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Scott Walker - Scott 2 (1968)

Track listing:
  1. Jackie 3:24
  2. Best of Both Worlds 3:15
  3. Black Sheep Boy 2:39
  4. The Amorous Humphrey Plugg 4:31
  5. Next 2:50
  6. The Girls from the Streets 4:11
  7. Plastic Palace People 6:06
  8. Wait Until Dark 3:00
  9. The Girls and the Dogs 3:10
  10. Windows of the World 4:25
  11. The Bridge 2:50
  12. Come Next Spring 3:25

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Scott 2 was the second solo album by Scott Walker. The album, released on Philips Records in May 1968, reached #1 and stayed in the UK charts for 18 weeks.

According to the sleeve notes by Jonathan King, not long after the album had been completed, Walker described it as the "work of a lazy, self-indulgent man." He added, "Now the nonsense must stop, and the serious business must begin."

Although Walker's second album was his biggest commercial success, actually reaching number one in Britain, it was not his greatest artistic triumph. His taste remains eclectic, encompassing Bacharach/David, Tim Hardin, and of course his main man Jacques Brel (who is covered three times on this album). And his own songwriting efforts hold their own in this esteemed company. "The Girls From the Streets" and "Plastic Palace People" show an uncommonly ambitious lyricist cloaked behind the over-the-top, schmaltzy orchestral arrangements, one more interested in examining the seamy underside of glamour and romance than celebrating its glitter. The Brel tune "Next" must have lifted a few teenage mums' eyebrows with its not-so-hidden hints of homosexuality and abuse. Another Brel tune, "The Girl and the Dogs," is less controversial, but hardly less nasty in its jaded view of romance. Some of the material is not nearly as memorable, however, and the over-the-top show ballad production can get overbearing. The album included his first Top 20 U.K. hit, "Jackie."

01. "Jackie" Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest, Mort Shuman 3:23
02. "Best of Both Worlds" Mark London, Don Black 3:14
03. "Black Sheep Boy" Tim Hardin 2:39
04. "The Amorous Humphrey Plugg" Noel Scott Engel 4:31
05. "Next" Brel, Shuman 2:50
06. "The Girls from the Streets" Engel 4:11
07. "Plastic Palace People" Engel 6:06
08. "Wait Until Dark" Henry Mancini, Jay Livingston, Ray Evans 2:59
09. "The Girls and the Dogs" Brel, Jouannest, Shuman 3:10
10. "Windows of the World" Hal David, Burt Bacharach 4:25
11. "The Bridge" Engel 2:50
12. "Come Next Spring" Lenny Adelson 3:24