The American singer-songwriter Scott Walker (1943–2019) was the lead singer for the Walker Brothers as well as a solo artist. He lived in the United Kingdom from the 1960s until his death. The most successful period in his career was from 1965 to 1967 with the Walker Brothers, while five of his first six solo albums from 1967 to 1970 (Scott, Scott 2, Scott 3, Scott 4 and 'Til the Band Comes In) are his most critically-acclaimed and influential works. The first three of these albums were commercially successful, though his mainstream popularity diminished during the time of the last two.

During the first half of the 1970s, he became stuck in a cycle of releasing lacklustre albums of MOR covers. In the mid-1970s Walker reformed the Walker Brothers with mixed results. Their final album together, Nite Flights (1978), was a sonic breakthrough for Walker. His subsequent solo albums developed and expanded this new direction. Walker's later albums, starting with 1995's Tilt, are well-regarded among fans of the avant-garde, though they received mixed reception from more rock/pop-orientated listeners and critics.

For a detailed listing of Scott Walker's albums and singles with the Walker Brothers, see the Walker Brothers discography.

Studio albums Year Album details Chart positions UK BEL GER IRL 1967 Scott Released: Labels: Philips Records, Smash Records (US) 3 — — — 1968 Scott 2 Released: Labels: Philips, Smash (US) 1 — — — 1969 Scott 3 Released: Labels: Philips, Smash (US) 3 — — — Scott Walker Sings Songs from his T.V. Series Released: Labels: Philips 7 — — — Scott 4 Released: Labels: Philips — — — — 1970'Til the Band Comes In Released: Labels: Philips — — — — 1972 The Moviegoer Released: Labels: Philips — — — — 1973 Any Day Now Released: Labels: Philips — — — — Stretch Released: Labels: CBS Records — — — — 1974 We Had It All Released: Labels: CBS — — — — 1984 Climate of Hunter Released: Labels: Virgin Records 60 — — — 1995 Tilt Released: Labels: Fontana Records, Drag City (US) 27 — — — 2006 The Drift Released: Labels: 4AD 51 49 97 80 2012 Bish Bosch Released: Labels: 4AD 95 176 — — 2014 Soused (with Sunn O)))) Released: Labels: 4AD 30 190 85 54 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Soundtrack albums Year Album details 1999 Pola X Released: May 17, 1999 Label: Barclay Records 2016 The Childhood of a Leader Released: August 19, 2016 Label: 4AD 2018 Vox Lux Released: December 14, 2018 Label: Columbia

Live albums

Live on Air 1968-1969 (box set) (2019, London Calling)

Compilation albums The Best of Scott Volume 1 (1969, Philips) The Romantic Scott Walker (1969, Phillips) This is Scott Walker (1972, Phillips) This is Scott Walker Vol. 2 – Come Next Spring (1973, Phillips) Fire Escape in the Sky – The Godlike Genius of Scott Walker (1981, Zoo Records) UK Indie No. 14 Scott Walker Sings Jacques Brel (1981, Philips) The Best of Scott Walker (1982, Philips) Boy Child – The Best of 1967–1970 (1990, Polygram Records) No Regrets – The Best of Scott Walker and The Walker Brothers 1965–1976 (1992, Polygram) UK No. 4 It's Raining Today – The Scott Walker Story (1967-1970) (US only 1996, Razor & Tie) Scott Walker in 5 Easy Pieces (box set) (2003, Mercury Records) The Collection (2004, Spectrum Music) Classics & Collectibles (2005, Universal Music Group) The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore – The Best of Scott Walker and The Walker Brothers (2006, Universal) UK No. 24 The Collection 1967–1970 (box set) (2013, Universal)

Extended plays Year EP detailsAnd Who Shall Go to the Ball? And What Shall Go to the Ball? Released: October 1, 2007 Labels: 4AD

Singles Solo singles 1967–present All non-UK singles list the country of release in brackets. B-sides vary in some territories.

Year A-side B-side Chart positions AlbumUKIE 1967 "Mathilde" (JP) "My Death" N/R N/R Scott "Jackie" "The Plague" 22 — Scott 2 1968 "I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore" (US) "You're All Around Me" N/R N/R Take It Easy (Walker Brothers album) "Joanna" "Always Coming Back To You" 7 — — "The Rope and the Colt" (FR) "Concerto pour guitare (Scene d'amour)" N/R N/R 1969 "If You Go Away" (JP) "Two Ragged Soldiers" N/R N/R Scott 3 "Lights of Cincinnati" "Two Weeks Since You've Gone" 13 20 — 1970 "The Seventh Seal" (JP) "The Old Man's Back Again" N/R N/R Scott 4 1971 "'Til the Band Comes In" (NL) "Jean the Machine" N/R N/R 'Til the Band Comes In "Jean the Machine" (JP) "Joe" N/R N/R "Thanks For Chicago Mr. James" (JP) "The Hills of Yesterday" N/R N/R "I Still See You" "My Way Home" — — — 1972 "The Impossible Dream" (JP) "The Look of Love" N/R N/R Scott Sings Songs from His T.V. Series 1973 "The Me I Never Knew" "This Way Mary" — — Any Day Now "A Woman Left Lonely" "Where Love Has Died" — — Stretch 1974 "Delta Dawn" "We Had It All" — — We Had It All 1984 "Track Three" "Blanket Roll Blues" — — Climate of Hunter 1993 "Man from Reno" (with Goran Bregovic) (FR) "Indecent Sacrifice" (with Goran Bregovic) N/R N/R — 1995 "Patriot (A Single)" "The Cockfighter" N.A. N.A. Tilt "Tilt" "Farmer In The City"N.A.N.A. Notes

A"I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore" was issued as a Scott Walker single in the US by Smash Records. The song and its b-side are actually Walker Brothers songs originally released in 1965 on the trio's début album; Take It Easy with the Walker Brothers. B"Concerto pour guitare (Scene d'amour)", the b-side of "The Rope and the Colt", is not a Scott Walker song. It is performed by André Hossein. Walker's A-side and Hossein's b-side were each recorded for from the film Une Corde... Un Colt. C"Patriot (A Single)" and "Tilt" are promo singles. They were released to promote Walker's 1995 album; Tilt. There were also respectively titled Scott 1 and Scott 2.

