Full disclosure, Jackie - the opening song on this album - is one of my most played tracks of all time in my collection. It’s a glorious gallop of a Jacques Brel song, racing through a dazzling sequence of images and ideas (including some quite risque ones!) sung with tremendous gusto by Mr Scott Walker. The rest of the album doesn’t quite live up to the opener, but it’s still an enormously enjoyable experience.
The orchestration can sometimes be a little bit chocolate boxy - Best of Both Worlds sounds like it could have been a Bond theme (albeit for a louche George Lazenby rather than Sean Connery). There are flirtations with country sounds and a couple more Jacques Brel songs as well as original numbers written under Walker’s real name of Scott Engel. Perfect for listening to in your opium den!
Stupid-ass-tastic!
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