Bish Bosch | ||||
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Studio album by Scott Walker | ||||
Released | 3 December 2012 | |||
Genre |
Avant-garde music Experimental |
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Length | 73:00 | |||
Label | 4AD | |||
Producer | Scott Walker, Peter Walsh | |||
Scott Walker chronology | ||||
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Professional ratings | |
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Aggregate scores | |
Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 78/100 |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | |
Beats Per Minute | (89%) |
Consequence of Sound | |
The Guardian | |
The Independent | |
Pitchfork Media | (8.0/10) |
Slant Magazine | |
Sputnikmusic | (3.5/5) |
Tiny Mix Tapes | |
NME | 3/10 |
Bish Bosch is the fourteenth studio album by the American singer Scott Walker. It was released on 3 December 2012 on 4AD. The album has been described by its creator as being "the final installment in a trilogy" that also includes Tilt (1995) and The Drift (2006). At seventy-three minutes, Bish Bosch is Walker's longest studio album, as well as also containing his longest song, the twenty-one minute, forty-one second "SDSS1416+13B (Zercon, A Flagpole Sitter)".
Critical response to Bish Bosch was very positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 78, based on 33 professional reviews. The recording was selected as 'Album of the Week' in The Independent, The Guardian and The Sunday Times, 'Album of the Month' in Mojo magazine, and 'Album of the Year' by Tiny Mix Tapes.