Images (The Walker Brothers album)

1967 studio album by The Walker Brothers

Images

Studio album by

The Walker Brothers

Released| March 3, 1967
Genre|

* Pop music
* baroque pop
* blue-eyed soul

Length| 54:15 (Expanded CD)
Label| Philips
Producer| John Franz
The Walker Brothers chronology
| The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
(1966)  | Images
(1967)  | No Regrets
(1975)

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Singles from  Images

1. "Experience"
Released: May 1967[1]
2. "Everything Under the Sun"
Released: June 1967[2]

Images is the third album by the American pop group The Walker Brothers. Released in 1967 the album reached number six on the UK Albums Chart.[3] It was the last of their trio of 1960s albums. They would not record together again until 1975's No Regrets.

The group's musical accompaniment was directed by Reg Guest and produced by John Franz. Receiving good to mixed reviews, the album was first released in both Mono and Stereo LP formats in March 1967. The album was later released on CD having been remastered and expanded in 1998. The sleeve notes were written by Alan Freeman.

## Reception

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Images received good to mixed reviews from the majority of critics.[citation needed]

### Legacy

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Richie Unterberger, writing retrospectively for AllMusic, called the album "as wildly uneven as their other pair. Affecting pop/rock ballads and operatic crooner vehicles were interspersed with absolutely inappropriate up-tempo blue-eyed soul (always a weak point for the group) and rock covers".[4] Unterberger rates Scott Walker's songs highly, noting that they "[exhibit] a growth that foreshadowed some of the more ambitious aspects of his early solo albums".[4] He also described John Walker's "I Can't Let It Happen to You" as "one of The Walker Brothers' best songs, and undoubtedly the best thing John Walker contributed to their records".[4]

## Track listing

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

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1.| "Everything Under the Sun"| Bob Crewe, Gary Knight| 4:15
2.| "Once Upon a Summertime"| Michel Legrand, Johnny Mercer, Eddy Marnay| 3:49
3.| "Experience"| Scott Engel| 2:53
4.| "Blueberry Hill"| Al Lewis, Vincent Rose, Larry Stock| 3:25
5.| "Orpheus"| Scott Engel| 3:24
6.| "Stand by Me"| Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller| 3:27

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

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7.| "I Wanna Know"| John Maus| 2:28
8.| "I Will Wait for You" (Theme from Les Parapluies de Cherbourg)| music: Michel Legrand, lyrics: Jacques Demy; English lyrics: Norman Gimbel| 3:38
9.| "It Makes No Difference Now"| Iller Pattacini; English lyrics: Mike Newell| 2:37
10.| "I Can't Let It Happen to You"| John Maus| 3:11
11.| "Genevieve"| Scott Engel| 2:49
12.| "Just Say Goodbye"| Petula Clark, Pierre Delanoë, Tony Hatch| 3:33

Expanded CD bonus tracksNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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13.| "Stay With Me Baby" (1967 A-Side)| Jerry Ragovoy, George David Weiss| 3:22
14.| "Turn Out the Moon" (B-Side of "Stay With Me Baby")| Scott Engel| 3:34
15.| "Walking in the Rain" (1967 A-Side)| Barry Mann, Phil Spector, Cynthia Weil| 3:23
16.| "Baby Make It Last the Time" (B-Side of "Walking in the Rain")| Scott Engel, Kirk Duncan, Michael Nicholls| 3:07

## Personnel

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The Walker Brothers

* Gary Walker \- drums, vocals
* John Walker \- guitar, vocals
* Scott Walker \- vocals, guitar, keyboards

with:

* Reg Guest - accompaniment

## Charts

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Chart | Position

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UK Album Chart[3] | 6
German Album Chart[5] | 23

## References

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1. ^ "45cat - The Walker Brothers - Experience / Everything Under The Sun - Philips - Netherlands - 320 247 BF". 45cat. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
2. ^ "45cat - The Walker Brothers - Everything Under The Sun / I Wanna Know - Philips - Japan - SFL-1100". 45cat. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
3. ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 589/590. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
4. ^ a b c AllMusic review
5. ^ "charts.de - Discographie The Walker Brothers". 2012 media control. Archived from the original on July 7, 2014. Retrieved October 26, 2012.

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The Walker Brothers

* Scott Walker
* Gary Walker
* John Walker

Albums|

* Take It Easy with the Walker Brothers
* Introducing the Walker Brothers
* Portrait
* The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
* Images
* No Regrets
* Lines
* Nite Flights

Compilations|

* The Walker Brothers' Story
* No Regrets – The Best of Scott Walker and The Walker Brothers 1965–1976
* If You Could Hear Me Now

EPs|

* I Need You
* Solo John/Solo Scott

Singles|

* "Pretty Girls Everywhere"
* "Love Her"
* "Make It Easy on Yourself"
* "My Ship is Coming In"
* "Land of 1000 Dances"
* "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore"
* "(Baby) You Don't Have to Tell Me"
* "Another Tear Falls"
* "Deadlier Than the Male"
* "Stay With Me Baby"
* "Walking in the Rain"
* "No Regrets"
* "Lines"
* "We're All Alone"
* "The Electrician"

Related articles|

* Johnny Franz
* Ivor Raymonde
* "Nite Flights"

* Discography

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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