Scott: Scott Walker Sings Songs from his T.V. Series

The continued unavailability of Scott: Scott Walker Sings Songs from his T.V. Series is believed to be due to Walker's dissatisfaction with the album and his albums from the early 1970s, which he describes in the documentary Scott Walker: 30 Century Man as his "wilderness years". Walker has blocked CD re-releases of the TV Series album, The Moviegoer (1972) and Any Day Now (1973).[3]

In spite of the album's deletion, around half of the songs were released in recent years on the budget The Collection compilation and Classics & Collectibles (2005). "I Have Dreamed," "Country Girl," "When the World Was Young," "Someone to Light Up My Life," "The Impossible Dream," "If She Walked Into My Life," "Who (Will Take My Place)" and "Lost in the Stars" are included on Classics & Collectibles, while "The Look of Love" is included on The Collection. "Will You Still Be Mine," "The Song Is You" and "Only the Young" remain unavailable.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]

Scott: Scott Walker Sings Songs from his T.V. Series received mixed reviews by the majority of critics.

Gordon Coxhill of New Musical Express wrote, "This LP, totally different from anything he's ever done before, is just as creative, just as professional and perhaps more entertaining than his previous works."[1] A less positive review from the staff of Melody Maker stated that Walker "lacks the magic of the big league male singers" and that "he cannot be faulted on his choice of material — he handles some magnificent modern songs — but his slightly nasal singing palls before the record is over."[5] Richie Unterberger, writing retrospectively for Allmusic, reviews the album positively, remarking that Walker sings the heavily orchestrated and middle of the road material extremely well throughout.[4] Despite this, he calls the album not all that representative of what he was usually recording at the time, and certainly not his best work of the period.[4] He summarises the album as a curiosity that's far less enduring than his other albums of the late '60s and early '70s, and is only recommended to completist fans of the singer.[4]

• Scott Walker – Vocals
• John Franz – Producer
• Peter Knight – Music Director of accompaniment
• Peter Olliff – engineer
• Peter Rand – Photography
• Linda Glover – Design

• Scott: Scott Walker Sings Songs from his T.V. Series at Discogs (list of releases)