Stretch (album)

Stretch is the ninth studio album by the American solo artist Scott Walker. It was released in November 1973 but was unsuccessful on the music charts. No singles were released from the album. It was Walker's first solo album for CBS/Columbia records after departing from Philips Records.

The majority of the songs recorded for the album were covers of old songs, some of which were by songwriters Walker had covered before such as Randy Newman and Jimmy Webb. The one new song "Someone Who Cared" was written by the album's producer Del Newman. The album was recorded in 1973 at Nova Studios, Marble Arch, London. Receiving negative reviews from critics the album was released as an LP in November 1973. The album was reissued and released on CD in 1997 by BGO Records coupled with Walker's tenth studio album 1974's We Had It All.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Stretch received negative reviews from the majority of critics.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sunshine"	Mickey Newbury	4:27
2.	"Just One Smile"	Randy Newman	4:23
3.	"A Woman Left Lonely"	Spooner Oldham, Dan Penn	3:22
4.	"No Easy Way Down"	Gerry Goffin, Carole King	4:37
5.	"That's How I Got to Memphis"	Tom T. Hall	3:10

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Use Me"	Bill Withers	4:19
7.	"Frisco Depot"	Mickey Newbury	3:46
8.	"Someone Who Cared"	Del Newman	2:58
9.	"Where Does Brown Begin"	Jimmy Webb	4:35
10.	"Where Love Has Died"	Jim Owen	2:23
11.	"I'll Be Home"	Randy Newman	3:24

Release details

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	November 1973	CBS Records	Vinyl	65725
	November 1973	CBS Records	Cassette	40-55725
	1997	BGO Records	CD	BGOCD358	Coupled with We Had It All

References

↑ Allmusic review

Scott Walker

Discography

Studio albums	Scott Scott 2 Scott 3 Scott: Scott Walker Sings Songs from his TV Series Scott 4 'Til the Band Comes In The Moviegoer Any Day Now Stretch We Had It All Climate of Hunter Tilt The Drift Bish Bosch Soused (with Sunn O))))

With The Walker Brothers	Take It Easy with The Walker Brothers Introducing the Walker Brothers Portrait The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore Images No Regrets Lines Nite Flights

Soundtracks	Pola X And Who Shall Go to the Ball? And What Shall Go to the Ball?

Compilations	Fire Escape in the Sky: The Godlike Genius of Scott Walker Scott Walker Sings Jacques Brel Boy Child: The Best of Scott Walker 1967–1970 No Regrets – The Best of Scott Walker and The Walker Brothers 1965–1976 5 Easy Pieces

Singles	Solo John/Solo Scott (EP) "Jackie" "Joanna" "Lights of Cincinnati" "I Still See You" "The Me I Never Knew" "Delta Dawn" "Track Three" "Man from Reno"

Related artists	Jacques Brel Johnny Franz Peter Knight Ute Lemper Pulp The Routers John Stewart Wally Stott The Walker Brothers Gary Walker John Walker Peter Walsh

Related articles	"Deadlier Than the Male" "The Electrician" "Nite Flights" Scott Walker: 30 Century Man We Love Life

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