We Had It All

We Had It All is the tenth studio album by the American solo artist Scott Walker. It was released in August 1974 but was unsuccessful on the music charts. No singles were released from the album. It was Walker's final solo album for ten years, in the interim Walker reformed The Walker Brothers.

Four of the ten songs on the album were written by Billy Joe Shaver and had previously appeared on Waylon Jennings 1973 Outlaw country album Honky Tonk Heroes. The album was recorded in August 1974 at Nova Studios, Marble Arch, London. The album was released as an LP in late 1974 and received generally negative reviews. The album was reissued and released on CD in 1997 by BGO Records coupled with Walker's ninth studio album 1973's Stretch. The artwork for the album was produced by Roslav Szaybo with photography from M. Joseph.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Allmusic (Stretch/We Had It All)	^[2]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Low Down Freedom"	Billy Joe Shaver	3:43
2.	"We Had It All"	Donnie Fritts, Troy Seals	3:29
3.	"Black Rose"	Billy Joe Shaver	3:16
4.	"Ride Me Down Easy"	Billy Joe Shaver	3:32
5.	"You're Young and You'll Forget"	Jerry Reed	2:27

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"The House Song"	Robert H. Bannard, Paul Stookey	3:44
7.	"What Ever Happened to Saturday Night"	Randy Meisner, Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Bernie Leadon	2:53
8.	"Sundown"	Gordon Lightfoot	4:49
9.	"Old Five and Dimers Like Me"	Billy Joe Shaver	4:35
10.	"Delta Dawn"	Alex Harvey	3:47

Release details

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	1974	CBS Records	Vinyl	80254
	1997	BGO Records	CD	BGOCD358	Coupled with Stretch

References

Scott Walker

Discography

Studio albums	Scott Scott 2 Scott 3 Scott: Scott Walker Sings Songs from his TV Series Scott 4 'Til the Band Comes In The Moviegoer Any Day Now Stretch We Had It All Climate of Hunter Tilt The Drift Bish Bosch Soused (with Sunn O))))

With The Walker Brothers	Take It Easy with The Walker Brothers Introducing the Walker Brothers Portrait The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore Images No Regrets Lines Nite Flights

Soundtracks	Pola X And Who Shall Go to the Ball? And What Shall Go to the Ball?

Compilations	Fire Escape in the Sky: The Godlike Genius of Scott Walker Scott Walker Sings Jacques Brel Boy Child: The Best of Scott Walker 1967–1970 No Regrets – The Best of Scott Walker and The Walker Brothers 1965–1976 5 Easy Pieces

Singles	Solo John/Solo Scott (EP) "Jackie" "Joanna" "The Rope and the Colt" "Lights of Cincinnati" "I Still See You" "The Me I Never Knew" "Delta Dawn" "Track Three" "Man from Reno"

Related artists	Jacques Brel Johnny Franz Peter Knight Ute Lemper Pulp The Routers John Stewart Wally Stott The Walker Brothers Gary Walker John Walker Peter Walsh

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