Nite Flights
by The Walker Brothers
- Type: Album
- Released: July 1978
- Label: GTO
- Country: United States
- Length: 37:42
- Community rating: 3.72/5 from 4 ratings
Artists on this release: Morris Pert, Scott Engel, Katie Kissoon, Mo Foster, Ronnie Ross, Gary Leeds, Peter Van Hooke, Dill Katz, John Maus, John Walker, Joy Yates, Frank Gibson
Album Notes & Community Reviews
On their final reunion album, The Walker Brothers completely reinvented their sound, with Scott Walker contributing four profoundly abstract, deeply anxious avant-pop compositions. 'Nite Flights' abandons traditional blue-eyed soul for highly ominous, heavily atmospheric art rock that massively influenced the impending post-punk movement.
Genres
Descriptors: atmospheric, orchestral, theatrical, dissonant, male-vocals
Tracklist
- Shutout (2:46)
- Fat Mama Kick (2:52)
- Nite Flights (4:21)
- The Electrician (6:04)
- Death of Romance (3:42)
- Den Haague (4:02)
- Rhythms of Vision (2:53)
- Disciples of Death (3:47)
- Fury and the Fire (3:56)
- Child of Flames (3:14)
Credits
- The Walker Brothers - primary artist, arranged by, sleeve, photography by
- Dave MacRae - conductor, orchestrated by, mixed by, producer, keyboards
- Steve Parker - engineer [assistant]
- Dennis Weinreich - mixed by, recorded by, backing vocals
- Scott Walker - mixed by, producer, vocals, bass, keyboards
- Hipgnosis - sleeve, photography by
- Gary Leeds - words by, music by, vocals, percussion
- John Maus - words by, music by
- Scott Engel - words by, music by
- Mo Foster - bass
- Peter Van Hooke - drums
- Big Jim Sullivan - guitar [rhythm]
- Les Davidson - guitar [solo]
- John Walker - vocals
- Frank Gibson - drums
- Alan Skidmore - tenor saxophone [solo]
- Dill Katz - bass
- Morris Pert - percussion
- Ronnie Ross - soprano saxophone
- Joy Yates - backing vocals
- Katie Kissoon - backing vocals
- Chris Mercer - saxophone [solo]