Climate of Hunter
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| Studio album by Scott Walker | ||||
| Released | March 1984 | |||
| Recorded | The Town House, EMI & Sarm West Studios, October–December 1983 | |||
| Genre | Art rock | |||
| Length | 31:00 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Producer | Peter Walsh, Scott Walker | |||
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Climate of Hunter is the eleventh studio album by the American solo artist Scott Walker. It was released in March 1984 and reached number 60 on the UK Albums Chart. It includes the single "Track Three". It was his only album of the 1980s.
Walker wrote the songs for the album between August and September 1983. The album was recorded between October and December 1983 in the UK at The Town House, EMI and Sarm West Studios. The album was released as an LP in March 1984, receiving positive reviews. It was released on CD in the mid-1980s, and reissued on CD in January 2006, with revised artwork and having been remastered. The original artwork for the album was designed by C.More.Tone, with photography by Bob Carlos Clarke.
Following the poor reception of Walker's tenth solo album, 1974's We Had It All, Walker reformed The Walker Brothers and signed to GTO Records. The reunited group recorded three albums together, 1975's No Regrets, 1976's Lines and 1978's Nite Flights. No Regrets and Lines had continued the musical vein of MOR Country Pop cover versions that Walker had followed on his previous two solo albums. The title track, No Regrets, had become a hit single in early 1976, but critically and commercially both albums were unsuccessful.
The group began recording Nite Flights knowing that GTO was soon to collapse. The decision was made to produce an album of their own compositions without compromise. The resulting album emphasised an art rock and disco sound utilising harder drum sounds, synthesizers, and electric guitars. The three group members each wrote and sang their own compositions. Scott's four songs – "Shut Out", "Fat Mama Kick", "Nite Flights", and "The Electrician" – were his first original compositions since 1970's 'Til the Band Comes In. Walker's song-writing displayed remarkable growth from his 1960s work and had more in common with the music of David Bowie, Brian Eno and Lou Reed. The extremely dark and discomforting sound of Scott's songs, particularly "The Electrician", was to prove a forerunner to the direction of his future solo work.
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