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Scott Walker – Tilt
Scott Walker
Tilt
Label: Drag City
Catalog Number: DC134
Released: 1995
After disappearing again for nearly a decade, Scott Walker returned in 1995 with Tilt, his most daring and divisive album to date. While Walker had always hinted at a propensity for the avant-garde throughout his career, especially on tracks like “The Electrician,” “Nite Flights,” and “Dealer,” Tilt firmly marked the golden-voiced baritone singer’s move away from pop music and into realms of pure sonic exploration and unfiltered artistic expression. Harsh industrial soundscapes, Foley sound effects, and lush string arrangements meet slithering basslines and doom-inducing pedal steel guitars to create a beautiful and truly menacing sound world that serves as the backdrop for Walker’s dark, spiritual and political storytelling. Horses, buffalo, rosaries, and rattling cowbells come into view through what Walker described as “national eroticism” with some tracks focused on historical figures like Queen Caroline, Nazi bureaucrat Adolf Eichmann, and the American missile Patriot.
Recommended – Full Listen
Tags: Art Rock / Avant-Garde / Experimental
Tracklist:
A1 Farmer In The City
A2 The Cockfighter
A3 Bouncer See Bouncer…
A4 Manhattan
B1 Face On Breast
B2 Bolivia ’95
B3 Patriot (A Single)
B4 Tilt
B5 Rosary
Credits:
A&R – David Bates
Art Direction, Design – Stylorouge
Bass – John Giblin
Concept By [Concept And Hand] – Scott Walker
Drums – Ian Thomas
Engineer [Additional Engineering] – Richard Evans (3) (tracks: A1, A3, A4, B2)
Engineer [Assistant Engineer – Methodist Central Hall] – Craig Walmsley
Engineer [Assistant Engineer – Metropolis Studios] – James Loughrey, Kevin Jacobs
Engineer [Assistant Engineer – RAK Recording Studios] – Henry Binns
Engineer [Assistant Engineer – Townhouse Studios] – Lorraine Francis, Pete Lewis
Guitar – Scott Walker (tracks: B5)
Guitar [Guitars] – David Rhodes (tracks: A1 to B4)
Keyboards – Brian Gascoigne
Management – Negus-Fancey Co*
Mastered By – Ian Cooper
Mixed By – Peter Walsh, Scott Walker
Photography By [Cover Photography], Artwork [Image Manipulation] – David Scheinmann
Photography By [Studio Photography] – Phil Knott
Producer [Produced By] – Peter Walsh, Scott Walker
Recorded By – Peter Walsh, Richard Evans (3) (tracks: B1, B4)
Recorded By [Orchestra – CTS Studios] – Andrew Taylor (2)
Vocals – Scott Walker
Words By, Music By – N. S. Engel*
