Scott Walker & The Walker Brothers - The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore: The Best Of (2006)

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Scott Walker (Scott Engel) was one of the many pop stars of the Sixties who delivered radio-friendly refrains for mass consumption, aided by a marketing campaign that emphasized his cute looks over his uninspired songs (rings a bell? yes, those were the days of the teen idols and of the Beatles). However, his solo albums wed that old-fashioned easy-listening sound to philosophical meditations in lugubrious settings, and therefore created a new form of ballad, predating David Bowie, Julian Cope and trip-hop.

California-born and Hollywood-raised singer songwriter Scott “Walker” Engel formed the Walker Brothers with Gary Leeds (the former Standells drummer) and John Maus. Their first hit, Love Her, produced by Jack Nitschze, was released in 1965, when they moved to England, where they had three hits: Make It Easy On Yourself (by Burt Bacharach), My Ship Is Coming, Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine (by Bob Crewe). They managed to release ten albums (all them in the top 10) in three years. They broke up in 1967. Walker was the star. He was a “teen idol” identified with lacrimose songs and symphonic arrangements. He became the king of the melancholy, melodramatic ballad but in reality he had become an alcoholic and attempted suicide.

Track List:

01 The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore
02 Make It Easy On Yourself
03 No Regrets
04 Joanna
05 My Ship Is Coming In
06 Lights Of Cincinatti
07 Montague Terrace (In Blue)
08 Another Tear Falls
09 Boy Child
10 Jackie
11 Walking In The Rain
12 Stay With Me Baby
13 If You Go Away
14 First Love Never Dies
15 Love Her
16 Baby You Don’t Have To Tell Me
17 Deadlier Than The Male
18 We’re All Alone
19 Stand By Me
20 The Impossible Dream
21 Just Say Goodbye

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