2003 box set by Scott Walker
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
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