SCOTT WALKER LP Scott 4 UK 1969 1stP PHILIPS SBL7882 N-M *SEVENTH SEAL*DUCHESS*
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ARTIST: SCOTT WALKER
TITLE: SCOTT 4
LABEL + YEAR: PHILIPS SBL7913; UK 1st PRESS 1969
CONDITION VINYL: NEAR-MINT
CONDITION SLEEVE: EX GATEFOLD UN-LAMINATED SLEEVE
DESCRIPTION: All Music Review by Richie Unterberger
Walker dropped out of the British Top Ten with his fourth album, but the result was probably his finest '60s LP. While the tension between the bloated production and his introspective, ambitious lyrics remains, much of the over-the-top bombast of the orchestral arrangements has been reined in, leaving a relatively stripped-down approach that complements his songs rather than smothering them.
This is the first Walker album to feature entirely original material, and his songwriting is more lucid and cutting. Several of the tracks stand among his finest.
"The Seventh Seal," based upon the classic film by Ingmar Bergman, features remarkably ambitious (and relatively successful) lyrics set against a haunting Ennio Morricone-style arrangement.
"The Old Man's Back Again" also echoes Morricone, and tackles no less ambitious a lyrical palette; "dedicated to the neo-Stalinist regime," the "old man" of this song was supposedly Josef Stalin. "Hero of the War" is also one of Walker's better vignettes, serenading his war hero with a cryptic mix of tribute and irony. Other songs show engaging folk, country, and soul influences that were largely buried on his previous solo albums.
Side 1:
THE SEVENTH SEAL
ON YOUR OWN AGAIN
THE WORLDS STRONGEST MAN
ANGELS OF ASHES
BOY CHILD
Side 2:
HERO OF THE WAR
THE OLD MANS BACK AGAIN’ (DEDICATED TO THE NEO-STALINISR REGIME)
DUCHESS
GET BEHINDE ME
RHYMES OF GOODBYE
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