Scott Walker – Tilt

This was the best record, of the Nineties, in my opinion. Totally unique, original and distinctive, unlike anything else, then or now. Like everyone one else in the 90s, I was blasting out Brit Pop and Grunge, I loved that stuff at the time, and still do, however these days I play Tilt, much more than any other record from the Nineties.
It's's timeless and universal, and proved that the old farts of the sixties, could still be innovative and relevant in the modern era, Scott actually did his fellow contemporary artists a favour with this avant-garde masterpiece. I wonder how many of them that he inspired, by not chasing the market, and just sticking to your guns, following your muse, and simply doing what you do best.
It's hard to believe that Tilt it was made, by a big star, of the Sixties. Scott was one of the very few from this era, that did not sell out looking for the big elusive hit in the 80s and 90s, he absolutely refused to play ball with the big record companies who would have required him, to drop his standards to throwaway chart levels. This is not just music, this is art at the very highest, level. All the Influences, of the huge amount of world cinema, that Scott consumed is interwoven, into the music.
Who are you? 21 21 21, I'll give you 21 21 21, I haven't a clue what he's singing about, but my goodness, it's infectious and singable, whilst at the same time adventurous, experimental, and aurally fascinating.

A Grain Of Salt, from

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I bought this LP at the time of release. I always liked this album and it still sounds good when I play it today. This was released at the height of the Britpop era. I remember playing it to friends who absolutely hated it lol. I loved it, but I’ve never meet anyone else who does. Fine - those who come first are often hated. In 1995 nobody came close to this album and it made everyone else sound like an old fart.
Great album. Great artist. Legendary. Fuck everyone else.

I guess now it is time for a proper 2xLP reissue. Unfortunately.
We will miss him.

The overall time duration of this record is too long for a single LP, and really better suited to a 2xLP for best audio fidelity, so hopefully it’ll get properly reissued as such.