5 Easy Pieces is a box set anthology of the career (to date) of Scott Walker

Scott Walker (singer)

Scott Walker, born Noel Scott Engel on January 9, 1943 is an American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and the former lead singer of The Walker Brothers. Despite being American born, Walker's chart success has largely come in the United Kingdom, where his first four solo albums...

. It was released in November 2003. The set comprises five themed CD

Compact Disc

The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...

s and a 56 page booklet.

Track listing

All tracks written by Scott Walker, unless otherwise noted. (NB: Walker is sometimes credited as Scott Engel or N. S. Engel; these instances are noted as such in the listing.)
All tracks performed by Scott Walker, except † by The Walker Brothers

The Walker Brothers

The Walker Brothers were an American 1960s and 1970s pop group, comprising Scott Engel , John Walker , and Gary Leeds...

, and ‡ by Ute Lemper

Ute Lemper

Ute Lemper is a German chanteuse and actress renowned for her interpretation of the work of Kurt Weill.- Biography :Born in Münster, Germany, Ute Lemper was raised in a Roman Catholic family. She joined the punk music group known as the Panama Drive Band at the age of 16...

.

CD 1: In My Room

The complete bedsit dramas, including the kitchen sink

1. "Prologue/Little Things" – 3:39 (Scott Walker, Ady Semel)
2. "I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore" † – 3:45 (Randy Newman
   Randy Newman
   Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his mordant pop songs and for film scores....
   
   )
3. "In My Room" † – 2:32 (Joaquin Prieto, translated by Lee Julien Pockriss
   Lee Pockriss
   Lee Julian Pockriss was an American songwriter who wrote many well-known popular songs and several scores for films and Broadway shows.-Early life and career:...
   
    and Paul Vance
   Paul Vance
   Paul Vance is an American songwriter and record producer.With over 300 recorded songs, Vance co-wrote such hits as "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini," recorded in 1960 by Brian Hyland, which rose to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and "Catch a Falling Star," recorded in 1957 by...
   
   )
4. "After the Lights Go Out" † – 4:06 (John Stewart)
5. "Archangel" † – 3:41
6. "Orpheus" † – 3:24
7. "Mrs Murphy" – 3:19
8. "Montague Terrace (In Blue)" – 3:27
9. "Such A Small Love" – 4:52
10. "The Amorous Humphrey Plugg" – 4:29
11. "It's Raining Today" – 3:59
12. "Rosemary" – 3:20
13. "Big Louise" – 3:08
14. "Angels Of Ashes" – 4:19
15. "Hero Of The War" – 2:24
16. "Time Operator" – 3:36 (Walker, Semel)
17. "Joe" – 3:40 (Walker, Semel)
18. "The War Is Over (Sleepers-Epilogue)" – 3:36 (Walker, Semel)

CD 2: Where's The Girl?

Songs of a Lady, Love and Loss

1. "Where's The Girl?" † – 3:11 (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
2. "You're All Around Me" † – 2:37 (Scott Walker, Lesley Duncan
   Lesley Duncan
   Lesley Duncan was an English singer-songwriter, best known for her work during the 1970s. She received a lot of airplay on British radio stations such as BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2, but never achieved great commercial success.Duncan was born in Stockton-on-Tees...
   
   )
3. "Just Say Goodbye" † – 3:36 (Petula Clark
   Petula Clark
   Petula Clark, CBE is an English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades.Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II...
   
   , Pierre Delanoë
   Pierre Delanoë
   Pierre Delanoë , born Pierre Leroyer, was a French songwriter/lyricist who wrote for dozens of singers such as Edith Piaf, Charles Aznavour, Petula Clark, and Johnny Hallyday....
   
   , Tony Hatch
   Tony Hatch
   Anthony Peter "Tony" Hatch is an English composer, songwriter, pianist, music arranger and producer.-Early life and early career:...
   
   )
4. "Hurting Each Other" † – 2:42 (Peter Udell, Gary Geld)
5. "Genevieve" † – 2:51
6. "Once Upon A Summertime" † – 3:50 (Eddie Marnay, Eddie Barclay
   Eddie Barclay
   Eddie Barclay was a French music producer whose singers included Jacques Brel and Charles Aznavour. He founded Barclay Records.-Life:...
   
   , Michel Legrand
   Michel Legrand
   Michel Jean Legrand is a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist...
   
   , translated by Johnny Mercer
   Johnny Mercer
   John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer was an American lyricist, songwriter and singer. He is best known as a lyricist, but he also composed music. He was also a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as those written by others...
   
