Baker's Dozen

Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives

10. Scott WalkerTilt

The eerie persona of Scott Walker was just as much a puzzle to me as to anybody else. I had read Irene’s Cunt and discovered Jaques Brel via Jean Ferrat chanting the Aragon quite a few years ago. Scott Walker’s interpretations of Brel were good, but it wasn’t until The Drift that I was caught by his conjurations. Tilt is to me his greatest achievement – all lyrical, all beauty.

Selected in other Baker’s Dozens: Mabe Fratti, Simon Fisher Turner, Keeley Forsyth, Tom Fleming
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