Scatman's World (album)

Scatman's World is debut 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 homelessproblem 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.



Contents
[hide]  *1 Track listing  ==Track listing[ edit] == ==Charts[ edit] == ==Certifications[ edit] ==
 * 2 Charts
 * 2.1 Weekly charts
 * 2.2 Year-end charts
 * 3 Certifications
 * 4 See also
 * 5 References
 * 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
 * "Hi, Louis" – 2:34
 * 1) "Scatman" [Game Over Jazz] – 5:03 (Bonus track)
 * 2) "Scatman" [Spike Mix] – 6:43 (Japan bonus track)