The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Any More / After the Lights Go Out

by The Walker Brothers

The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Any More / After the Lights Go Out cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: 25 February 1966
  • Label: Philips
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 7:07
  • Community rating: 4.21/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Originally recorded by Frankie Valli but heavily popularized by this dramatic cover, the track heavily emulates Phil Spector's monolithic Wall of Sound production. Scott Walker's immense, operatic baritone voice navigates the soaring, tragic string arrangements to devastating emotional effect. It topped the UK charts and laid the foundational aesthetic for Scott Walker's subsequent, highly revered solo career.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, wall-of-sound, orchestral, grandiose, crooning

Tracklist

  1. The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Any More
  2. After The Lights Go Out

Credits

  • The Walker Brothers - primary artist
  • Ivor Raymonde - directed by [accompaniment]
  • Bob Crewe & Bob Gaudio - written-by
  • John Stewart - written-by

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