Scott Walker - In Five Easy Pieces
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Artist: Scott WalkerEdition: Music CD
Format: Box set, Import
CD Release Date: 2004-01-27
Music Label: Umvd Import
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Prologue/Little Things
- I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore - The Walker Brothers
- In My Room - The Walker Brothers
- After the Lights Go Out - The Walker Brothers
- Archangel - The Walker Brothers
- Orpheus - The Walker Brothers
- Mrs. Murphy
- Montaque Terrace (In Blue)
- Such a Small Love
- Amorous Humphrey Plugg
- It's Raining Today
- Rosemary
- Big Louise
- Angels of Ashes
- Hero of the War
- Time Operator
- Joe
- War Is Over (Sleepers -- Epilogue) [Sleepers- Epilogue]
- Where's the Girl - The Walker Brothers
- You're All Around Me - The Walker Brothers
- Just Say Goodbye - The Walker Brothers
- Hurting Each Other - The Walker Brothers
- Genevieve - The Walker Brothers
- Once Upon a Summertime - The Walker Brothers
- When Joanna Loved Me
- Joanna
- Angelica
- Always Coming Back to You
- Bridge
- Best of Both Words
- Two Weeks Since You've Gone
- On Your Own Again
- Someone Who Cared
- Long About Now - Esther Ofarim
- Scope J - Ute Lemper
- Lullaby (By-By-By) - Ute Lemper
- Jackie
- Mathilde
- Girls and the Dogs
- Amsterdam
- Next
- Girls from the Streets
- My Death
- Sons Of
- If You Go Away
- Copenhagen
- We Came Through
- 30 Century Man - Scott Walker,
- Rhymes of Goodbye
- Thanks for Chicago Mr. James
- Cowbells Shakin'
- My Way Home
- Lines - The Walker Brothers
- Rawhide
- Blanket Roll Blues
- Tilt
- Patriot
- Plague
- Plastic Palace People
- Boy Child
- Shut Out
- Fat Mama Kick
- Nite Flights
- Electrician - The Walker Brothers
- Dealer
- Track 3
- Sleepwalkers Woman
- Track 5
- Farmer in the City
- Cockfighter
- Bouncer See Bouncer
- Face on Breast
- Light - Paris Philharmonic Orchestra, Scott Walker
- Deadlier Than the Male - The Walker Brothers
- Rope and the Colt
- Meadow - Paris Philharmonic Orchestra, Scott Walker
- Seventh Seal
- Darkest Forest - Paris Philharmonic Orchestra, Scott Walker
- Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti
- Summer Knows [Theme from Summer of '42]
- Glory Road [The Theme from W. U. S. A.]
- Isabel - Paris Philharmonic Orchestra, Scott Walker
- Man from Reno
- Chruch of the Apostles
- Indecent Sacrifice
- Bombupper
- I Threw It All Away
- River of Blood - Paris Philharmonic Orchestra, Scott Walker
- Only Myself to Blame
- Running
- Time Is Out of Joint!
- Never Again
- Closing
Free Music Notes for In Five Easy Pieces
Free Music Review: Why did they bother?
Hit: 2 Stars
This box-set is pretty much a waste of everyone's time. The compilers have put far too much of their own (lack of) personality into the song selection and packaging for it to be of any lasting interest or worth to Scott Walker fans, whether of the casual or obsessive persuasion.
The compilers treat this box-set as five separate compilations, all leading "into the heart of Scott Walker", or some such pretentious blather. Much of Scott Walker's output does lend itself to the idea of compiling along thematic or stylistic lines, as opposed to strict chronological order, since he was often producing music in different styles or genres at the same time, often to the confusion of the listening public. These five "thematic" compilations, however, are far too personal and incomplete to cater for anyone other than the compiler themself. The themes themselves are generally infantile and the song selections are arbitrary; songs are most often grouped together on the basis of lyrical content or song titles. A more musically literate approach is necessary in compiling Scott Walker, no matter what the thematic decisions may be. Entire aspects of Scott Walker's recording career are disregarded (eg. most of the Walker Brothers, non-Brel covers from Scotts 1&2, the TV Series, early 70s albums) presumably in the interests of stressing the "cooler" and more fashionable aspects. There's a spare hour or so of unused space over the five discs which should have been put to use.
The booklet is a bit of an embarrassment, offering only sparse, generally idiotic quotes from celebrities, collected in an apparent attempt to convince us (or for the compiler to convince themself?) that it's cool to be into Scott Walker. Apart from that there's a short "Compiler's Note", comprising a lecture that goes on about how completists wear anoraks and don't listen to music, and rarities are rare because they're not worth hearing - no wonder no-one put their name to it. Never mind rarities (of which you won't find many on this box-set), what about (for example) some of the best tracks from Scott 4? And surely part of the point of a box-set is some sort of analysis, perspective, even information about the artist and the recordings? The booklet is a waste of paper, and the packaging overall is cheap and impractical.
The sound quality seems fine, but with no marked improvement over previous releases containing this same material.
The strangest thing about this box-set is that presumably it received approval from Scott Walker himself for its release. As he's apparently vetoed the release of other unavailable Scott Walker albums on CD, making fans go in search of old vinyl copies or bootlegs, and many CD releases are now out of print, it seems strange to be approving pointless releases like this. Just make the original recordings available - we can make our own compilations!
Unlike Scott Walker's music, this box-set seems to be going for style over substance. Even that wouldn't be so bad if the compilers had any...
In Five Easy Pieces Poster
Subtitled - A Themed 5 CD Anthology. 2003 longbox-set from one of the most powerful voices in music, whose influenced everyone from David Bowie to Ken Stringfellow has given us 93 digitally remastered tracks spread across five themed discs, 'In My Room', 'Where's The Girl', 'An American In Europe', 'This Is How You Disappear', & 'Scott On Screen', ranging from '60s Spector-esque pop to the French cabaret pop of Jacques Brel plus many rarities & soundtracks on one CD for the first time. This is a brilliant box set not out in the U.S.! Includes 56-page booklet. Mercury.Jazz Music CDs
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