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 â by The Walker Brothers, â¡ by Ute Lemper, and 2.16 by Esther Ofarim .
CD 1: In My Room
The complete bedsit dramas, including the kitchen sink
- "Prologue/Little Things" â 3:39 (Scott Walker, Ady Semel)
- "I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore" â â 3:45 (Randy Newman)
- "In My Room" â â 2:32 (Joaquin Prieto, translated by Lee Julien Pockriss and Paul Vance)
- "After the Lights Go Out" â â 4:06 (John Stewart)
- "Archangel" â â 3:41
- "Orpheus" â â 3:24
- "Mrs Murphy" â 3:19
- "Montague Terrace (In Blue)" â 3:27
- "Such A Small Love" â 4:52
- "The Amorous Humphrey Plugg" â 4:29
- "It's Raining Today" â 3:59
- "Rosemary" â 3:20
- "Big Louise" â 3:08
- "Angels Of Ashes" â 4:19
- "Hero Of The War" â 2:24
- "Time Operator" â 3:36 (Walker, Semel)
- "Joe" â 3:40 (Walker, Semel)
- "The War Is Over (Sleepers-Epilogue)" â 3:36 (Walker, Semel)
CD 2: Where's The Girl?
Songs of a Lady, Love and Loss
- "Where's The Girl?" â â 3:11 (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
- "You're All Around Me" â â 2:37 (Scott Walker, Lesley Duncan)
- "Just Say Goodbye" â â 3:36 (Petula Clark, Pierre Delanoë, Tony Hatch)
- "Hurting Each Other" â â 2:42 (Peter Udell, Gary Geld)
- "Genevieve" â â 2:51
- "Once Upon A Summertime" â â 3:50 (Eddie Marnay, Eddie Barclay, Michel Legrand, translated by Johnny Mercer)
- "When Joanna Loved Me" â 3:07 (Robert Wells, Jack Segal)
- "Joanna" â 3:52 (Tony Hatch, Jackie Trent)
- "Angelica" â 4:00 (Cynthia Weil, Barry Mann)
- "Always Coming Back To You" â 2:36
- "The Bridge" â 2:47
- "Best Of Both Worlds" â 3:13 (Melvin R London, Don Black)
- "Two Weeks Since You've Gone" â 2:45
- "On Your Own Again" â 1:45
- "Someone Who Cared" â 2:57
- "Long About Now" (sung by Esther Ofarim) â 2:05 (Walker, Semel)
- "Scope J" â¡ â 10:50 (N. S. Engel)
- "Lullaby (by-by-by)" â¡ â 11:05 (N. S. Engel)
CD 3: An American In Europe
Home and away: songs from Europe and America
- "Jackie" â 3:20 (Mort Shuman, Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest)
- "Mathilde" â 2:36 (Shuman, Brel, Jouannest)
- "The Girls And The Dogs" â 3:07 (Shuman, Brel, Jouannest)
- "Amsterdam" â 3:04 (Brel, Shuman)
- "Next" â 2:49 (Brel, Shuman)
- "The Girls From The Streets" â 4:08
- "My Death" â 4:56 (Brel, Shuman)
- "Sons Of" â 3:43 (Brel, Shuman, Jouannest)
- "If You Go Away" â 4:58 (Jacques Brel, Rod McKuen)
- "Copenhagen" â 2:24
- "We Came Through" â 1:56
- "30 Century Man" â 1:27
- "Rhymes Of Goodbye" â 3:04
- "Thanks For Chicago Mr James" â 2:15 (Walker, Semel)
- "Cowbells Shakin'" â 1:05 (Walker, Semel)
- "My Way Home" â 3:28 (Walker, Semel)
- "Lines" â â 3:26 (Jerry Fuller)
- "Rawhide" â 3:50
- "Blanket Roll Blues" â 3:12 (Tennessee Williams, Kenyon Hopkins)
- "Tilt" â 5:05
- "Patriot (a single)" â 7:59
CD 4: This Is How You Disappear
The darkest hour is just before dawn: 15 big hits
- "The Plague" â 3:34
- "Plastic Palace People" â 6:05
- "Boy Child" â 3:37
- "Shutout" â â 2:46 (Scott Engel)
- "Fat Mama Kick" â â 2:52 (Scott Engel)
- "Nite Flights" â â 4:20 (Scott Engel)
- "The Electrician" â â 6:01 (Scott Engel)
- "Dealer" â 5:08
- "Track 3" "Delayed" â 3:42
- "Sleepwalkers Woman" â 4:11
- "Track 5" a.k.a. "It's A Starving" â 3:32
- "Farmer In The City" â 6:35 (Scott Walker, Pete Walsh)
- "The Cockfighter" â 5:58
- "Bouncer See Bouncer..." â 8:34
- "Face On Breast" â 5:14
CD 5: Scott On Screen
Music from and for films
- "Light" â 3:20
- "Deadlier Than The Male" â â 2:32
- "The Rope and the Colt" (Andre Hossein, Hal Shapper) â 2:01
- "Meadow" â 1:24
- "The Seventh Seal" â 4:58
- "The Darkest Forest" â 5:44
- "The Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti" â (Theme from Sacco e Vanzetti) (Joan Baez, Ennio Morricone) â 3:32
- "Theme from Summer of '42 (The Summer Knows)" - (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand)" â 3:20
- "Glory Road" (The Theme from W.U.S.A.) (Neil Diamond) â 3:32
- "Isabel" â 6:39
- "Man From Reno" (Scott Walker, Goran BregoviÃÂ) â 4:21
- "The Church of the Apostles" â 5:50
- "Indecent Sacrifice" (Walker, BregoviÃÂ) â 4:07
- "Bombupper" â 0:52
- "I Threw It All Away" (Bob Dylan) â 2:20
- "River of Blood" â 1:25
- "Only Myself to Blame" (Don Black, David Arnold) â 3:38
- "Running" â 1:44
- "The Time Is Out of Joint!" â 1:09
- "Never Again" â 1:27
- "Closing" â 1:53
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