it often feels slightly out of sync with the rhythm, creating the sense that the arrangements don’t fully complement his lower vocal range, or that the vocal delivery doesn’t quite land as intended. However, with repeated listens, certain tracks begin to stand out. In those moments where the pacing, instrumentation, and vocals align, the music becomes genuinely engaging. These highlights reveal the album’s underlying strength and showcase Walker’s artistic depth. While it may not be instantly accessible, Scott 4 grows on you over time and rewards patience. It’s an album that ultimately proves its worth and deserves a thoughtful listen.

Сара 5 Марко 4

More wistful existentialist balladry.

🤷‍♀️

Rv

didn't we already listen to this Divine Comedy album

I’ve got maybe 150 albums to go on this thing and I’m starting to think about Life After. One thing I won’t miss is listening to an album of this quality about 1.75 times a week and being like “Yea ok fine.”

Liked his voice, the clarity of the sound and the ability to follow stories with ease. Not favorite new artist, but I enjoyed the time together

Some fine 60's crooning. The songwriting is mixed. Still, makes me feel good. 3.5/5

Best Song: The Old Man's Back Again (Dedicated To The Neo-Stalinist Regime). A cool, dust-blown, spaghetti western feel. Worst Song: Angels of Ashes. It sounds like he's trying to ape Sinatra. Overall: Really rides the line between interesting and annoying. It does that "faux-theatricality" thing that I dislike, and despite having a relatively weak singing ability he has a tendency to oversing (I think he put about 6 extra syllables in the word "snow") but his little vignetted stories are actually kind of compelling. Dated, but in a way that makes you vaguely nostalgic for some sepia-toned memories you don't actually have.

Really great. Nice subtle use of strings, good grooves and Walker has a wonderfully emotive voice.

Cool sings, unique voice and not too bad.

Esta bueno, no es un genero que le mate( y hoy creo q no estaba para escucharlo del todo) asiwue ni li disfrute taaaanto

Smooth and soft singing and guitar playing from the 60s. It feels like something I would hear in a Bond movie when the camera pans away from the bed when Bond starts kissing a new woman. Its pleasant to listen to and something that I could see having on in the background late night at a dinner party while sitting and talking.

A good album, I liked Seventh Seal the most.