5 Easy Pieces (Scott Walker box set)


5 Easy Pieces is a box set anthology of the career of Scott Walker. It was released in November 2003. The set comprises five themed CDs and a 56-page booklet.

Track listing

All tracks written by Scott Walker, unless otherwise noted.
All tracks performed by Scott Walker, except † by The Walker Brothers, ‡ by Ute Lemper, and 2.16 by Esther Ofarim.

CD 1: In My Room

The complete bedsit dramas, including the kitchen sink
  1. "Prologue/Little Things" – 3:39
  2. "I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore" † – 3:45
  3. "In My Room" † – 2:32
  4. "After the Lights Go Out" † – 4:06
  5. "Archangel" † – 3:41
  6. "Orpheus" † – 3:24
  7. "Mrs Murphy" – 3:19
  8. "Montague Terrace " – 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
  17. "Joe" – 3:40
  18. "The War Is Over " – 3:36

    CD 2: Where's The Girl?

Songs of a Lady, Love and Loss
  1. "Where's The Girl?" † – 3:11
  2. "You're All Around Me" † – 2:37
  3. "Just Say Goodbye" † – 3:36
  4. "Hurting Each Other" † – 2:42
  5. "Genevieve" † – 2:51
  6. "Once Upon A Summertime" † – 3:50
  7. "When Joanna Loved Me" – 3:07
  8. "Joanna" – 3:52
  9. "Angelica" – 4:00
  10. "Always Coming Back To You" – 2:36
  11. "The Bridge" – 2:47
  12. "Best Of Both Worlds" – 3:13
  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" – 2:05
  17. "Scope J" ‡ – 10:50
  18. "Lullaby " ‡ – 11:05

    CD 3: An American In Europe

Home and away: songs from Europe and America
  1. "Jackie" – 3:20
  2. "Mathilde" – 2:36
  3. "The Girls And The Dogs" – 3:07
  4. "Amsterdam" – 3:04
  5. "Next" – 2:49
  6. "The Girls From The Streets" – 4:08
  7. "My Death" – 4:56
  8. "Sons Of" – 3:43
  9. "If You Go Away" – 4:58
  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
  15. "Cowbells Shakin'" – 1:05
  16. "My Way Home" – 3:28
  17. "Lines" † – 3:26
  18. "Rawhide" – 3:50
  19. "Blanket Roll Blues" – 3:12
  20. "Tilt" – 5:05
  21. "Patriot " – 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
  5. "Fat Mama Kick" † – 2:52
  6. "Nite Flights" † – 4:20
  7. "The Electrician" † – 6:01
  8. "Dealer" – 5:08
  9. "Track 3" "Delayed" – 3:42
  10. "Sleepwalkers Woman" – 4:11
  11. "Track 5" a.k.a. "It's A Starving" – 3:32
  12. "Farmer In The City" – 6:35
  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
  4. "Meadow" – 1:24
  5. "The Seventh Seal" – 4:58
  6. "The Darkest Forest" – 5:44
  7. "The Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti" – – 3:32
  8. "Theme from Summer of '42 " - " – 3:20
  9. "Glory Road" – 3:32
  10. "Isabel" – 6:39
  11. "Man From Reno" – 4:21
  12. "The Church of the Apostles" – 5:50
  13. "Indecent Sacrifice" – 4:07
  14. "Bombupper" – 0:52
  15. "I Threw It All Away" – 2:20
  16. "River of Blood" – 1:25
  17. "Only Myself to Blame" – 3:38
  18. "Running" – 1:44
  19. "The Time Is Out of Joint!" – 1:09
  20. "Never Again" – 1:27
  21. "Closing" – 1:53