Scott 4

Scott 4
Studio album by Scott Walker
Released November 1969
Recorded Olympic Studios, London, 1969
Genre Rock / Pop
Length 32:28
Label Philips / Fontana
Producer John Franz
Scott Walker chronology
Scott: Scott Walker Sings Songs from his TV Series
(1969)		 Scott 4
(1969)		 'Til The Band Comes In
(1970)
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Allmusic [1]

Scott 4 is Scott Walker's fifth solo album (a collection of songs he had performed for his BBC television series had been his fourth). It was originally released in late 1969 under his birth name, Noel Scott Engel (The name Walker did not appear on the original album sleeve), and was the first Walker album to consist solely of self-penned songs (Scott 1-3 had each featured translations of Jacques Brel songs, which were later compiled to form the album Scott Walker Sings Jacques Brel, and the earlier albums had also featured some songs from other sources).

In 1996, an English indie-rock band named themselves Scott 4 in honour of this album.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Noel Scott Engel. 

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "The Seventh Seal"   4:58
2. "On Your Own Again"   1:48
3. "The World's Strongest Man"   2:21
4. "Angels of Ashes"   4:22
5. "Boy Child"   3:38
Side two
No. Title Length
1. "Hero of the War"   2:29
2. "The Old Man's Back Again (Dedicated to the Neo-Stalinist Regime)"   3:43
3. "Duchess"   2:51
4. "Get Behind Me"   3:14
5. "Rhymes of Goodbye"   3:04

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalogue
United Kingdom November 1969 (1969-11)[2] Philips LP (Credited to 'Scott Engel') SBL 7913
UK August 3, 1992 (1992-08-03)[2] Fontana CD 510 882-2
UK June 5, 2000 (2000-06-05)[2] Fontana HDCD 510 882-2
United States February 15, 2008 (2008-02-15)[3] 4 Men With Beards LP 4M152

External links

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ a b c "Release: Scott 4 - MusicBrainz". http://musicbrainz.org/release/06c6ba0d-ae54-4a5b-b4cf-b93490510e70.html. Retrieved 2010-08-10. 
  3. ^ "VinylFanatics.com Vinyl Records, Vinyl Record Reviews, News, Forum Vinyl reviews Audiophile vinyl The best site for vinyl records - UPDATE : Vinyl Lovers - New record label?". © 2010 VinylFanatics.com. http://vinylfanatics.com/content/view/267/2/. Retrieved 2010-08-11. 
Scott Walker
Solo albums

Scott (1967) · Scott 2 (1968) · Scott 3 (1969) · Scott: Scott Walker Sings Songs from his TV Series (1969) · Scott 4 (1969) · 'Til the Band Comes In (1970) · The Moviegoer (1972) · Any Day Now (1973) · Stretch (1973) · We Had It All (1974) · Climate of Hunter (1984) · Tilt (1995) · The Drift (2006) · And Who Shall Go to the Ball? And What Shall Go to the Ball? (2007)
The Walker Brothers albums

Take It Easy with The Walker Brothers (1965) · Portrait (1966) · Images (1967) · No Regrets (1975) · Lines (1976) · Nite Flights (1978)
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