Bish Bosch is the fourteenth studio album by the American singer Scott Walker. It was released on 3 December 2012 on 4AD. The album has been described by its creator as being "the final installment in a trilogy" that also includes Tilt (1995) and The Drift (2006). At seventy-three minutes, Bish Bosch is Walker's longest studio album, as well as also containing his longest song, the twenty-one minute, forty-one second "SDSS1416+13B (Zercon, A Flagpole Sitter)".
Critical response to Bish Bosch was very positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 78, based on 33 professional reviews. The recording was selected as 'Album of the Week' in The Independent, The Guardian and The Sunday Times, 'Album of the Month' in Mojo magazine, and 'Album of the Year' by Tiny Mix Tapes.
Scott Walker - Vocals (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9), Electric Guitar (9), Keyboards (8,9), Percussion (9)
Hugh Burns - Acoustic Guitar (2,4,6), Electric Guitar (1,2,3,4,5,7), Electric Baritone Guitar (1,2,3,4,5,7), E-Bow Guitar (1,4,7), Dobro (4), Ukulele (5), Hawaiian Pedal Steel (5)
James Stevenson - Electric Guitar (2,4), Electric Baritone Guitar (1,2,4), Mando Guitar (4)
Alasdair Malloy - Percussion (1,2,3,4,5,6,7), Tuned Gongs (6), Machetes (7)
Mark Warman - Keyboards (1,2,3,4,5,6,7), Drum Programming (1), Tuned Gongs (6), Handclaps (5), Machetes (7)
Peter Walsh - Keyboards FX (1,2,3,4,5,6,7), Drum Programming (1), Finger Snaps (5)
Ian Thomas - Drums (2,3,4,5,6,7,8)
John Giblin - Bass (2,3,4,5,6,7), Double Bass (8)
Paul Willey - Violin Harmonics (2)
Michael Laird - Rams Horns (Kudu, Shofar) (4)
Pete Long - Baritone Saxophone (4,5), Tubax (4,5,7)
BJ Cole - Hawaiian Pedal Steel (5)
Guy Barker - Trumpet (5)
Tom Rees - Trumpet (5)
Andrew McDonnell - Lo Rumbles & White Noise (5)
Conductor & Orchestrator - Mark Warman (2,4,6)
1st Violins - Paul Willey (2,4,6), Boguslaw Kostecki (2,4,6), Jonathan Rees (2,4,6), Laura Melhuish (2,4,6), Dave Ogden (2,4,6), Julian Trafford (2,4,6), Abigail Young (2,4,6), Ruth Ehrlich (2,4,6), Ann Morfee (2,4,6), Dave Smith (2,4,6)
2nd Violins - Steve Morris (2,4,6), Tom Piggott-Smith (2,4,6), Charlie Brown (2,4,6), Elizabet Wexler (2,4,6), Sebastian Rudnicki (2,4,6), Nikki Gleed (2,4,6), Steve Bentley-Klein (2,4,6), Brian Wright (2,4,6), Clive Dobbins (2,4,6), Paddy Roberts (2,4,6)
Celli - Frank Schaefer (2,4,6), Justin Pearson (2,4,6), Chris Fish (2,4,6), Joely Koos (2,4,6), Nerys Richards (2,4,6), Dom Pecheur (2,4,6), Tamsy Kayner (2,4,6), Vicky Metthews (2,4,6)
Double Basses - Enno Senft (2,4,6), Chris West (2,4,6), Clare Tyack (2,4,6), Steve Rossell (2,4,6), Stacey Watton (2,4,6), Alice Kent (2,4,6), Stephen Warner (4), Lucy Hare (4)
