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The Drift is the thirteenth studio album by the American solo artist Scott Walker. It was released on the 8 May 2006 and reached number 51^[3] on the UK Albums Chart. No singles were released from the album. Apart from composing the soundtrack to the film Pola X, the album was Walker's first studio album in eleven years and only his third studio album since the final disbanding of The Walker Brothers in 1978.

Walker composed the songs for the album slowly over the decade after the release of 1995's Tilt,^[4] beginning with "Cue" (the longest song to complete), up until the album's recording. An early version of "Buzzers" was premièred at the Meltdown festival on 17 June 2000 under the title "Thimble Rigging". The album was recorded over a period of 17 months at Metropolis Studios in Chiswick, London, with orchestra recorded in one day at George Martin's AIR Studios in Hampstead, London. Receiving good reviews from critics, the album was released as an LP and CD in May 2006. The artwork for the album was designed by Vaughan Oliver at v23 with assistance from Chris Bigg and photography by Marc Atkins.

Overview

Walker's first album composed entirely of new material since 1995's Tilt, The Drift forms the second installment of the "trilogy" that concluded with 2012's Bish Bosch.^[5] In the years between Tilt and The Drift, Walker's released output comprised a few instrumental tracks on the soundtrack to the film Pola X, a cover of Bob Dylan's "I Threw It All Away" on the To Have and to Hold soundtrack, and "Only Myself to Blame" from The World Is Not Enough soundtrack, as well as a few compilations of previously released material, including the retrospective box set 5 Easy Pieces.

The Drift has been cited by many critics and fans alike as a disturbing and complex album that departs from Scott Walker's previous albums while still remaining true to his experimental roots. French singer Vanessa Contenay-Quinones appears as the voice of Clara Petacci on "Clara".

The sound and subject matter for the album is unrelentingly dark and unsettling, often juxtaposing quiet sections with sudden loud noise to induce discomfort in the listener. Subjects include torture, disease, 9/11, Elvis Presley (and his stillborn twin brother Jesse Garon Presley), and Srebrenica.^[6]^[7]

Track listing

Personnel

Personnel by track

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|title = *"Cossacks Are"
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|1=Drums: Ian Thomas
|2=Bass: John Giblin
|3=Electric guitar: Hugh Burns
|4=Keyboards: Brian Gascoigne, Mark Warman
|5=Percussion: Alasdair Malloy}}{{Collapsible list
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|title = *"Clara"
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|1=Drums: Ian Thomas
|2=Bass: Steve Pearce
|3=Electric guitar: Hugh Burns
|4=Echoplex guitar: James Stevenson
|5=Ocarina: Mark Warman
|6=Shawm: Andrew Cronshaw
|7=Percussion and meat punching: Alasdair Malloy
|8=Sound treatment: Peter Walsh and Mark Warman
|9=Vanessa Contenay-Quinones as the voice of Claretta Petacci
|10=Strings orchestrated and conducted by Philip Sheppard}}{{Collapsible list
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|title = *"Jesse"
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|1=:Electric baritone guitar/electric guitar: Hugh Burns
|2=Mosquito/echoplex guitar: James Stevenson
|3=Strings orchestrated and conducted by Mark Warman}}{{Collapsible list
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|title = *"Jolson and Jones"
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|1=Drums: Ian Thomas
|2=Bass: Steve Pearce
|3=Electric guitar: Hugh Burns
|4=Violin: Thomas Bowes
|5=Alto sax: Scott Walker
|6=Keyboards: Mark Warman
|7=Percussion: Alasdair Malloy
|8=Sound treatment: Peter Walsh
|9=Man descending stairs: Peter Walsh
|10=Concertina: Andrew Cronshaw
|11=Strings orchestrated and conducted by Mark Warman}}{{Collapsible list
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|title = *"Cue"
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|1=Drums: Alasdair Malloy
|2=Bass: John Giblin
|3=Acoustic baritone guitars: Hugh Burns and Scott Walker
|4=Electric guitar: Hugh Burns
|5=Flugelhorn: Derek Watkins
|6=Big box percussion: Alasdair Malloy
|7=Big box construction: Tim Painter
|8=Strings orchestrated and conducted by Philip Sheppard}}{{Collapsible list
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|title = *"Hand Me Ups"
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|1=Drums: Ian Thomas
|2=Bass: John Giblin
|3=Vox Continental: Mark Warman
|4=Children scream vocals: Ralph Warman, Rebecca Painter, Lucy Painter
|5=Choirboy: Ralph Warman
|6=Tubax/baritone sax: Pete Long
|7=Percussion/claps: Rohan Onraet}}{{Collapsible list
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|title = *"Buzzers"
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|1=Bass: John Giblin
|2=Electric/acoustic guitar: Hugh Burns
|3=Percussion: Alasdair Malloy
|4=Newsreader: Beverly Foster
|5=Sound treatment: Scott Walker and Peter Walsh
|6=Strings orchestrated and conducted by Philip Sheppard}}{{Collapsible list
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|title = *"Psoriatic"
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|1=Drums: Ian Thomas
|2=Bass: Steve Pearce
|3=Electric guitar: Hugh Burns
|4=Sitar guitar: Peter Walsh
|5=High sus guitar: James Stevenson
|6=Electric cello: Philip Sheppard
|7=Sound treatment: Brian Gascoigne and Peter Walsh
|8=Di-zi: Andrew Cronshaw
|9=Percussion: Alasdair Malloy}}{{Collapsible list
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|title = *"The Escape"
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|1=Drums: Ian Thomas
|2=Bass: Steve Pearce
|3=Electric baritone guitar/acoustic guitar: Hugh Burns
|4=Cello: Philip Sheppard
|5=Harmonica: Scott Walker
|6=Keyboards and percussion: Mark Warman
|7=Strings orchestrated and conducted by Mark Warman}}{{Collapsible list
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|title = *"A Lover Loves"
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|1=:Acoustic guitar: Scott Walker}}

