TS: Scott, Scott 2, Scott 3, or Scott 4

3.

by a mile.

http://devonrecordclub.wordpress.com/2012/05/03/scott-walker-scott-4-round-26-grahams-choice/

lol 'The Amorous Humphrey Plugg' just popped up on random play

Oh man, it's all I can do not to play Scott's stuff day after day after day...

Thanks to facebook, I only JUST learned about the song The Plague. Can you imagine, having known Scott's 1 - 4 (and side A of 'Til the Band) by heart and obsessing for years and suddenly learning there was another song? I don't know how I missed it.

...containing the immortal couplet "It's all so vague/When you meet the plague".

That's awesome, Dan! I'm jealous! It was there from the beginning for me as my first Scott purchase was the Boy Child compilation.

(In a bookend kind of way, I assume you know about his track on 4AD's Plague Songs comp?)

This is a pretty great Scott thread that I've never noticed before. My answer is, resoundingly, Scott 3. Wally Stott ftw.

The Plague is the first Scott Walker solo song I heard, it got me hooked.

interesting timing for the thread revival as i was thinking about this the other day and concluded that Scott 3 is probably top 5 of all time for me. Scott 4 is a bit too cavalier for me in parts, whereas Scott 2 doesn't quite connect with me the whole way through. Scott 3 has the perfect balance of introspection and storytelling and is capable of moving me in unique ways.

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