Stretch/We Had It All

Performer: Scott Walker
Engineer: Richard Dodd
Distributor: E1 Distribution (USA)

Notes: Personnel: Scott Walker (vocals); Paul Keogh (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Jim Ryan (electric guitar); B.J. Cole (steel guitar, dobro); Mike Moran , Ronnie Leahy (keyboards); Dave Wintour, Bruce Lynch (bass guitar); Barry DeSouza, Terry Cox (drums); Ray Cooper (percussion). Liner Note Author: Alan Clayson. Recording information: Nova Sound. Photographer: John Brown. Neither Stretch nor We Had It All are major items in Walker's catalog, lacking the inspiration of his first albums, the adventure of his latter-day records or the technical mastery of his Walker Brothers recordings. Both albums are slight collections of contemporary country-pop and folk-rock covers, produced in an anemic, bloodless fashion where the strings don't soar, they limp. Walker sounds fine, yet he's singing without much passion or flair. Occasionally, such as "That's How I Got to Memphis," he connects with the song and the results are somewhat engaging, but they don't make this well-produced two-fer worthwhile to anyone outside of hardcore Walker fanatics. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Noel Scott Engel, better known as Scott Walker, was born in the US, but found fame in the UK as a member of the Walker Brothers, who became teen pop idols in England in the 1960s. After the group's demise, Walker's darker, artier side eventually came to the fore, and he began a quirky solo career that encompassed Jacques Brel covers, moody, saloon-singer crooning, and avant-garde tendencies. He became the quintessential cult figure, inscrutable and highly influential, though after the '70s his works were few and far between.

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