5 Easy Pieces
2003 box set by Scott Walker
5 Easy Pieces | ||||
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Box set by Scott Walker | ||||
Released | 24 November 2003 | |||
Genre | Various | |||
Length | 345:54 | |||
Label | Mercury Records | |||
Producer | Various | |||
Scott Walker chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Guardian | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Independent | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Observer | favourable[4] |
Pitchfork | (9.5/10)[5] |
The Daily Telegraph | favourable[6] |
The Times | favourable[7] |
5 Easy Pieces is a box set anthology of the career (to date) of Scott Walker. It was released in November 2003. The set comprises five themed CDs and a 56-page booklet.
Track listing
All tracks written by Scott Walker, unless otherwise noted. (NB: Walker is sometimes credited as Scott Engel or N. S. Engel; these instances are noted as such in the listing.) All tracks performed by Scott Walker, except † by The Walker Brothers, ‡ by Ute Lemper, and 2.16 by Esther Ofarim .
CD 1: In My Room
The complete bedsit dramas, including the kitchen sink
- "Prologue/Little Things" – 3:39 (Scott Walker, Ady Semel)
- "I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore" † – 3:45 (Randy Newman)
- "In My Room" † – 2:32 (Joaquin Prieto, translated by Lee Julien Pockriss and Paul Vance)
- "After the Lights Go Out" † – 4:06 (John Stewart)
- "Archangel" † – 3:41
- "Orpheus" † – 3:24
- "Mrs Murphy" – 3:19
- "Montague Terrace (In Blue)" – 3:27
- "Such A Small Love" – 4:52
- "The Amorous Humphrey Plugg" – 4:29
- "It's Raining Today" – 3:59
- "Rosemary" – 3:20
- "Big Louise" – 3:08
- "Angels Of Ashes" – 4:19
- "Hero Of The War" – 2:24
- "Time Operator" – 3:36 (Walker, Semel)
- "Joe" – 3:40 (Walker, Semel)
- "The War Is Over (Sleepers-Epilogue)" – 3:36 (Walker, Semel)
CD 2: Where's The Girl?
Songs of a Lady, Love and Loss
- "Where's The Girl?" † – 3:11 (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
- "You're All Around Me" † – 2:37 (Scott Walker, Lesley Duncan)
- "Just Say Goodbye" † – 3:36 (Petula Clark, Pierre Delanoë, Tony Hatch)
- "Hurting Each Other" † – 2:42 (Peter Udell, Gary Geld)
- "Genevieve" † – 2:51
- "Once Upon A Summertime" † – 3:50 (Eddie Marnay, Eddie Barclay, Michel Legrand, translated by Johnny Mercer)
- "When Joanna Loved Me" – 3:07 (Robert Wells, Jack Segal)
- "Joanna" – 3:52 (Tony Hatch, Jackie Trent)
- "Angelica" – 4:00 (Cynthia Weil, Barry Mann)
- "Always Coming Back To You" – 2:36
- "The Bridge" – 2:47
- "Best Of Both Worlds" – 3:13 (Melvin R London, Don Black)
- "Two Weeks Since You've Gone" – 2:45
- "On Your Own Again" – 1:45
- "Someone Who Cared" – 2:57
- "Long About Now" (sung by Esther Ofarim) – 2:05 (Walker, Semel)
- "Scope J" ‡ – 10:50 (N. S. Engel)
- "Lullaby (by-by-by)" ‡ – 11:05 (N. S. Engel)
CD 3: An American In Europe
Home and away: songs from Europe and America
- "Jackie" – 3:20 (Mort Shuman, Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest)
- "Mathilde" – 2:36 (Shuman, Brel, Jouannest)
- "The Girls And The Dogs" – 3:07 (Shuman, Brel, Jouannest)
- "Amsterdam" – 3:04 (Brel, Shuman)
- "Next" – 2:49 (Brel, Shuman)
- "The Girls From The Streets" – 4:08
- "My Death" – 4:56 (Brel, Shuman)
- "Sons Of" – 3:43 (Brel, Shuman, Jouannest)
- "If You Go Away" – 4:58 (Jacques Brel, Rod McKuen)
- "Copenhagen" – 2:24
- "We Came Through" – 1:56
- "30 Century Man" – 1:27
- "Rhymes Of Goodbye" – 3:04
- "Thanks For Chicago Mr James" – 2:15 (Walker, Semel)
- "Cowbells Shakin'" – 1:05 (Walker, Semel)
- "My Way Home" – 3:28 (Walker, Semel)
- "Lines" † – 3:26 (Jerry Fuller)
- "Rawhide" – 3:50
- "Blanket Roll Blues" – 3:12 (Tennessee Williams, Kenyon Hopkins)
- "Tilt" – 5:05
- "Patriot (a single)" – 7:59
CD 4: This Is How You Disappear
The darkest hour is just before dawn: 15 big hits
- "The Plague" – 3:34
- "Plastic Palace People" – 6:05
- "Boy Child" – 3:37
- "Shutout" † – 2:46 (Scott Engel)
- "Fat Mama Kick" † – 2:52 (Scott Engel)
- "Nite Flights" † – 4:20 (Scott Engel)
- "The Electrician" † – 6:01 (Scott Engel)
- "Dealer" – 5:08
- "Track 3" a.k.a. "Delayed" – 3:42
- "Sleepwalkers Woman" – 4:11
- "Track 5" a.k.a. "It's A Starving" – 3:32
- "Farmer In The City" – 6:35 (Scott Walker, Pete Walsh)
- "The Cockfighter" – 5:58
- "Bouncer See Bouncer..." – 8:34
- "Face On Breast" – 5:14
CD 5: Scott On Screen
Music from and for films
- "Light" – 3:20
- "Deadlier Than The Male" † – 2:32
- "The Rope and the Colt" (Andre Hossein, Hal Shapper) – 2:01
- "Meadow" – 1:24
- "The Seventh Seal" – 4:58
- "The Darkest Forest" – 5:44
- "The Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti" – (Theme from Sacco e Vanzetti) (Joan Baez, Ennio Morricone) – 3:32
- "Theme from Summer of '42 (The Summer Knows)" - (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand)" – 3:20
- "Glory Road" (The Theme from W.U.S.A.) (Neil Diamond) – 3:32
- "Isabel" – 6:39
- "Man From Reno" (Scott Walker, Goran Bregović) – 4:21
- "The Church of the Apostles" – 5:50
- "Indecent Sacrifice" (Walker, Bregović) – 4:07
- "Bombupper" – 0:52
- "I Threw It All Away" (Bob Dylan) – 2:20
- "River of Blood" – 1:25
- "Only Myself to Blame" (Don Black, David Arnold) – 3:38
- "Running" – 1:44
- "The Time Is Out of Joint!" – 1:09
- "Never Again" – 1:27
- "Closing" – 1:53
References
- ^ Unterberger, Richie. "Scott Walker: In Five Easy Pieces". Allmusic. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ Sweeting, Adam (28 November 2003). "Scott Walker: In 5 Easy Pieces". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ Gill, Andy (19 December 2003). "New Box Sets: Scott Walker In 5 Easy Pieces (Mercury)". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2019-05-04. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ "And the rest". The Observer. 14 December 2003. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ Plagenhoef, Scott (12 January 2004). "Scott Walker: 5 Easy Pieces". Pitchfork. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ Campion, Chris (21 November 2003). "CD reviews: Scott Walker in 5 Easy Pieces". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ The Times, 5 December 2003.
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- "Lights of Cincinnati"
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- "Man from Reno"
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- "The Electrician"
- "Nite Flights"
- Scott Walker: 30 Century Man