Scatman's World

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This article is about the album. For the song, see Scatman's World (song).

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Scatman's World
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Studio album by Scatman John
Released July 10, 1995
Recorded 1994–95
Genre
Length 45:14
Label RCA Records
Producer
  • Antonio Nunzio Catania
  • Ingo Kays
Scatman John chronology
John Larkin
(1986)John Larkin1986		 Scatman's World
(1995)		 Everybody Jam!
(1996)Everybody Jam!1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2/5 stars[1]

Scatman's World is an album by American musician Scatman John, recorded after the worldwide success of his debut single "Scatman". It is somewhat of a concept album dealing with an imaginary Utopian society named "Scatland". He speaks about this at length in the liner notes: "If you're wondering where Scatland is, you don't have to look too far; it's between your deepest dreams and warmest wishes".

The songs deal with various elements of American society and many of them draw on Scatman's personal experience; "Popstar" is a tongue-in-cheek number about the shallow nature of stardom, "Quiet Desperation" deals with the homeless problem and "Time (Take Your Time)" is a harrowing song about his time in Alcoholics Anonymous.

The album climaxes with "Song of Scatland", a ballad dedicated to the imaginary kingdom that was notoriously released as a single. "Hi, Louis" closes the album proper with traditional scatting over jazz piano and steady beats; the title is a reference to Louis Armstrong, to whom he later paid tribute on the track "Everybody Jam!".

Scatman's World was very popular internationally, particularly in Japan, where it reached No. 2 and stayed on the charts for 40 weeks, selling more than 1,560,000 copies overall, and ranking as the 9th best selling album that was recorded by a non-Japanese artist of all time in that country.

Album history

The "Scatman's World" album was created by Ingo Kays and Tony Catania, and majority of the lyrics were inspired by the obstacles and inspirations in Johns life. "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)" deals with the fact that John stuttered. Famously his main concern with recording was that people would discover he stuttered, his wife suggested he make it the focus of the song and declare to people that he was a person who stuttered. "Time (Take Your Time)" deals with Johns time at Alcoholics Anonymous, a theme which would be explored on tracks "Let It Go" and "Hey You".

The third single released from the "Scatman's World" album was "Song of Scatland" it was an odd choice for a single as it didn't follow the high powered techno vibe of its predecessors. This was a ballad about Scatman's vision for the world we should all try to create. It was not released in the UK, neither were the subsequent albums or singles. At this point Scatman seemed to have been deemed non profitable, and so this was a European release.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by John Paul Larkin. 

No. Title Length
1. "Welcome To Scatland"   0:49
2. "Scatman's World"   3:40
3. "Only You"   3:42
4. "Quiet Desperation"   3:51
5. "Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)"   3:30
6. "Sing Now!"   3:38
7. "Popstar"   4:13
8. "Time (Take Your Time)"   3:41
9. "Mambo Jambo"   3:30
10. "Everything Changes"   4:38
11. "Song of Scatland"   5:05
12. "Hi, Louis"   2:34
13. "Scatman (Game Over Jazz)"   5:03

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
France (SNEP)[17] Gold 185,000[18]
Japan (RIAJ)[19] Million 1,560,000[20]
Poland (ZPAV)[21] Gold 50,000
Sweden (GLF)[22] Gold 50,000

^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r224129
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Preceded by Finnish Chart number-one album
32 – 33 / 1995		 Succeeded by
Sex Affairs by E-Rotic
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