Bish Bosch
by Scott Walker
  • Record Label: 4AD
  • Release Date: Dec 4, 2012
Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 33 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 33
  3. Negative: 2 out of 33
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  1. Paste Magazine
    Dec 4, 2012
    52
    Tonally, however, Bish Bosch offers nothing dramatically new, just (a lot more) of what Walker's done before.
  2. Q Magazine
    Dec 11, 2012
    60
    Bish Bosch is an album even fans won't necessarily play often, but on those special occasions, as per title, it very much does the job. [Jan 2013, p.104]
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  3. The Observer (UK)
    Dec 3, 2012
    40
    Walker is much more interested in how the beauty of his voice can serve declamation and confrontation; but you sometimes recoil from this mannered anti-croon.

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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 32 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 32
  3. Negative: 6 out of 32
  1. listener
    Dec 26, 2012
    2
    With all due respect to Scott Walker's body of work but this is the most overrated album of the year-extremely exhausting listening experienceWith all due respect to Scott Walker's body of work but this is the most overrated album of the year-extremely exhausting listening experience with almost none of the payoff.Hope he 'll start to write songs again one day soon instead of these quasi-avantgarde exercises in self-importance.… Full Review »
  2. Dikkus
    Dec 13, 2012
    10
    An album that has made this year completely worth it in terms of music. It is an elegant painting, with Scott as the artist. Lyrically, theAn album that has made this year completely worth it in terms of music. It is an elegant painting, with Scott as the artist. Lyrically, the album is extremely comprehensive. Don't expect to understand these lyrics unless you're well read. Even if you aren't well read you can just as easily look up the various unfamiliar terms and references Scott makes throughout this masterpiece. The music, however, can easily be appreciated through analysis of it's complex composition and unique use of various instruments. The percussion is especially of high quality here, and while many people were worried with Scott's use of various synthesizers and heavy guitar riffs on this album, they work great. The strings, as usual, are fantastic. This album is worthy of carrying the name "Bosch" as it's title, it is a portrait in itself, various pictures and images of humanities tyrannies, sins, and addictions. Scott shows us how it really is, in a cynical manner to be expected of the man who once sung songs about Gonorrhea and Dictators. The images and pictures may seem disconnected at first, but much like Bosch's paintings they come together to form one beautiful piece.… Full Review »
  3. Lodz
    Dec 8, 2012
    1
    Even if this record is a clever one, it is, first of all, a boring one. It is hardly possible to listen to it through at one occasion and,Even if this record is a clever one, it is, first of all, a boring one. It is hardly possible to listen to it through at one occasion and, moreover, after one time I could not find any will to listen again. Critics have probably listened to another record. This one is really bad.… Full Review »
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