Scott 4

I like the orchestral and choral bits. Its produced VERY well. Its ok. This sounds like music in the transitions of Tarantino films. i would go 2.5 but its not an option. 2 would imply its not good so we are going with 3

Nice, peaceful music. Enjoyed having this in the background. Nothing amazing, but it was okay.

Tried a few times with Scott but it doesn’t do it for me. Some interesting songs and some boring ones.

This is the weirdest music I have heard in a very long time. And I listen to A LOT of weird music.

Operatic-feeling voice, soft pop music

Not what I expected from an artist I’d never heard before and was judging solely on the album cover. I was expecting either something exciting and jazzy, or maybe weird and eclectic, I felt like I got banality.

Anything that sounds like this I’m gonna kind of enjoy because it all sounds like music that can be sampled. But other than that I didn’t enjoy this that much. I thought the vibes were kinda cool and the album cover was dope but the music never took me somewhere emotionally and the vocals never had anything that made me remember them.

An okay album. Some pretty lyrical imagery, but I didn't find it overly memorable. 3/5.

Easy listening, interesting voice and lyrics.

Just emerging from a deep-dive into Pantera's discography, this is an extreme change of pace. Angles of Ashes is pretty with the sweeping strings and grand vocals; however, I find myself pretty bored. I think that's actually probably a decent enough summation of this record. The instrumentals are objectively pretty, but there is something about the vocals that runs against my taste. Feels preachy / pretentious in a way that only folk music can. The Old Man's Back Again is pretty cool. Very different in style to the rest of the album so far. Love the bouncy bass-line and drum shuffle -- very groovy. I also really enjoyed Rhymes of Goodbye as a folk-country closer. Album was down and up for me. I largely enjoyed the instrumentals and found a couple of the songs to be worthy of focus. Otherwise, I wasn't huge on the aesthetics at play. Nice clean production though, so credit where its due. This sits middle of the pack for me. 3/5

1st song feels like it would be in a Quintin Tarantino movie. Wasn't a bad listen. Definitely has that 60s/70s sound. 3 stars for me

Great voice, Scott! Has a bit of a bossa nova feel to the album with a grooving bassline. This one is definitely better than Scott 2.

Definitely liked this one more than Scott 2 which we got almost 400 albums ago. It was still a bit too poppy for my liking, but his voice is very good and this time there were some really nice guitar parts. I would be ok if Scott and Scott 3 are not included on this list.

Just went back and I did not like Scott 2. I just cannot take him super cereal with his voice but it's not bad. The Old Mans Back Again has some fantastic bass going on. There's actually some good bass on a lot of these songs definitely sticking out the most to me. And some really good orchestral parts as well. Feel like I liked this one a bit more than Scott 2 even though I still hate his stupid voice. Not going back to Scott 2 to find out either. Run of the mill 3.

Ok

Scott Walker reminds me of someone, but I can't place who. This is a good album: nothing really catchy, but I like his style.

Chill, nice voice

Interesting. At its best ("The Seventh Seal", "Get Behind Me"), this is Baroque pop that soars but I also think it sails pretty close to easy-listening territory at times. Nevertheless, grown-up themes (the Prague Spring!) abound.

He was described by the BBC upon his death as "one of the most enigmatic and influential figures in rock history" Never heard of him. Nice voice, subdued orchestration.I prefer Mel Torme. 3*

Very mellow and, at the same time, full of pathos - does that make it pathetic? I'm not sure, but I know that this particular sound could only come out of the 70s. 3/5

I wasn't familiar with Scott Walker. His voice reminds me of someone, but I can't place it. Maybe it was unique for the time, but it gets a little tedious now. There's a place for it, but probably not in my rotation. 3.4

3.5/5

Pretty cool!

The songs are in order; I'm less attracted by the performance, which is somewhat 'swollen'.

Ballad king with interesting lyrics.

Nice production on the tracks but I waited an entire album for something other than a depressing ballad and was disappointed. Low 3.

