"4AD is proud to announce the signing of Scott Walker.
Over the last 40 years, Scott has created a unique body of work, and it is no exaggeration to say that he is one of the most influential and widely-respected recording artists of all time. In 2003, Scott received a special award from Q magazine, and that accolade was followed by the arrival of the lavish ‘Five Easy Pieces’ box set, which has further cemented his critical reputation.
Scott Walker is about to start recording a new studio album - his first since ‘Tilt’, which was released in 1995."
SW is another one I forgot to add in my Top 10 favourites list too
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Scott Walker
For the uninitiated who ask "who the hell is Scott Walker?" we offer the following clues:
Fact: Former lead singer of the Walker Brothers, whose "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" was a nugget of mid-'60s pop purity. Other hits included the Bacharach/David penned "Make It Easy On Yourself" and "Archangel," songs that cemented the Brothers place in pop history.
Fact: Launched a vital solo career after moving to England in the late '60s following the break-up of the Walker Brothers. Recorded a series of dark, brooding fully orchestrated albums that were ground-breaking for their subject matter, pure passion and previously unexpressed levels of ennui. Deemed too strange for American audiences, who didn't "get it," three of the four albums Walker released during the period were top-5 U.K. hits. Scott was a major celebrity, with his own U.K. variety show and a legion of rabid fans.
Yet another fact: Though relegated to little-known cult status in the U.S., Walker's songs influenced a generation of British recording artists, especially David Bowie, Bryan Ferry, Julian Cope (who compiled the U.K. collection Fire Escape In The Sky: The Godlike Genius Of Scott Walker), Nick Cave and Marc Almond. Today, members of Scott's following include Peter Buck, Eric Matthews and Pulp's Jarvis Cocker.
Most important fact: It's Raining Today is the first-ever American release that collects in one place all the best, most expressive Scott Walker recordings from the five albums he recorded during the late '60s. Included are his own twisted originals as well as his versions of songs written by fellow tortured soul Jacques Brel. Extensive liner notes make this a must for musicologists of all stripes.
They make a little go along way.. very Minimal but Fundamental.
sounds interesting, think I'll have to check it out. I knew of the Walker Brothers but didn't know he'd released all those albums I'm currently browsing through on soulseek
"You're all a bunch of m*therf****ers, you know that?”
~ Sigmund Freud on the Oedipus complex
Glad to be of service. It's amazing that he's so little-known outside his adopted UK homeland.
And get this: I met the legendary recluse in, of all places, the first day of the Christmas sales in a packed Dickins & Jones department store on Oxford St, Dec 1997!
