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5 Easy Pieces

5 Easy Pieces
Box set by
Released24 November 2003
GenreVarious
Length345:54
LabelMercury Records
ProducerVarious
Scott Walker chronology
Pola X (soundtrack)
(1999)
5 Easy Pieces
(2003)
The Drift
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Guardian[2]
The Independent[3]
The Observerfavourable[4]
Pitchfork(9.5/10)[5]
The Daily Telegraphfavourable[6]
The Timesfavourable[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

  1. "Prologue/Little Things" – 3:39 (Scott Walker, Ady Semel)
  2. "I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore" † – 3:45 (Randy Newman)
  3. "In My Room" † – 2:32 (Joaquin Prieto, translated by Lee Julien Pockriss and Paul Vance)
  4. "After the Lights Go Out" † – 4:06 (John Stewart)
  5. "Archangel" † – 3:41
  6. "Orpheus" † – 3:24
  7. "Mrs Murphy" – 3:19
  8. "Montague Terrace (In Blue)" – 3:27
  9. "Such A Small Love" – 4:52
  10. "The Amorous Humphrey Plugg" – 4:29
  11. "It's Raining Today" – 3:59
  12. "Rosemary" – 3:20
  13. "Big Louise" – 3:08
  14. "Angels Of Ashes" – 4:19
  15. "Hero Of The War" – 2:24
  16. "Time Operator" – 3:36 (Walker, Semel)
  17. "Joe" – 3:40 (Walker, Semel)
  18. "The War Is Over (Sleepers-Epilogue)" – 3:36 (Walker, Semel)

CD 2: Where's The Girl?

Songs of a Lady, Love and Loss

  1. "Where's The Girl?" † – 3:11 (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
  2. "You're All Around Me" † – 2:37 (Scott Walker, Lesley Duncan)
  3. "Just Say Goodbye" † – 3:36 (Petula Clark, Pierre Delanoë, Tony Hatch)
  4. "Hurting Each Other" † – 2:42 (Peter Udell, Gary Geld)
  5. "Genevieve" † – 2:51
  6. "Once Upon A Summertime" † – 3:50 (Eddie Marnay, Eddie Barclay, Michel Legrand, translated by Johnny Mercer)
  7. "When Joanna Loved Me" – 3:07 (Robert Wells, Jack Segal)
  8. "Joanna" – 3:52 (Tony Hatch, Jackie Trent)
  9. "Angelica" – 4:00 (Cynthia Weil, Barry Mann)
  10. "Always Coming Back To You" – 2:36
  11. "The Bridge" – 2:47
  12. "Best Of Both Worlds" – 3:13 (Melvin R London, Don Black)
  13. "Two Weeks Since You've Gone" – 2:45
  14. "On Your Own Again" – 1:45
  15. "Someone Who Cared" – 2:57
  16. "Long About Now" (sung by Esther Ofarim) – 2:05 (Walker, Semel)
  17. "Scope J" ‡ – 10:50 (N. S. Engel)
  18. "Lullaby (by-by-by)" ‡ – 11:05 (N. S. Engel)

CD 3: An American In Europe

Home and away: songs from Europe and America

  1. "Jackie" – 3:20 (Mort Shuman, Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest)
  2. "Mathilde" – 2:36 (Shuman, Brel, Jouannest)
  3. "The Girls And The Dogs" – 3:07 (Shuman, Brel, Jouannest)
  4. "Amsterdam" – 3:04 (Brel, Shuman)
  5. "Next" – 2:49 (Brel, Shuman)
  6. "The Girls From The Streets" – 4:08
  7. "My Death" – 4:56 (Brel, Shuman)
  8. "Sons Of" – 3:43 (Brel, Shuman, Jouannest)
  9. "If You Go Away" – 4:58 (Jacques Brel, Rod McKuen)
  10. "Copenhagen" – 2:24
  11. "We Came Through" – 1:56
  12. "30 Century Man" – 1:27
  13. "Rhymes Of Goodbye" – 3:04
  14. "Thanks For Chicago Mr James" – 2:15 (Walker, Semel)
  15. "Cowbells Shakin'" – 1:05 (Walker, Semel)
  16. "My Way Home" – 3:28 (Walker, Semel)
  17. "Lines" † – 3:26 (Jerry Fuller)
  18. "Rawhide" – 3:50
  19. "Blanket Roll Blues" – 3:12 (Tennessee Williams, Kenyon Hopkins)
  20. "Tilt" – 5:05
  21. "Patriot (a single)"  – 7:59

CD 4: This Is How You Disappear

The darkest hour is just before dawn: 15 big hits

  1. "The Plague" – 3:34
  2. "Plastic Palace People" – 6:05
  3. "Boy Child" – 3:37
  4. "Shutout" † – 2:46 (Scott Engel)
  5. "Fat Mama Kick" † – 2:52 (Scott Engel)
  6. "Nite Flights" † – 4:20 (Scott Engel)
  7. "The Electrician" † – 6:01 (Scott Engel)
  8. "Dealer" – 5:08
  9. "Track 3" a.k.a. "Delayed" – 3:42
  10. "Sleepwalkers Woman" – 4:11
  11. "Track 5" a.k.a. "It's A Starving" – 3:32
  12. "Farmer In The City" – 6:35 (Scott Walker, Pete Walsh)
  13. "The Cockfighter" – 5:58
  14. "Bouncer See Bouncer..." – 8:34
  15. "Face On Breast" – 5:14

CD 5: Scott On Screen

Music from and for films

  1. "Light" – 3:20
  2. "Deadlier Than The Male" † – 2:32
  3. "The Rope and the Colt" (Andre Hossein, Hal Shapper) – 2:01
  4. "Meadow" – 1:24
  5. "The Seventh Seal" – 4:58
  6. "The Darkest Forest" – 5:44
  7. "The Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti" – (Theme from Sacco e Vanzetti) (Joan Baez, Ennio Morricone) – 3:32
  8. "Theme from Summer of '42 (The Summer Knows)" - (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand)" – 3:20
  9. "Glory Road" (The Theme from W.U.S.A.) (Neil Diamond) – 3:32
  10. "Isabel" – 6:39
  11. "Man From Reno" (Scott Walker, Goran Bregović) – 4:21
  12. "The Church of the Apostles" – 5:50
  13. "Indecent Sacrifice" (Walker, Bregović) – 4:07
  14. "Bombupper" – 0:52
  15. "I Threw It All Away" (Bob Dylan) – 2:20
  16. "River of Blood" – 1:25
  17. "Only Myself to Blame" (Don Black, David Arnold) – 3:38
  18. "Running" – 1:44
  19. "The Time Is Out of Joint!" – 1:09
  20. "Never Again" – 1:27
  21. "Closing" – 1:53

References

  1. ^ Unterberger, Richie. "Scott Walker: In Five Easy Pieces". Allmusic. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  2. ^ Sweeting, Adam (28 November 2003). "Scott Walker: In 5 Easy Pieces". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  3. ^ Gill, Andy (19 December 2003). "New Box Sets: Scott Walker In 5 Easy Pieces (Mercury)". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2019-05-04. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  4. ^ "And the rest". The Observer. 14 December 2003. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  5. ^ Plagenhoef, Scott (12 January 2004). "Scott Walker: 5 Easy Pieces". Pitchfork. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  6. ^ Campion, Chris (21 November 2003). "CD reviews: Scott Walker in 5 Easy Pieces". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  7. ^ The Times, 5 December 2003.
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