Bish Bosch

Bish Bosch
Studio album by Scott Walker
Released 3 December 2012
Genre Avant-garde music
Experimental
Length 73:00
Label 4AD
Producer Scott Walker, Peter Walsh
Scott Walker chronology
The Drift
(2006)
Bish Bosch
(2012)
Soused
(2014)

Bish Bosch is the fourteenth studio album by the American singer Scott Walker. It was released on 3 December 2012 on 4AD.[1] The album has been described by its creator as being "the final installment in a trilogy" that also includes Tilt (1995) and The Drift (2006).[2] At seventy-three minutes, Bish Bosch is Walker's longest studio album, as well as also containing his longest song, the twenty-one minute forty-one second "SDSS1416+13B (Zercon, A Flagpole Sitter)".

Reception

Critical response to Bish Bosch was very positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 78, based on 33 professional reviews.[3] The recording was selected as 'Album of the Week' in The Independent, The Guardian and The Sunday Times, 'Album of the Month' in Mojo magazine,[4] and 'Album of the Year' by Tiny Mix Tapes.[5]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [6]
Beats Per Minute(89%) [7]
Consequence of Sound [8]
The Guardian [9]
The Independent [10]
Pitchfork Media(8.0/10) [11]
Slant Magazine [12]
Sputnikmusic(3.5/5)[13]
Tiny Mix Tapes [14]
NME3/10[15]

Track listing[16]

No. Title Length
1. "'See You Don’t Bump His Head'"   4:06
2. "Corps De Blah"   10:11
3. "Phrasing"   4:45
4. "SDSS1416+13B (Zercon, A Flagpole Sitter)"   21:41
5. "Epizootics!"   9:40
6. "Dimple"   6:47
7. "Tar"   5:39
8. "Pilgrim"   2:26
9. "The Day The "Conducator" Died (An Xmas Song)"   7:45

Personnel

Musicians

Orchestra

References

  1. Young, Rob (24 Sep 2012). "Scott Walker - Bish Bosch". 4AD. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
  2. Simon Hattenstone (2012-11-23). "Scott Walker: Brother beyond | Music". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2013-01-25.
  3. 1 2 "Bish Bosch Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More". Metacritic. 2012-12-04. Retrieved 2013-01-25.
  4. "Scott Walker's New Album, Bish Bosch, Released This Week". 4AD. 2012-12-04. Retrieved 2013-01-25.
  5. TMT Staff · December 2012. "2012: Favorite 50 Albums of 2012 | Staff Feature | Tiny Mix Tapes | Page 5". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 2013-01-25.
  6. "Allmusic review".
  7. "Beats Per Minute review".
  8. "Album Review: Scott Walker – Bish Bosch". Consequence of Sound. 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2013-01-25.
  9. 29 November 2012
  10. Simon Price (2012-12-02). "IoS album review: Scott Walker, Bish Bosch (4AD) - Reviews - Music". London: The Independent. Retrieved 2013-01-25.
  11. "Pitchfork review".
  12. "Slant review".
  13. Butler, Nick (Dec 31, 2013). "Album Review - Scott Walker: Bish Bosch". SputnikMusic. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  14. "Tiny Mix Tapes review".
  15. Fullerton, Jamie (January 8, 2013). "Bish Bosch - Scott Walker". NME.
  16. Pelly, Jen (24 Sep 2012). "Pitchfork Media - Full Scott Walker Album Details Revealed". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2012-09-24.

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