Sings Songs From His TV Series – SCOTT WALKER***

Will You Still Be Mine/I Have Dreamed/When The World Was Young/Who(Will Take My Place)/If She Walked Into My Life/The Impossible Dream/The Song Is You/The Look Of Love/Country Girl/Someone To Light Up My Life/Only The Young/Lost In The Stars

Sings Songs From His TV Series was a now somewhat obscure album of MOR standards from Scott Walker, a release which the singer has reputedly disowned. (UK:7)

"Essentially Scott singing standards like The Impossible Dream. No doubt about it, he's got one of the all-time voices, but his other more dark and disturbed work paints a more accurate picture of what the followers of the cult of Walker are praying to."

"Released by Philips in 1969 between his classic third and fourth solo albums it's not the neglected masterpiece one might naturally expect, despite its admirable vintage. It's a needless, compromised throwback to his Walker Brothers' years, a syrupy selection of slushy, pompously arranged standards that sound like they were picked for him by over cautious producers. It remains an uncomfortable, often cringe worthy listen and it's not difficult to see why Scott might have attempted to block any kind of re-release."

"It's not all that representative of what he was usually recording at the time, and certainly not his best work of the period. The dozen songs are all covers of popular standards. Fairly heavily orchestrated and middle of the road even by the standards of 1960s MOR vocalists. There isn't a hint of rock, or even period pop in sight, with the arguable exception of The Look Of Love. So it's far from Walker at his best, but that doesn't mean it's worthless. He sings extremely well throughout the album, indicating he could have been a highly successful adult pop crooner had he stuck to that path exclusively."

"There's not a hint of the moody darkness that was so integral to his early solo work's strength, and for that matter, no material by Jacques Brel, the composer he enjoyed interpreting more than any other. For that reason alone it's a curiosity that's far less enduring than his other albums of the late '60s and early '70s, and is only recommended to completist fans of the singer."