I've always preferred *Scott 3* to any of the other albums in that famous tetralogy of Scott Walker album. Including "critics' fave" *Scott 4*. *3* has more obvious experimental arrangements, such as that dissonant string section on opener "It's Raining Today"--which clearly inspired Jonny Greenwood for his own "glissandi" string arrangement on Radiohead's "How To Disappear Completely"... And it has more memorable original songs ("Copehhagen", "30 Century Man"), cinematic instrumentation ("Butterfly", "Winter Night") and stellar covers (Jacques Brel's "If You Go Away"). Guess Scott Walker's borderline-stilted and hackneyed gravitas is pretty much the same on 3 and 4, yet 3 is the only record I can see appearing in such a list. Even its drugged-out artwork is better than the one on *4*. You know what they say... "Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder". Not to say that *4* can't be excellent at times. "The Old Man's Back Again" and *Boy Child* are up there with the best tunes from *3*. Yet the first four tracks from this subsequent record still sound kind of boring to me. And if things get better after them, I feel like I prefer to listen to The Divine Comedy's "copy" of those sorts of songs rather than the original. It's an odd feeling, I gotta admit it. But I would lie if I stated the contrary. 3/5 for the purposes of this list. Translating to a 8/10 grade for more general purposes (5+3). Number of albums left to review: 235 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 330 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 195 Albums from the list I won't include in mine: 247 (including this one)

This surprised me, I actually enjoyed it quite a bit. Simplistic I feel but kept me interested. I ain't got too much more to say tbh. Fav songs: -The Seventh Seal - The Old Man's Back Again - Duchess

Pretty good Baroque pop. For me, better than Scott 2.

Calm album, very peaceful Top tracks: Duchess, Get Behind Me

I wasn't sure what to expect with this as I head he can get a bit weird. Anyway they say this is his best and after my second listen it really started to grow on me. A sad crooner with a bent for the mythical. Faves: The Seventh Seal, The Old Man's Back Again

The Seventh Seal - 3.5 On Your Own Again - 3 The World's Strongest Man - 3 Angels of Ashes - 2.5 Boy Child - 3 Hero Of The War - 3.5 The Old Mans Back Again - 3.5 Duchess - 3.5 Get Behind Me - 3.5 Rhymes Of Goodbye - 3.5 Average - 3.25

I can see that it's really good, clever, artful, intriguing. But it's also just a bit too croony and orchestrated for me to truly love...

syngur auðvitað eins og engill. einna síst af fimmunni. 3,5 samt.

6/10 I like the song writing, the arrangements are good too. it feels like a lonely 60's crooner writing for the most depressing musical ever made. 4/1/2024

Honestly, it got better as I listened on. I enjoyed the last couple songs but towards the beginning I was falling asleep but not in a good way. It was rather boring but I do have to say it definitely picked up. It evens out, so not disappointed.

Not bad, but not really memorable.

I'll need to listen again later since this is something I would typically love, just didn't hit today

To me, this was like background music for an older generation. It wasn't unpleasant, just not my thing. Having said that, I may try to listen to it again.

I have heard good things about Scott Walker and was expecting to be blown away. I wasn't but it is intriguing and I think I will revisit.

Cool album, super original sounding, almost like if someone decided to sing over a video game OST

It was fine.

That first track had me hooked, then it was a wild ride on whether he was an early Orville peck or another morrissey guy. But it was ok

Rating: 6/10 Best songs: The old man’s back again, Get behind me

3-4

Interesting. Was not expecting this.

This whole goddamn album sounds like why Mike Myers made the character of Austin Powers. Baroque pop, aggressive, Andy Williams, Tom Jones motherlover. Which isn’t to say I didn’t like it. I really did. What a fascinating dude and a fascinating album.

Ok album but nothing special

Not sure

This guy again. Don’t hate it but don’t really like it too much.

It was okay. It definitely got better in the second half and it has some good moments, but Walker’s voice doesn’t do much for me. Some of the songs in the first half sounded like parodies of singers like Humperdinck.

