Any Day Now (Scott Walker album)

1973 studio album by Scott Walker

Any Day Now

Studio album by

Scott Walker

Released| May 1973[1]
Recorded| 1973
Genre|

* Pop
* easy listening

Length| 37:34
Label| Philips
Producer| John Franz
Scott Walker chronology
| The Moviegoer
(1972)  | Any Day Now
(1973)  | Stretch
(1973)

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Singles from  Any Day Now

1. "The Me I Never Knew" b/w "This Way Mary"
Released: May 1973

Any Day Now is the eighth studio album by the American solo artist Scott Walker. It was released in May 1973 but failed to chart. "The Me I Never Knew" was released as the album's sole single backed with the opening track of The Moviegoer; "This Way Mary". The album was also the final Walker studio album from Philips Records and he later signed with CBS Records (now Columbia).

## Availability[edit]

The continued unavailability of Any Day Now is believed to be due to Walker's dissatisfaction with his albums from the period, which he describes in the documentary Scott Walker: 30 Century Man as his "wilderness years". Walker blocked CD re-releases of Any Day Now, Scott: Scott Walker Sings Songs from his TV Series (1969) and The Moviegoer (1972).[2]

In spite of the album's deletion, over half of the songs were released in recent years on the budget The Collection compilation and Classics & Collectibles (2005). "The Me I Never Knew", "We Could Be Flying", "Do I Love You?", "When You Get Right Down to It", "Cowboy", and "All My Love's Laughter" are included on the Classics & Collectibles, while "Any Day Now" is included on The Collection. "If Ships Were Made To Sail" appears on a collection of Jimmy Webb penned songs titled "And Someone Left The Cake Out In The Rain" (1998). "Maria Bethania", "If" and "Ain't No Sunshine" remain unavailable.

## Reception[edit]

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [3]

In common with Walker's 1970s output, Any Day Now was poorly received by critics but has been reassessed since Walker was critically reappraised in the decades following The Walker Brothers' 1978 album Nite Flights.

## Track listing[edit]

Side oneNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Any Day Now"| Bob Hilliard, Burt Bacharach| 3:33
2.| "All My Love's Laughter"| Jimmy Webb| 4:05
3.| "Do I Love You?"| Albert Pelay, Alain le Govic, Yves Dessca, Maxime Piolot, Paul Anka| 2:53
4.| "Maria Bethania"| Caetano Veloso| 4:57
5.| "Cowboy"| Randy Newman| 2:30
6.| "When You Get Right Down to It"| Barry Mann| 2:59

Side twoNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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7.| "If"| David Gates| 3:16
8.| "Ain't No Sunshine"| Bill Withers| 2:45
9.| "The Me I Never Knew"| Don Black, John Barry| 3:39
10.| "If Ships Were Made to Sail"| Jimmy Webb| 2:37
11.| "We Could Be Flying"| Michel Colombier, Paul Williams| 4:20

## Personnel[edit]

* Scott Walker \- vocals
* Peter Knight \- arrangements, conductor
* Robert Cornford - arrangements, conductor on tracks: A4, A6, B1, B5
* John Franz \- producer
* Peter J. Olliff - engineer

## Release details[edit]

Region  | Date  | Label  | Format  | Catalogue

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United Kingdom | May 1973 (1973-05) | Philips | LP  | 6308 148

## References[edit]

1. ^ Watkinson, Mike; Anderson, Pete (1994). Scott Walker - A Deep Shade Of Blue (1st ed.). London: Virgin Books. p. 169\. ISBN 1-85227-482-4.
2. ^ Williams, Lewis (2006). Scott Walker - The Rhymes of Goodbye (1st ed.). London: Plexus. p. 105\. ISBN 0-85965-395-1.
3. ^ Allmusic review

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Scott Walker

Discography

Studio albums|

* Scott
* Scott 2
* Scott 3
* Scott: Scott Walker Sings Songs from his T.V. Series
* Scott 4
* 'Til the Band Comes In
* The Moviegoer
* Any Day Now
* Stretch
* We Had It All
* Climate of Hunter
* Tilt
* The Drift
* Bish Bosch
* Soused

Soundtracks|

* Pola X
* And Who Shall Go to the Ball? And What Shall Go to the Ball?
* The Childhood of a Leader
* Vox Lux

Compilations|

* Fire Escape in the Sky: The Godlike Genius of Scott Walker
* Scott Walker Sings Jacques Brel
* Boy Child: The Best of Scott Walker 1967–1970
* No Regrets – The Best of Scott Walker and The Walker Brothers 1965–1976
* It's Raining Today: The Scott Walker Story (1967–70)
* 5 Easy Pieces

Singles|

* Solo John/Solo Scott (EP)
* "Jackie"
* "Joanna"
* "Lights of Cincinnati"
* "I Still See You"
* "The Me I Never Knew"
* "Delta Dawn"
* "Track Three"
* "Man from Reno"

Related articles|

* The Walker Brothers
* "Deadlier Than the Male"
* "The Electrician"
* "Nite Flights"
* Scott Walker: 30 Century Man

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* MusicBrainz release group

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