String players

Session 1	Violin I	Violin II	Cello
Janice Graham Paul Willey	Steve Morris Simon Smith	Alistair Blayden Nick Roberts	Neil Tarlton Chris West
Julian Tear Ofer Falk	Deborah Widdup Alison Kelly	Jane Fenton Andrew Fuller	Matthew Corman Clare Tyack
Sophie Barber Ben Buckton	Clive Dobbins Amanda Smith	John Tunnell Tamsy Kaner	Roger Linley Diane Clark
Clare Hoffman Elizabeth Wexler	Ulrike Kipp Jo Godden	Judith Herbert Jackie Phillips
Karen Leishman Matthew Scrivener	Ruth Funnell Sue Briscoe	Robert Max Roberto Sorrentino

Session 2	Violin I	Violin II	Cello
Michael Davis Paul Willey	Steve Morris Simon Smith	Alistair Blayden Nick Roberts	Neil Tarlton Chris West
Julian Tear Ofer Falk	Deborah Widdup Alison Kelly	Jane Fenton Andrew Fuller	Matthew Corman Clare Tyack
Sophie Barber Ben Buckton	Clive Dobbins Amanda Smith	John Tunnell Tamsy Kaner	Roger Linley Diane Clark
Clare Hoffman Elizabeth Wexler	Ulrike Kipp Jo Godden	Judith Herbert Jackie Phillips
Ralph De Souza Robert Salter	Charles Sewart Celia Sheen	Jonathan Williams Joely Koos

Production

Release history

Charts

References

1. ^{{cite web |url= https://music.avclub.com/navigating-the-diverse-difficult-musical-career-of-sco-1798235081|title= Navigating the diverse, difficult musical career of Scott Walker|last= Murray|first= Noel|date= December 6, 2012|website= The A.V. Club|access-date= August 13, 2018|quote= As for fans of the intense avant-garde exercises of Tilt and The Drift...}}
2. ^{{cite web |url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/mar/05/10-of-the-best-scott-walker|title= 10 of the best: Scott Walker|last= Dennis|first= Jon|date= March 5, 2014|website= The Guardian|access-date= August 13, 2018|quote= Tilt (1995), the first of his trilogy of experimental albums}}
3. ^¹{{cite web |url=http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=1980 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410092104/http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=1980 |dead-url=yes |archive-date=10 April 2012 | title=Scott Walker| website=Chart Stats.com | accessdate=12 February 2009}}
4. ^{{cite book| first= Lewis| last= Williams| year= 2006| title= Scott Walker - The Rhymes of Goodbye| edition= 1st| publisher= Plexus| location= London| isbn= 0-85965-395-1| page= 179}}
5. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/nov/23/scott-walker-interview |title=Scott Walker: Brother beyond |first=Simon |last=Hattenstone |date=23 November 2012 |newspaper=The Guardian |accessdate=16 December 2016 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117035932/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/nov/23/scott-walker-interview |archivedate=17 November 2016 |df= }}
6. ^{{cite magazine |url=http://nymag.com/arts/popmusic/reviews/16844/ |title=Elvis Dreams of 9/11 |first=Ben |last=Williams |magazine=New York |year=2006 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913065653/http://nymag.com/arts/popmusic/reviews/16844/ |archivedate=September 13, 2016 |deadurl=no}}
7. ^{{cite journal |title=Interview with Scott Walker |journal=The Wire |date=May 2006 |first=Rob |last=Young |issue=267 |pages=24-29 }}
8. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Scott+Walker&titel=The+Drift&cat=a | title=Scott Walker - The Drift |website=ultratop.be |publisher=Hung Medien |accessdate=25 February 2010}}
9. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.charts-surfer.de |title=UK, German and French charts |website=Charts Surfer | accessdate=12 February 2009}}