Me gusta. Bueno. Tampoco uh!!! Llevadero. Corto. Bien! Lo conocí hoy. Bien!!, 👏👏👏👏👏

Listened Before? N Surprising! This sounds like Bowie with a more real-world theme. I have never heard of him but apparently he was a big Bowie influencer. I did really enjoy this one, but I disagree with the most popular song here. "The Old Man's Back Again" is interesting, but I think it probably lost a lot of its meaning over time. My favorite here was track 1 - The Seventh Seal. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: The Seventh Seal

Fint album. Fina melodier. Fina lyrics. Fina låtar. Stark 3

Well that was certainly different. Not horrible, but not my cup of tea either.

Interesting voice, but very boring. No songs have grabbed my attention at all, it's like good background music. Not terrible music, but not for me. A solid 3.

Very soft album. The singing is slow and comforting. None of the tracks were skips and they flow very smoothly. Sort of reminds me of the cars by the arctic monkeys. Almost like lounge music. 3.25

Was just ok start to finish.

This was ok

low energy. homme avec sa guitare. arrangement ornemental. egalement. rien de wow 6/10

not bad, but nothing exceptional. I'd listen to it again

interesting voice

Didn’t really enjoy Scott 2. Enjoyed this a bit more. I can definitely appreciate the musical genius behind it all but it just doesn’t really sit with me that well. All a bit too dramatic for me. Feels like a soundtrack to a 60s musical tv drama at times. 3.0

A great example of music I wouldn't look twice at normally but that I quite enjoyed. The opening track really hooked me in. It has an epic but ethereal quality. I don't think I'd put this on often but I think it's really well made, the instruments sound good and he has a swell voice (crooner). Standout Track: The Seventh Seal

I did not expect to enjoy this but it was quite lovely to make soup to

I thought that it felt longer than it actually was, but I really enjoyed this style of music. It was well-arranged and easy to listen to. His voice felt a little bit like he was doing an impression of someone though— something about it didn’t feel genuine and I can’t put my finger on it lol.

I was pretty mid on this, so I’d put it as 2 star vibes, but with 1 or 2 songs that were enjoyable enough to bring it to a 3

More like 3

Enjoyed this one, great voice and lush music. I think with more listens this would move up a star

lyhyt scotti tähän paikkaan. kiva tunnelmallinen melankolinen(suomi, suomi finland) folkki jointti.. muutama hyvä biisi muutama huono biisi. loppui juuri sen verran ajoissa että ei alkanut vituttaa kuulla tekoääntä.. tekoääni pakottaa laittaa rekisteriin alempaa hertsiä vaikka oikea ääni varmasti kimeämpi.. hohhoijjaa seventh seal

Old timey but well written

With no shortage of love for drama, Scott once again delivers what he hopes is the most majestic, cinematic record you've ever heard. And if you can get past the silliness of it, it's a lot of fun. Certainly better than Scott 2 (an earlier album on this list). I guess I feel this way because I knew more of what to expect this time around. Makes it easier to get past the barrier of entry. But the songs are just kind of better too. I went back and listened to a bit of Scott 2, and there's certainly an evolution in songwriting there. I'm not in any hurry to revisit this one, but it's completely bearable with some actual great tracks on it.

I had no idea that In The Nursery’s version of The Seventh Seal was a cover song. Gives this a +1.

An interesting experience that reminded me of Al Stewart and the moody blues

3.3/5 - Scott has such an interesting, enigmatic voice, I really do quite like it a lot. Some of the songs here fall a bit flat though. Fave Songs: The Seventh Seal, Hero of the War

vrlo mid

Par dobrih pjesama, par skroz bezveze

The World’s Strongest Man // Rhymes of Goodbye

Avant-Pop. Recht experimentell für ein Pop Album von 69. Allerdings auch ein bisschen zu ruhig und eintönig für meinen Geschmack.

Pretty nice really

Enjoyable sounding album, good singer

This is quality. It's a shame it was not more successful. Nonetheless, while it's very good, I wouldn't call it great. 3.5 stars, and while it's almost good enough to round up, I just don't feel like it belongs with most (all) of the other 4 star albums. Sorry, Scott. This is a very good album. Sorry it didn't garner more success.

