Images (The Walker Brothers album)

Images is the third album by the American pop group The Walker Brothers. Released in 1967 the album reached number six on the UK Albums Chart.[3] It was the last of their trio of 1960s albums. They would not record together again until 1975's No Regrets.

Images
Studio album by
The Walker Brothers
ReleasedMarch 3, 1967
Genre
Length54:15 (Expanded CD)
LabelPhilips
ProducerJohn Franz
The Walker Brothers chronology
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
(1966)		 Images
(1967)		 No Regrets
(1975)
Singles from Images
  1. "Experience"
    Released: May 1967[1]
  2. "Everything Under the Sun"
    Released: June 1967[2]

The group's musical accompaniment was directed by Reg Guest and produced by John Franz. Receiving good to mixed reviews, the album was first released in both Mono and Stereo LP formats in March 1967. The album was later released on CD having been remastered and expanded in 1998. The sleeve notes were written by Alan Freeman.

Reception

Images received good to mixed reviews from the majority of critics.

Legacy

Richie Unterberger, writing retrospectively for AllMusic, called the album "as wildly uneven as their other pair. Affecting pop/rock ballads and operatic crooner vehicles were interspersed with absolutely inappropriate up-tempo blue-eyed soul (always a weak point for the group) and rock covers".[4] Unterberger rates Scott Walker's songs highly, noting that they "[exhibit] a growth that foreshadowed some of the more ambitious aspects of his early solo albums".[4] He also described John Walker's "I Can't Let It Happen to You" as "one of The Walker Brothers' best songs, and undoubtedly the best thing John Walker contributed to their records".[4]

Track listing
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Everything Under the Sun"Bob Crewe, Gary Knight4:15
2."Once Upon a Summertime"Michel Legrand, Johnny Mercer, Eddy Marnay3:49
3."Experience"Scott Engel2:53
4."Blueberry Hill"Al Lewis, Vincent Rose, Larry Stock3:25
5."Orpheus"Scott Engel3:24
6."Stand by Me"Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller3:27
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."I Wanna Know"John Maus2:28
8."I Will Wait for You" (Theme from Les Parapluies de Cherbourg)music: Michel Legrand, lyrics: Jacques Demy; English lyrics: Norman Gimbel3:38
9."It Makes No Difference Now"Iller Pattacini; English lyrics: Mike Newell2:37
10."I Can't Let It Happen to You"John Maus3:11
11."Genevieve"Scott Engel2:49
12."Just Say Goodbye"Petula Clark, Pierre Delanoë, Tony Hatch3:33
Expanded CD bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Stay With Me Baby" (1967 A-Side)Jerry Ragovoy, George David Weiss3:22
14."Turn Out the Moon" (B-Side of "Stay With Me Baby")Scott Engel3:34
15."Walking in the Rain" (1967 A-Side)Barry Mann, Phil Spector, Cynthia Weil3:23
16."Baby Make It Last the Time" (B-Side of "Walking in the Rain")Scott Engel, Kirk Duncan, Michael Nicholls3:07

Personnel
The Walker Brothers

with:

  • Reg Guest - accompaniment

Charts
ChartPosition
UK Album Chart[3] 6
German Album Chart[5] 23

References
  1. "45cat - The Walker Brothers - Experience / Everything Under The Sun - Philips - Netherlands - 320 247 BF". 45cat. Retrieved 2014-09-20.
  2. "45cat - The Walker Brothers - Everything Under The Sun / I Wanna Know - Philips - Japan - SFL-1100". 45cat. Retrieved 2014-09-20.
  3. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 589/590. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  4. AllMusic review
  5. "charts.de - Discographie The Walker Brothers". 2012 media control. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.