''Scott 3'' is the third solo album by singer songwriter
Scott Walker.
Upon release in 1969, it met with slightly fewer sales than his previous albums, as pop audiences struggled to keep pace with Walker's increasingly experimental approach, though it still reached #3 on the
UK Album Chart
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. The dense, lush string arrangements by
Angela Morley
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seemed to evoke a Vegas-style lounge crooner atmosphere, but one tinted with surreal drones and touches of
dissonance.
The album's slightly muted reception and subsequent failure of his short-lived
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TV series signified the beginning of Walker's decline in popularity. Since its release, however, it has been regarded by many of Walker's fans as a favourite. The title of the compilation ''
'' is taken from the lyrics of the song "Big Louise", and the 2006 documentary ''
named "It's Raining Today" as one of the eight pieces of music he would take to an imaginary desert island in the
.
Though a majority of the tracklist features original songs from Walker, the final three tracks are covers of compositions by
The original U.S.
", a UK non-LP single from the same period. This issue also featured a different cover design from the UK