“This is The Walker Brothers sixth and final album, and a bizarre attempt at a comeback. I imagine it decimated their previous fanbase. It came towards the end of a long ten year gap in recording for Scott Walker, preceded by some creatively ‘lost years’ when, after the commercial failure of his artistic masterpiece Scott 4, he reverted to an unfortunate series of albums of country music covers. This album, in effect, rather than being a final Walker Brothers collaboration, was his way back to finding his own true voice again. . I’m biased of course, but it is clearly the Engel-penned tracks on this album which are the most interesting. S.Walker takes the first four: Shutout, Fat Mama Kick, Nite Flights (later covered by David Bowie on his 1993 Black Tie White Noise album) and The Electrician. Rather wonderfully, someone saw fit to release this avant-garde piece of rock electronica, apparently about the work of a CIA torturer, as a single – cut in half from its original 6+ minutes. It did not chart. But it clearly stirred the creative juices of many young musicians. According to Allmusic.com this song inspired Midge Ure to write Vienna, for which we can be truly thankful. . John Walker (Maus) takes the last four tracks and they could be from a different album entirely. In fact, they should have been. The song titles make some attempt to get into the same mindset as their bandmate (Disciples of Death, Fury and the Fire, Child of Flames sound like they could be Joy Division tracks) but musically they are mundane, and in the case of Gary Walker (Leeds) Death of Romance, painfully plodding. . That said, this strange album of different styles and sounds, the democratic (but ultimately failed) attempt at collaboration, the one member of the band pushing forward into unknown territory, whilst the other two look back at faded glory seems like a perfect summation of the career of The Walker Brothers...” . FOR FULL REVIEW & PLAYLIST CLICK LINK IN PROFILE: . #thewalkerbrothers #scottwalker #niteflights #theelectrician #fatmamakick #experimentalmusic #comebackalbum #vinyl @concertorecordstore #recordcollection #nowplaying #nowlistening #randomrecordreview https://www.instagram.com/p/CAIS5QDJ-kl/?igshid=1gkei8iz5u62e
