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Scott 4
by Scott Walker
The 197th greatest album of all time
Scott 4, released in 1969, finds Scott Walker moving deeper into baroque pop and orchestral art pop with somber, literate songwriting and lush chamber-pop arrangements. The record foregrounds Walker's deep, expressive baritone against dense strings and brass while exploring introspective and enigmatic themes, representing a deliberate shift away from mainstream pop toward a darker, more idiosyncratic solo direction that anticipated his later experimental work.
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