My second time listening to this one on a greatest list. I really tried to enjoy this. I listened to this through a decent enough speaker. It wasn’t on as background music but instead actively listened to. I don’t get it.

3/5. While I had never heard of Scott Walker, I rather enjoyed his melancholy voice. “Hero of the War”, was my favorite song on this album. Like a 1969 Pop version of “One” by Metallica.

It was interesting. 3*

Nice.

Scott a enfin décidé de laisser Jacques Brel tranquille et c'est bien tout ce qu'on lui demandait.

Tu nous as habitué à beaucoup mieux Scott, on comptait pourtant sur toi pour profiter un peu avant une heure atroce promise par Missy Eliott

There is something about 60s/70s Brit-Singer-Songwriter schmaltz that just falls flat. Scott Walker is no different here. 3/5

Different, liked his voice, but the songs themselves went in one ear and out the other

This was alright, I like these weird folk albums by people I've never heard of

Okay

Somewhere between Nick Drake and a crooner. I prefer Drake. But this isn't bad.

сначала вообще не зашёл, но потом ничего, прислушалась)

I can’t decide if I like this or not

I thought the opening song was really interesting, both musically and lyrically. The rest of the album didn't hold my interest quite as much. Definitely unique, which is always appreciated.

Pleasant

This was alright, a little different. I did not mind listening to it, but I don't have a desire to listen to it again.

As a writer, I prefer some of his contemporaries, like Cohen, Drake or Buckley

s ok

Had always wanted to listen to some SW before...was interesting, especially for its time. Probably not something I would go back to however. 2.5/5

Strong voice, good storytelling. Still sounds like anglicised Brel.

It’s like a less good English language version of the Arthur verocai album

Powerful vocals, poetic lyrics. Though the style is repetitive throughout. Probably deserves a second listen.

A solid star better than Scott 2. There were some very delectable songs mixed into here, though it's not a record I'd have a full meal of again.

Interesting tone - I love that you can feel that the song is from this era. Not really to my taste, a bit slow but not terrible. 3/5

Scott Walker is recommended to me a lot by Spotify. He’s OK but there’s not a song of his that I really like. I was hoping for that to change with this album, but it didn’t. It’s more of what I expected from him. It’s fine, but I don’t really have anything to say about it.

Much respect.

This is not the music I was anticipating, but it is interesting. On one hand, I think he has a good voice, the music is a good mix, but I also find it a bit too bland.

- Not what I expected it would sound like - Great vocals and vibe, sounds very full - Favorite songs: The Seventh Seal, The World's Strongest Man

It was alright - nothing about the songwriting did all that much for me, but some great bass parts. I do appreciate that this is his first work to be fully written by him, as well as some film references that he worked in. But not sure this left enough of an impact for me to check it out again any time soon.

Very beautiful music, and very cool instrumentation, but for me there is such a thing as too many ballads. 3.5.

Very easy listening - not a criticism or a compliment, just an observation. His voice is wonderfully rich and smooth, but I'm not a huge fan of the songs themselves. One of the hardest to rate, for me, because I'm not quite sure what to make of it!

It’s good. Really liked Seventh Seal, Old Man’s Back, and Duchess. I would have given it four stars if all the same songs had been sung by Van Morrison

Really interesting

Logically I should have hated this but I didn't find it completely terrible. Most of the songs are pretty boring and "old" but there was definitely something about it that was at least a little alluring. I really liked "Duchess" and sort of liked "The Old Man's Back Again" but otherwise nothing really stood out. Still not terrible to listen to and I assume if I enjoyed this kind of music more I would rate it higher. Way better than other artists of this genre but I just don't like the genre that much.

The Seventh Seal - made me feel bad and almost give up on the whole album On Your Own Again - much better than the first one, makes me feel calm. A song that actually speaks with me - "I was so happy I didn't feel like me" The World's Strongest Man - I too am not the world's strongest man. Another song that speaks to me Hero of the War - Cool one! This album made me feel bad, and I have no other impression but that.

This sounded like movie music, so fake? Idk. It wasn’t really my jam.