   )
7. "When Joanna Loved Me
   When Joanna Loved Me
   "When Joanna Loved Me" is a 1964 song. The words were written by Robert Wells and the music by Jack Segal. The song was popularised by Tony Bennett, although other versions have been recorded by artists such as Frank Sinatra, Paul Desmond and, on his first solo album, Scott Walker.- External links :*...
   
   " – 3:07 (Robert Wells, Jack Segal
   Jack Segal
   Jack Segal was a composer of popular American songs...
   
   )
8. "Joanna
   Joanna (Scott Walker song)
   "Joanna" is a song written by the husband and wife song-writing team Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent.Scott Walker recorded the song and released it as a single in 1968 shortly after the release of his second album Scott 2. The single hit the top ten in the UK and is one of Walker's most popular...
   
   " – 3:52 (Tony Hatch, Jackie Trent
   Jackie Trent
   Jackie Trent is an English singer, songwriter, and actress.-Career:Trent's first stage appearance was as a ten-year-old ingenue in the pantomime Babes In The Wood, but her primary interest was a career in pop music...
   
   )
9. "Angelica" – 4:00 (Cynthia Weil
   Cynthia Weil
   Cynthia Weil is a prominent American songwriter. She is famous for having written many songs together with her husband Barry Mann....
   
   , Barry Mann
   Barry Mann
   Barry Mann is an American songwriter, and part of a successful songwriting partnership with his wife, Cynthia Weil.-Career:...
   
   )
10. "Always Coming Back To You" – 2:36
11. "The Bridge" – 2:47
12. "Best Of Both Worlds" – 3:13 (Melvin R London, Don Black
    Don Black (musician)
    Don Black, OBE is an English lyricist. His works have included numerous musicals, movie themes and hit songs. He has provided lyrics for John Barry, Charles Strouse, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Quincy Jones, Jule Styne, Henry Mancini, Michael Jackson, Elmer Bernstein, Michel Legrand, Hayley Westenra,...
    
    )
13. "Two Weeks Since You've Gone" – 2:45
14. "On Your Own Again" – 1:45
15. "Someone Who Cared" – 2:57
16. "Long About Now" (sung by Esther Ofarim) – 2:05 (Walker, Semel)
17. "Scope J" ‡ – 10:50 (N. S. Engel)
18. "Lullaby (by-by-by)" ‡ – 11:05 (N. S. Engel)

CD 3: An American In Europe

Home and away: songs from Europe and America

1. "Jackie
   Jacky (Jacques Brel song)
   "Jacky" is a song written by Jacques Brel. He recorded the song on 2 November 1965, and it was released on his 1966 album Ces Gens-Là. The song was translated from French into English and retitled as "Jackie"....
   
   " – 3:20 (Mort Shuman
   Mort Shuman
   Mort Shuman was an American singer, pianist and songwriter, best known as co-writer of many 1960s rock and roll hits, including "Viva Las Vegas"...
   
   , Jacques Brel
   Jacques Brel
   Jacques Brel was a Belgian singer-songwriter who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following in France initially, and later throughout the world. He was widely considered a master of the modern chanson...
   
   , Gérard Jouannest)
2. "Mathilde" – 2:36 (Shuman, Brel, Jouannest)
3. "The Girls And The Dogs" – 3:07 (Shuman, Brel, Jouannest)
4. "Amsterdam" – 3:04 (Brel, Shuman)
5. "Next" – 2:49 (Brel, Shuman)
6. "The Girls From The Streets" – 4:08
7. "My Death" – 4:56 (Brel, Shuman)
8. "Sons Of" – 3:43 (Brel, Shuman, Jouannest)
9. "If You Go Away
   If You Go Away
   "If You Go Away" is a song in English based upon the French song "Ne me quitte pas" , written by Jacques Brel. The English lyrics were written by Rod McKuen as part of a larger project to translate Brel's work. "If You Go Away" is considered a pop standard and has been recorded by many artists,...
   
   " – 4:58 (Jacques Brel, Rod McKuen)
10. "Copenhagen" – 2:24
11. "We Came Through" – 1:56
12. "30 Century Man" – 1:27
13. "Rhymes Of Goodbye" – 3:04
14. "Thanks For Chicago Mr James" – 2:15 (Walker, Semel)
15. "Cowbells Shakin'" – 1:05 (Walker, Semel)
16. "My Way Home" – 3:28 (Walker, Semel)
17. "Lines" † – 3:26 (Jerry Fuller
    Jerry Fuller
    -Biography:Jerry Fuller was born in Fort Worth, Texas to a musical family, his father having been a singer with Bob Wills' Light Crust Doughboys. Jerry Fuller and his brother Bill performed as a duo in their home state, recording for the local Lin label, before Jerry branched out on his own and...
    
