Nite Flights

Sound DNA

• Rock
• Art Rock

• cavernous
• brooding
• nocturnal

About

It’s one of the stranger stories in popular music that the first four tracks of <i>Nite Flights</i> played a major part in shaping popular music for the coming decade. Released in 1978, <i>Nite Flights</i> was the third reunion album for European pop sensation the Walker Brothers. While each member is given room to pursue their interests, Scott Walker went into these sessions with a new fire underneath him. In part, inspired by Brian Eno, David Bowie and Iggy Pop, Walker went even further on his tracks — “Shutout,” “Fat Mama Kick,” “Nite Flights” and “The Electrician” – and inspired Bowie and Midge Ure of Ultravox, among the many, and the New Romantic and synth-pop world of the early ‘80s was on its way. The remainder of the album is quite a bit different. Gary Walker’s “Death of Romance” plays towards smooth adult-contemporary jazz-pop. “Rhythms of Vision” come closest to Bob Seger. John Walker’s “Disciples of Death” also plays like radio-ready pop. It’s no wonder that Scott Walker would return to his solo career with an avant-garde vengeance.

via Apple Music

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