Enjoyable instrumentation, voice a bit straight forward melodically. Clearly a Bergman fan.

I know lots of people who think this is amazing but I just don't get it.

I can't put a genre or a label on this, but he sings well.

This was better than Scott 2 that I listened to previously. Bit don’t know still didn’t really click with this album.

Very surprisingly pleasant listen, sophisticated late 60s singer-songwriter pop with good arrangements. The fearsome Scott lay ahead then.

Interesting stuff, was released a lot earlier than I thought

6/10 very mid

A pretty mild listen, nothing mind blowing, but really solid song writing and musicianship. I really enjoyed it, but I don't think I could realistically give this too high of a rating, mostly because it's almost too easy listening that it's kind of escaped me so soon. Good albums though. 3.5/5

Scott 4 is the fifth solo album by British-American singer-songwriter Scott Engel/Walker. It failed to chart when he released it under his birth name Scott Engel, so the label deleted it and he re-released it with his stage name Scott Walker. This art pop album is considered one of Scott's best works, and it's his first to consist of only songs that he wrote himself. It also contains less orchestral arrangements than his previous albums, instead using a barebones folky sound with emphasis on the rhythm section. The music on this album didn't jump out to me as amazing, although I still appreciated it.

Very 60s but a little too schmaltzy for me. I can see this as music used in a Quinten Tarantino soundtrack. I did enjoy the first track which was just a retelling of the plot of the seventh seal which I watched in my high school film class.

Not sure if I’d ever listen to it again, but I liked it & wouldn’t turn it off if it came on.

Never heard of this guy before but this was interesting

I've never been a huge fan of Scott Walker's music. But I will say this, I respect where Walker is coming from. He's a unique performer, with a distinctive, resonant vocal style and an ear for unusual arrangements. Although his lyrics can get a little murky, they can also be quite poetic. I had a hard time getting into the groove of this album, but I especially liked side 2. Fave Songs: The Old Man's Back Again, Duchess, Angels of Ashes, Get Behind Me, The Seventh Seal

J'aime beaucoup sa voix. The Seventh Seal est un de mes films préférés, alors ça m'a touchée. Pour le reste, j'ai aimé mon écoute sans en être particulièrement marquée

Having a couple of Scott Walker's late career efforts (which are perfectly fine) I thought I knew how I'd feel about this album before listening to it. Personally, I found this record more charming and enjoyable than those I own.

Good

Cool lyrics nice instrumentals

Slow. Crooning. Pure Scott. Moments of brilliance. Mostly monotonous. Stand out tracks: The World's Strongest Man, The Seventh Seal.

When an album starts with a musical retelling of Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal, an eclectic listen is at hand. Not every song is a winner, but Walker was a gifted writer who knew his way around a turn of phrase.

Not my cuppa

It's... I mean, it's okay. Kinda cheesy and plastic for an album from '69 but not offensively so. The biggest issue is the off-brand, Bowie-esque vocals. Not great, bud. I don't know. I didn't hate it or love it. It just... Was a thing I listened to. Not sure why it's on the list but it was fine, I guess.

Considerably better than 2 (just removing half the schmaltzy orchestration did the trick [classic addition by subtraction]). But it still feels a touch too dramatic and too earnestly artistic (see the vesper-y backing vocals). Lyrics are poetic tending to the maudlin. Singing seems better suited to the subject matter (including the song about Stalin, which features a brief bit of pretty effective scatting [more of that please]). “Get Behind Me” is almost a proper rock song – another suggestion of what might have been. Maybe it’s justifiably influential, but one’s not convinced and isn’t motivated enough by the music to explore and validate the hypothesis on one’s own.

Fine album. It doesn't feel as old as some reviewers talked about because of some of the experimental sounds. Best Songs: The Seventh Seal, The Old Man's Back Again, Get Behind Me Worst Songs: Boy Child

Solid

I think that this bus just passed me by. The quality of his voice is nice, but the lyrics and melodies inspired me not at all today.

It's not bad at all, it's slow and boring but kind of haunting at points? I liked it.

