We Had It All

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We Had It All
Scott Walker We Had It All.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1974
Recorded1973–1974
StudioNova Studios, Marble Arch, London
Genre
Length34:37
Label Columbia
Producer Del Newman
Scott Walker chronology
Stretch
(1973)
We Had It All
(1974)
No Regrets
by
The Walker Brothers

(1975)
Singles from We Had It All
  1. "Delta Dawn" b/w "We Had It All"
    Released: July 1974

We Had It All is the tenth solo studio album by the American singer Scott Walker. It was released in August 1974 but was unsuccessful on the music charts. It was Walker's final solo album for ten years; in the interim Walker reformed The Walker Brothers for three albums, the last of which, 1978's Nite Flights , included his first original songs since his 1970 solo album 'Til the Band Comes In .

Contents

Four of the 10 songs on the album were written by Billy Joe Shaver and had previously appeared on Waylon Jennings's 1973 outlaw country album Honky Tonk Heroes , as had the title track. The album was recorded in August 1974 at Nova Studios, Marble Arch, London. The album was released as an LP in late 1974 and received generally negative reviews. The album was reissued and released on CD in 1997 by BGO Records coupled with Walker's ninth studio album 1973's Stretch . The artwork for the album was produced by Roslav Szaybo with photography from M. Joseph.

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Low Down Freedom" Billy Joe Shaver 3:43
2."We Had It All" Donnie Fritts, Troy Seals 3:29
3."Black Rose"Billy Joe Shaver3:16
4."Ride Me Down Easy"Billy Joe Shaver3:32
5."You're Young and You'll Forget" Jerry Reed 2:27
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."The House Song"Robert H. Bannard, Paul Stookey 3:44
7."What Ever Happened to Saturday Night" Randy Meisner, Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Bernie Leadon 2:53
8."Sundown" Gordon Lightfoot 4:49
9."Old Five and Dimers Like Me"Billy Joe Shaver2:58
10."Delta Dawn" Alex Harvey 3:47

Release details

CountryDateLabelFormatCatalog
United Kingdom1974CBS RecordsVinyl80254
1997BGO RecordsCDBGOCD358Coupled with Stretch

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