    )
18. "Rawhide" – 3:50
19. "Blanket Roll Blues" – 3:12 (Tennessee Williams
    Tennessee Williams
    Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III was an American writer who worked principally as a playwright in the American theater. He also wrote short stories, novels, poetry, essays, screenplays and a volume of memoirs...
    
    , Kenyon Hopkins
    Kenyon Hopkins
    Kenyon Hopkins was an American composer who composed many film scores in a jazz idiom. Although he has been neglected in recent years, he was once called "one of jazz's great composers and arrangers"....
    
    )
20. "Tilt" – 5:05
21. "Patriot (a single)"  – 7:59

CD 4: This Is How You Disappear

The darkest hour is just before dawn: 15 big hits

1. "The Plague" – 3:34
2. "Plastic Palace People" – 6:05
3. "Boy Child" – 3:37
4. "Shutout" † – 2:46 (Scott Engel)
5. "Fat Mama Kick" † – 2:52 (Scott Engel)
6. "Nite Flights" † – 4:20 (Scott Engel)
7. "The Electrician" † – 6:01 (Scott Engel)
8. "Dealer" – 5:08
9. "Track 3" aka "Delayed" – 3:42
10. "Sleepwalkers Woman" – 4:11
11. "Track 5" aka "It's A Starving" – 3:32
12. "Farmer In The City" – 6:35 (Scott Walker, Pete Walsh)
13. "The Cockfighter" – 5:58
14. "Bouncer See Bouncer..." – 8:34
15. "Face On Breast" – 5:14

CD 5: Scott On Screen

Music from and for films

1. "Light" – 3:20
2. "Deadlier Than The Male" † – 2:32
3. "The Rope And The Colt" – 2:01 (Andre Hossein, Hal Shapper)
4. "Meadow" – 1:24
5. "The Seventh Seal" – 4:58
6. "The Darkest Forest" – 5:44
7. "The Ballad Of Sacco And Vanzetti – Theme From Sacco And Vanzetti" – 3:32 (Joan Baez
   Joan Baez
   Joan Chandos Baez is an American folk singer, songwriter, musician and a prominent activist in the fields of human rights, peace and environmental justice....
   
   , Ennio Morricone
   Ennio Morricone
   Ennio Morricone, Grand Officer OMRI, , is an Italian composer and conductor, who wrote music to more than 500 motion pictures and television series, in a career lasting over 50 years. His scores have been included in over 20 award-winning films as well as several symphonic and choral pieces...
   
   )
8. "The Summer Knows (Theme from Summer Of '42)" – 3:20 (Alan Bergman
   Alan Bergman
   Alan Bergman is an American lyricist and songwriter.-Life & career:Born in Brooklyn, New York, he studied at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UCLA. His involvement in the entertainment industry began in the early 1950s as a director of children's television shows...
   
   , Marilyn Bergman
   Marilyn Bergman
   Marilyn Bergman is a composer, songwriter and author.She was born Marilyn Keith in Brooklyn, New York and studied psychology and English at New York University...
   
   , Michel Legrand)
9. "Glory Road (The theme from W.U.S.A.)" – 3:32 (Neil Diamond
   Neil Diamond
   Neil Leslie Diamond is an American singer-songwriter with a career spanning over five decades from the 1960s until the present....
   
   )
10. "Isabel" – 6:39
11. "Man From Reno" – 4:21 (Scott Walker, Goran Bregović
    Goran Bregovic
    Goran Bregović is one of the most internationally known modern musicians and composers of the Balkans. He currently splits his time between Paris and Belgrade, where he settled down during the Yugoslav Wars.Bregović has composed for such varied artists as Iggy Pop and Cesária Évora...
    
    )
12. "The Church Of The Apostles" – 5:50
13. "Indecent Sacrifice" – 4:07 (Walker, Bregović)
14. "Bombupper" – 0:52
15. "I Threw It All Away" – 2:20 (Bob Dylan
    Bob Dylan
    Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
    
    )
16. "River Of Blood" – 1:25
17. "Only Myself To Blame" – 3:38 (Don Black, David Arnold
    David Arnold
    David Arnold is an English film composer best known for scoring five James Bond films, the 1994 film Stargate, the 1996 film Independence Day, and the television series Little Britain.-Film and television career:...
    
    )
18. "Running" – 1:44
19. "The Time Is Out Of Joint!" – 1:09
20. "Never Again" – 1:27
21. "Closing" – 1:53