Solid album, however I think it lacks in the melody department significantly. It consists mostly of ballads, with a few jauntier tunes sprinkled between. Not bad, but not fabulous.

Pop viejuno. Ni fu ni fa.

Lovely baritone voice

Proto Nick Cave

Gorgeous. 7/10

Standard.

easy to listening, enjoyable album 5,5/10

It's like rock never happened. Soaring orchestral epics, rolling melodies, opaque lyrics and tangential historical and movie references. Scott Walker, king of croons.

Had some charm to it. Never heard before, a pleasant pop-ish album. Nice music composition.

W sumie nie wiem, bardzo krotkie i takie nijakie

Po trzykrotnym przesłuchaniu, nadal nie wiem co o tym sądzić. Z jednej strony podczas samego słuchania kilka kawałków mi się całkiem podobało, jednak nie potrafię sobie przypomnieć nawet jak leciały. Muzycznie całkiem ciekawe, lirycznie specjalnie do mnie nie dotarł.

Nic nie pamiętam już z tego albumu, a słuchałem go dzisiaj. Ale słuchało się całkiem przyjemnie, taka niekontrowersyjna muzyczka, ładny głos ale nie jakiś wybitny... Słaba trójka

Will try second album be called Scott 8?

I think the word that best sums this up is, interesting.

Nothing to write home about. Great baritone, good run time, but there is nothing to be amazed about.

The definition of a 3, not bad but neither remarkable or memorable

Growing on me

Alright, not a bad listen but also not something I'd probably revisit. Though I did somewhat like his voice, felt quite powerful.

3.5/5 What a great voice he has and his songs are like small stories in the way he sings them. Not really special but still quite enjoyable. Favourite songs: - Hero of the war - The old man’s back again - Get behind me

Lots of really good vocals.

To me a Scott 3

Scott walker has to have had the most interesting musical progression of all time

I have so many questions. I assume there was Scott 1, 2 & 3 albums - or was Scott 1 just Scott or did he assume success & follow up albums? And why does every song sound like it was made for a Spaghetti Western? And who would think "this is one of the greatest albums of all time" under any circumstance, even if they like it? Which, oddly I do. When the sun is out, and no-one is around I could quite imagine myself blasting this out and singing along to it with a large whisk(e)y. 3.5/5

Love the vivid lyrics, particularly the ones weaving the tale of the legendary movie "The Seventh Seal". 5/10

Pleasant background music.

I loved the first song but the rest was just meh

This dude just names is albums after his regular ass first name and followed by a number plus he scats. Worth a listen just for that.

Nice vocals. The string arrangements behind the songs I could do without.

Goede achtergrond muziek

Nice sound

Dobar je skot(pasiji), super glas, koji kak u kojoj pijesmi pase/ne pase.. malo mi smeta patetika u pola albuma, ali me boy child bas dionica odusevila (y)

Scott's Tots part. 4. Jako topao album, a sama pjesma The World's Strongest Man je bjutiful, a uz nju mi je najdraža i Boy Child. Duchess je također tu među favoritima.

Album za melaholični kraj dobre večeri

Pleasant, but a bit boring. Where Sinatra seemed cool, Scott Walker seems overly serious, a little dark, and no very interesting. Seventh Seal and Rhymes of Goodbye are probably best.

Some good songs, a few quirky arrangements.

I was not familiar with Scott Walker. It is an right album.

ok this is 1969 but the cover doesn't scream folk psychedelia, or even beatles-y pop! I'm still disappointed in advance, but almost intrigued in a way. ok this is... strange? it's pop music, but kinda dark and the guy's deeper voice (is this a baritone?) gives it a bit of a moody character or something. but I don't mind it at all. even by the end of the album I could've done a bit more of it. 3/5.

Easy listening fayre...not too freaky like some of his other stuff

it was fine

Buena voz de un cantante con estilo un tanto crooner. Canciones simples y sin mucha complejidad. Se puede escuchar, aunque tiene cierto aire melancólico. Le faltaría algo más de chispa y alegría.

A pleasant album. Some tracks show how less can be more.

