The Walker Brothers - Portrait

The Walkers' second U.K. album was their most commercially successful, reaching #3, yet its quality was quite erratic. Like some other pop/rock LPs of its time, it...had an apparent strategy to appeal to a wider demographic than those that typically bought pop/rock records, adding a cover of Louis Armstrong's "Just for a Thrill," and the standard "Old Folks," and the white-boy soul workout on Curtis Mayfield's "People Get Ready." On the other hand, this had the dramatic "In My Room," a fine antecedent of Scott Walker's moody late-'60s solo outings. Read More