5 Easy Pieces

5 Easy Pieces
5 Easy Pieces
Box set by Scott Walker
Released	24 November 2003
Recorded	1964–1995
Genre	Various
Length	345:54
Label	Mercury Records
Producer	Various
Scott Walker chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Guardian	^[2]
The Independent	^[3]
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 May 4, 2019.
^ Sweeting, Adam (November 28, 2003). "Scott Walker: In 5 Easy Pieces". The Guardian. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
^ Gill, Andy (December 19, 2003). "New Box Sets: Scott Walker In 5 Easy Pieces (Mercury)". The Independent. Archived from the original on May 4, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
^ "And the rest". The Observer. December 14, 2003. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
^ Plagenhoef, Scott (January 12, 2004). "Scott Walker: 5 Easy Pieces". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
^ Campion, Chris (November 21, 2003). "CD reviews: Scott Walker in 5 Easy Pieces". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
^ The Times, 5 December 2003.

[1] Unterberger, Richie. "Scott Walker: In Five Easy Pieces". Allmusic. Retrieved May 4, 2019.

[2] Sweeting, Adam (November 28, 2003). "Scott Walker: In 5 Easy Pieces". The Guardian. Retrieved May 4, 2019.

[3] Gill, Andy (December 19, 2003). "New Box Sets: Scott Walker In 5 Easy Pieces (Mercury)". The Independent. Archived from the original on May 4, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2019.

[4] "And the rest". The Observer. December 14, 2003. Retrieved May 4, 2019.

[5] Plagenhoef, Scott (January 12, 2004). "Scott Walker: 5 Easy Pieces". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 4, 2019.

[6] Campion, Chris (November 21, 2003). "CD reviews: Scott Walker in 5 Easy Pieces". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved May 4, 2019.

[7] The Times, 5 December 2003.

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