It was alright. Surprisingly, it scratched a certain itch for me. Although it was a bit medieval sounding, that's the noise it was going for, and it did it well. The orchestra was fantastic in delivering that feel, and as much as I don't enjoy that type of music, this album kept my interest. Favorite track: The Seventh Seal

very enjoyable, i am a modern scott walker

Seventh Seal is wild... was it all about a chess match? Or a battle between life and death? Hero of the War hits — definitely a post 1969 (post 1968) song, very anti-war with an ironic jolly tune The Old Man’s Back Again — a song about Stalin of all people 😳 but it’s well written (with a bad pronunciation of Ivan) Overall: interesting album. Not sure if I’ll relisten, but I’ll give Scott his due as a songwriter.

Kind of jazzy pop, worth another listen

Fine as background noise, but nothing that really stood out to me. My favorite song was the opening track, The Seventh Seal. Sounded best when it sounded ripped off of other bands of the era. Voice was kinda like a cross between Elvis and Morrissey.

3 1/2

Im not a fan if his voice, but it's interesting and some beautiful moments.

A pretty middle of the road country album. Not his most impressive work.

Tjemig, kerst valt vroeg dit jaar. Toch vind ik Scott Walker een fijne en goede zanger die zijn sporen wel verdiend heeft.

Some nice melodies, but not really my thing. Reminded me a little of Nick Cave (vocally only, and not nearly as good imo) End of the album was strongest. Dutchess was quite nice

Nice, safe album. Easy listen.

Fine

Nice enough but always a Best of man for me

Really interesting mix of song styles with some quite weird stuff going on. Can see the influence on Richard Hawley, Jack White, Alex Turner and others. 2nd half much better than the first. Old Man and Get Behind Me are brilliant.

Was ok, some good singing. Not really an album i will listen to again.

I could see the influence on acts like The Divine Comedy, but honestly the act it brought most to mind for me was Mike Flowers. Just OK.

1969, baroque pop, chilli milli

This album really comes and goes. It's barely half an hour long! Scott is a good singer. His voice is ethereal and deep; not the kind of voice you hear too often on a pop album. This was nice to listen to, but I'm done now, thanks.

De inicio no me gustó, me parecía un sonido medio repetitivo y una voz que canta como en estilo crooner pero metiendo todavía el triple de vibrato y que simplemente sonaba demasiado raro. Lo escuché un par de veces más y comencé, si bien no a adorarlo, al menos a entender un poco su sentido. Musicalmente y en cuanto a producción es un disco interesante, muy bien nivelado y que tiene más variedad de la que le agarré al inicio; primero me parecía que todas las canciones sonaban con ese sonsonete que suena tal cual a Ennio Morricone que tiene la primera canción, pero realmente no, lo que sí tienen es que a veces se siente un poco exagerada la orquestación y como si quisiera hacer las cosas mas "épicas" de lo que son realmente. Con el tiempo el sonido detalladamente melancólico y las letras bien hechas le dan más y más puntuación. Encontré que David Bowie produjo un documental sobre él y justo lo acabo de ver... era una persona bastante interesante y de hecho por lo que vi y lo poco que jalé ahorita rápido de YouTube, su música de años más adelante me agradaría mucho más. Creo que sí tiene un lugar aquí, creo que tiene cosas meritorias, me agrada lo que escribe, pero su manera de cantar, al menos en este album, no me termina de convencer.

Se me hizo monótono. Sí está bien hecho, un par de letras de me gustaron pero nada que me volara la cabeza. Las mejores son The World's Strongest Man y Hero Of The War. 2.5 estrellas que suben a 3.

They certainly don't make 'em like this anymore. Lush strings, booming voice. I'll give him credit, but in all honesty I probably wouldn't listen to this again.

Not really my style but fine.

it's good I think it stands above other baroque, easy listening stuff because of walker's voice and his lyrics - some interesting stuff in there

reminded me of a traveling bard, singing stories to wayward travellers

Wow, this was difficult to get through. I own a later Walker album called Drift, which is quite different as he got experimental.

