The Moviegoer in Bloomington, MN

Following the disappointing performance of
Til the Band Comes In
,
Scott Walker
returned to middle-of-the-road pop with
The Moviegoer
. Assembling a set of songs from his favorite films, including compositions from
Michel Legrand
and
Henry Mancini
Walker
essentially created a harmless mainstream pop album and delivered it without much care. The record did boast some nice arrangements by
Johnny Franz
, but the music was seldom noteworthy. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine