Scott 2

Artist: Scott Walker
Label: Ume Imports
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 731451088025
EAN: 0731451088025
ASIN: B0000075YD

Release Date: 2006-09-26

Scott 2

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Tracks:

Jackie
Best Of Both Worlds
Black Sheep Boy
The Amorous Humphrey Plugg
Next
The Girls From The Streets
Plastic Palace People
Wait Until Dark
The Girls And The Dogs
Windows Of The World
The Bridge
Come Next Spring

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Album Description

Originally released in 1967, 'Scott 2' reached # 1 in the UK & includes the Top 20 hit 'Jackie'. 2000, 24 bit digitally remastered with the restored original sleeve. Fontanta.

Album Details

24 Bit Hdcd Remastered Edition of his 1968 Release with Restored Original Artwork.

Customer Reviews:

Amazing music that amazes.......2006-10-17

Of Walker's 4 numbered albums, this is consistently the best. From the opening blast of the world-weary Brel epic "Jackie" to the closing tones of "Come Next Spring" this is an album full of musical gems, hidden treasures, and astoundingly tender wonders. I don't what I love more - the Sinatra meets Wagner swell of "Best of Both Worlds," the lounge-folk of "Black Sheep Boy," or the sheer, mournful beauty of "Window's of the World.' This album surges from the ridiculous to the sublime without flinching, all the while carried along by breathtakingly stunning production. The only song that overstays its welcome is "Plastic Palace People," though even that has some memorable moments. The previous album, though good, suffered from pacing/song-selection issues, the later albums, each briliant in its own way, tend to be overly experimental. This is the one (although it's called 2).

Not his best, but worth getting........2006-08-10

Scott 2 features some great songs, but as some other reviews have said, many tracks are mismatched. The cd will feature high moments of craft and lyricism, as in all the Brel covers (naturally), Windows of the World, and Plastic Palace Alice. The other songs are forgettable and just too soupy to get into. Personally, other than the songs listed, I can only recall Best of Both Worlds only for the fact that the opening notes match Dvorak's New World Symphony.

But, though forgettable, the other tracks aren't offensive or unlistenable. And the majority of other songs make up for them to keep you listening to the cd the whole way through. And all serves as a harbinger for great albums to come, namely Scott 4.

Scott moves forward , but some mismatched songs.......2005-10-29

One of the strange things for the Scott Walker fan is that his records make you want to get a bigger sound system .
For me , at least .
You know how some people listen to opera at top volume ?
Scott's early albums can make you want to do that , as there is a similiar thing going on , intensity wise .

The music packs a punch , both sonically and often emotionally . This album has Scott branching out a bit with his own songs , covering Jacques Brel again to fine effect and doing some showbizzy numbers , which must have made some people think of giving him his own TV show , which he later did .

It's like he's fine tuning things and getting further out .
I can only imagine what his listeners thought .
A great album leading toward his later darker work .
Buy this if you want to be challenged and hear different musical possibilities .

Walker really distinguishes himself with this album........2005-05-06

It is pleasing enough to discover an English speaking vocalist who dares interpret the signature songwriting of Jacques Brell, but to dare take on the master! Well, that is a consummation devoutly to be wished. . .

And yet, here it is! When you first listen to this album I recommend jumping directly to "Next." I am not going to tell you what the song is about, you can discover that for yourself. But here's a hint: glance at the next song, "The Girls From The Streets." Let us just say that this song is a response, of sorts, to "Next." And what is striking is that, side by side, neither song outshines the other. I tip my cap to that.

But Walker moves beyond assuming the mantle of Brell's style (both vocal and written) in "Plastic Palace People." Dare I say that what I thought I heard was the emergence of a voice in pop that was nonpareil? I suppose you can find its "after-shocks" in singers like Nick Cave but has anyone in pop or easy listening matched what we are hearing here? Walker simply puts an almost "beat" spin on this Sinatra/Bennet crooning yet never claims to be better than these icons, merely different. He takes vocal performance in an interesting direction; I almost got the sense that Walker's work on this album was an amalgam of "beat" consciousness, swaggering hipster nonchalance, and a trace of Gershwin -Porter era ditties with their gorgeous lyrics and panoramic tunefullness. But still, all of my pretensions do this music no justice at all. I am merely laboring here out of love.

I don't think you will be disappointed by this record, especially if easy listening and pop music appeal to you and you've a penchant for indulging in both the gothic and the effulgent. Just think Leonard Cohen meets "sunshine pop" or Nelson Riddle and you're on the right track.

Five stars. I'm lovin' this stuff.

Deliciosas veriones de Brel.......2004-03-09

Su segundo disco viene casi sin tiempo para digerir una maravillosa obra maestra como es su primer disco. Vuelven a predominar las versiones sobre las composiciones propias, las cuales esta vez no son tan brillantes (si exceptuamos The Girls From The Streets). Las que si son fantasticas son las versiones de Jacques Brel; abriendo el disco Jackie, Next y The Girls And The Dogs son 3 de las mejores interpretaciones de S. Engel. Tambien tenemos fantasticas versiones de otros autores como Best Of Both Worlds o Wait Until Dark absolutamente estremecedoras.

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