Scott Walker Series, #9: Scott Walker- Scott 3 (1969) MP3 & FLAC

"She fills the bags 'neath her eyes with the moonbeams and cries 'cause the world's passed her by."

Comprised entirely of original material and a few Brel covers, Scott 3 was a significant step away from the expectations of the mainstream audience Scott Walker had found through his work with The Walker Brothers, and though the album did still manage to garner him a final brush with commercial success, it clearly signaled the more mercurial creative path he would travel for the next 40 years. For many, Scott 3 stands as a flawed masterpiece due to Wally Stott's occasionally saccharin arrangements, which seem, at times, utterly at odds with the brooding existential impressionism of Walker's lyrics, and while there are moments when the arrangements do distract from Walker's performance, overall, they tend to lend the album a sense of irony that serves it well. And then, of course, there is "30th Century Man," a brief, ultra-cool acoustic guitar ditty that leaves one fantasizing about what an entire album of such material from Walker might have sounded like. We can only dream.

Scott 3 (2000 HDCD Remastered Edition)
 1. It's Raining Today  (4:01)
 2. Copenhagen  (2:22)
 3. Rosemary  (3:22)
 4. Big Louise  (3:10)
 5. We Came Through  (1:58)
 6. Butterfly  (1:42)
 7. Two Ragged Soldiers  (3:06)
 8. 30th Century Man  (1:29)
 9. Winter Night  (1:45)
10. Two Weeks Since You've Been Gone  (2:48)
11. Sons Of  (3:44)
12. Funeral Tango  (2:55)
13. If You Go Away  (4:56)

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