Prachtig rustig album, mooie stem

not a bad listen but not my stuff

Gostei até

I get why people like Scott Walker, a few of the tracks I ike but in general a bit underwhelming for me. On Your Own Again is probably my favorite track.

Interesting Lyrics, voice is a little dated but interested to hear more

would listen while working again

Ok

Not really my cup of tea, but can hear the talent in his voice, like some of the orchestral music as well

Liked the storytelling. Upbeat songs were great, but too few and far between.

Interesting but not something I would play often

Thought it was interesting. Not something I'd have found on my own.

Another Scott Walker album, huh? Well, at least it's short. It's not bad, but it does feel a bit unnecessary for this list 3/5

It's kind of light and full old-timey music, big-voiced male singer with lots of vibrato, very Sinatra-esque. Not realllly my thing but I like it alright! Good for expanding horizons.

First few notes brought up Nic Cave. Ended with thoughts about Stone Roses and Teenage Fanclub.

Easy listening right here. Can hear his heavy influence in a lot of modern music. Not quite my thing, but still good.

jestermaxxing in the taverns

A ballad heavy album. It was ok! Listened in the wee hours of the morning

Meh. Kinda budget crooner.

It bored me (I'm bored). Boring!

Ok 2/5

My previous album was one by Echo and the Bunnymen, this was more like Bunnyman and the Echo. I’m not sure what to think about it.

Greg was right!

Das Album versucht hier, das Summen und die gedämpften Vokalflächen als mystische Tiefe zu verkaufen, aber meistens klingt es schlicht nach musikalischem Leerlauf. Die Songs schweben, ohne je wirklich zu landen, und das „langweilige Summen“ zieht sich wie ein grauer Nebel durch das Album. Handwerklich sauber, emotional aber erstaunlich unbeteiligt.

This is a sort of musical subgenre that I was unaware of. Esoteric crooner? Big band on acid? Whatever it is the curtains don’t match the carpet. The music is predictable and canned but the songs are meandering musings with lyrics like, “they’ll blind you with their wings wrapped in flame” and “his mother called him Ivan, and then she died”. The effect is bizarre and incongruous.

Hard to know what to do with this one. Certainly not a style I’m into, but it wasn’t like Coldplay-bad.

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I was gonna rate it something good because "the old man's back again" was actually some damn good music but the i understood that the man would be the same guy who killed so many people and stole 2 damn villas from my grand grand parents and i didnt like so much the song no more

The sort of thing that comes on old reruns of Top of the Pops and makes you wonder what the fuck people in the late 60s and early 70s were doing. And then you remember that old people brought singles back then. Not really my thing. It's not terrible, but is rather uninteresting

I felt like I was watching the end credits of many 60s movies, his album just gives off that vibe.

Imagine if Scott Walker and Joni Mitchell got stuck on a desert island. Decades could go by and the two of them would still be making things up to go on and on about.

Thought I was gonna like this until the vocals hit. Reminded me a lot of Nick Cave, the very affected style which I really dislike. Arrangements were cool.

You call tell that this guy is just completely full of himself on this record, flexing his wobbly, often irritating baritone. It is going to take more than some nice reverb and some strings to make this record more enjoyable, because I found it pretty hard to take seriously. There are better records to spend your time with than this guy’s twinkling silly ballads.

Not much I ended up enjoying on here.

High 2. What even was that?

Such a great voice and sensibilities, but these songs didn't do a whole lot for me.

Бро

I feel like this is an album that either you get it or you don't. I don't know that I quite get it. Scott is a good singer, and I'm sure his lyrics are deep and full of meaning, but I just don't know if I'm interested enough to delve deeper.

bombastic

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

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

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.

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

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.

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'm not the ballad type.

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

Meh. Pretty boring crooning.

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

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.

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

4/10

Lounge singer.

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

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.

Just couldn’t get into it.

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.

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.

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.

Bah so very boring

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.

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

Yeah - this is just not for me

Not for me.

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'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.

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

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.

Nothing burger

Better than Scott 2 but still pissed me off

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

We have Tom Jones at home

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.

Not hard to hear that it failed to chart.

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.

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

Rufus Wainwright tier