Stretch ; We Had It All (1974)

Twee albums, op één CD die Walker maakte in de tijd dat hij nauwelijks zeggenschap had over wat hij voor zijn platenmaatschappij mocht opnemen. Het zijn middle-of-the-road-albums die ver af staan van de avantgardistische muziek die hij later ging maken. Wel interessant als inkijk in zijn carrière-ontwikkelng. "Both "Stretch" (1973) and "We Had It All" (1974) are lacking the inspiration of his first albums, the adventure of his latter-day records or the technical mastery of his Walker Brothers recordings. Both albums are slight collections of contemporary country-pop and folk-rock covers, produced in an anemic, bloodless fashion where the strings don't soar, they limp. Walker sounds fine, yet he's singing without much passion or flair. Occasionally, such as "That's How I Got to Memphis," he connects with the song and the results are somewhat engaging, but they don't make this well-produced two-fer worthwhile to anyone outside of hardcore Walker fanatics." (Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic)

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