Pre-Walker Brothers singles Prior to forming The Walker Brothers, Scott Walker recorded a series of songs under various names, most commonly as Scott Engel. Walker also collaborated with John Stewart in a series of short-lived groups, such as The Moongooners, The Chosen Few, The Newporters, and The Dalton Brothers.

Many of these recordings were later released on compilation albums credited to Scott Walker, including Looking Back with Scott Walker (Ember, 1968) and In the Beginning (Castle, 2001).

"When is a Boy a Man" b/w "Steady As a Rock" (RKO Unique, 1957) (as Scotty Engel) "Livin' End" b/w "Good For Nothin'" (Orbit, 1958) (as Scott Engel) "Charley Bop" b/w "All I Do Is Dream Of You" (Orbit, 1958) (as Scott Engel) "Bluebell" b/w "Paper Doll" (Orbit, 1958) (as Scott Engel) "Golden Rule of Love" b/w "Sunday" (Orbit, 1959) (as Scott Engel) "Comin' Home" b/w "I Don't Want to Know" (Orbit, 1959) (as Scott Engel) "Take This Love" b/w "Till You Return" (Hi-Fi, 1959) (as Scott Engel) "Anything Will Do" b/w "Mr Jones" (Liberty, 1961) (as Scott Engel) "Anything Will Do" b/w "Forevermore" (Liberty, 1962) (as Scott Engel) "Devil Surfer" b/w "Your Guess" (Challenge, August 1963) (as Scott Engel) "Moon Goon Stomp" b/w "Long Trip" (Candix, February 1962) (as The Moongooners) "Willie and The Hand Jive" b/w "Moongoon Twist" (Essar, December 1962) (as The Moongooners) "Jump Down" b/w "Wish You Were Here" (Marsh, October 1962) (as The Chosen Few) "Adventures In Paradise" b/w "Loose Board" (Scotchdown, August 1963) (as The Newporters) "I Only Came To Dance With You" b/w "Without Your Love" (Martay, 1963) (as The Dalton Brothers) "I Only Came To Dance With You" b/w "Greens" (Tower, 1966) (as Scott Engel and John Stewart, recorded as The Dalton Brothers in 1963)

Music videos Year Video Director 1984 "Track Three" 1993 "Man From Reno" (with Goran Bregovic) 2006 "Jesse" Graham Wood and Ian Freeman 2012 "Epizootics!" Olivier Groulx 2014 "Brando" (with Sunn O)))) Gisèle Vienne

Contributions Cemetery Without Crosses OST (1969) – "The Rope and the Colt" The Go-Between OST (1971) – "I Still See You" Toxic Affair OST (1993) – "Man From Reno" (with Goran Bregovic) To Have And To Hold OST (1996) – "I Threw It All Away" The World Is Not Enough OST (1999) – "Only Myself To Blame" Plague Songs (2006) – "Darkness" Two Suns (2009) – "The Big Sleep" (with Bat for Lashes)

Production Year Artist Title Notes 1966 Gary Walker "You Don't Love Me" (Single) Co-produced with John Stewart Gary Walker "Twinkie-Lee" (Single) Co-produced with John Stewart The Motions Their Own Way 1968 Gary Walker & The Rain "Spooky" (Single) John Walker "Woman" (Single) Terry Smith Fall Out 1969 Ray Warleigh Ray Warleigh's First Album John Walker "Yesterday's Sunshine" (Single) 1975 The Walker Brothers No Regrets Co-produced with Geoff Calver 1976 The Walker Brothers Lines Co-produced with Geoff Calver 1978 The Walker Brothers Nite Flights Co-produced with Dave MacRae 1984 Scott Walker Climate of Hunter Co-produced with Peter Walsh 1995 Scott Walker Tilt Co-produced with Peter Walsh 1999 Various artists Pola X 2000 Ute Lemper Punishing Kiss "Scope J" and "Lullaby (By-By-By)" only, both co-produced with Peter Walsh 2001 Pulp We Love Life Co-Produced with Peter Walsh 2006 Scott Walker The Drift Co-produced with Peter Walsh Various artists Plague Songs "Darkness" only, co-produced with Peter Walsh 2007 Scott Walker And Who Shall Go to the Ball? And What Shall Go to the Ball? (EP) Co-produced with Peter Walsh 2008 Acoustic Ladyland "Salt Water (Scott Walker Mix)" (Single) 2012 Scott Walker Bish Bosch Co-Produced with Peter Walsh 2014 Scott Walker & Sunn O))) Soused Co-Produced with Peter Walsh 2016 Scott Walker The Childhood of a Leader Co-Produced with Peter Walsh 2018 Various artists Vox Lux 10 of the 20 tracks

Tribute albums Angel of Ashes: A Tribute to Scott Walker (2005, Tansformadores) Scott Walker: 30 Century Man (May 26, 2009, Lakeshore Records) Songs from Montague Terrace (September 16, 2013, All Souls Music)

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